Deaf Awareness Month Highlight #10

“A knowledge of history is extremely useful; it lays before our eyes the great picture of the generations that have preceded us; and in relating the events which passed in their time…it lays before us the precepts of the wise…of all ages…”– Laurent Clerc Today, as C.A.N. celebrates Deaf Awareness Month, we would like to draw your attention to and …

Deaf Awareness Month Highlight #9

Today we are celebrating Deaf Awareness month with ASL Nook! Knowing what it was like to grow up as the only Deaf person in her hearing family and raising two young signers, Sheena felt something was missing from the internet. A place where everyone is welcome to learn ASL. Finding her inspiration from the Food Network Channel, ASL Nook came alive …

Deaf Awareness Month Highlight #8

ASLized is C.A.N.’s featured organization today in celebration of Deaf Awareness Month! ASLized fosters the integration of American Sign Language (ASL) educational research into visual media and literacy. The main objective is to produce teaching and learning materials in ASL with two focuses: 1.) ASL literature, preserving culture and history and 2.) ASL Linguistics, promoting a better understanding of the …

Deaf Awareness Month Highlight #7

In celebration of Deaf Awareness month today we are featuring Off-The-Grid Missions! In 2009, Off-The-Grid Missions was founded by Angela Maria Nardolillo, a hard-of-hearing woman who spent years traveling solo and into isolated regions in order to provide Deaf Communities with access to educational supplies. However, during her travels, she witnessed that individuals with significant hearing loss were being deprived …

Deaf Awareness Month Highlight #6

Every day in September C.A.N. is celebrating Deaf Awareness Month by featuring a Deaf/ASL organization. Our highlight for September 6 is #whyIsign founded by Stacy Abrams. Considered as a movement more than an organization, #whyIsign was started by Stacy Abrams to support hearing families with deaf children. The goal was for families to see different stories and experiences being shared. …

Deaf Awareness Month Highlight #5

For the fifth day of Deaf Awareness Month the highlight we are celebrating is National Deaf Center. The National Deaf Center has AMAZING resources, and we at C.A.N. are incredibly grateful for their work! Taken from the Mission Page on their website: National Deaf Center’s mission is to close the substantial gaps in education and employment that exist for deaf …

Deaf Awareness Month Highlight #4

Today’s featured Deaf/ASL organization for Deaf Awareness Month is Deaf Missions because… Pah! For thirty-eight years, Deaf Missions has been translating the Bible in American Sign Language. Now all the sixty-six books are completed! You can watch TODAY at http://www.deafmissions.com/app. Find out more about Deaf Missions at https://www.deafmissions.com The founders of C.A.N. have been especially encouraged by the work and productions from …

Deaf Awareness Month Highlight #3

The third organization we are highlighting for Deaf Awareness Month is D-PAN, Deaf Professional Arts Network. The Deaf Professional Arts Network (D-PAN) a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 organization was originally founded to make music and music culture – the predominant shared language and experience of people worldwide – universally accessible by extending its reach to the Deaf and hard of hearing. …

ASL/Deaf Organization #2…

September is Deaf Awareness Month! C.A.N. is celebrating ASL and Deaf leadership by featuring a different ASL or Deaf related organization every day this month. Today’s highlight is Atomic Hands, founded by Alicia Wooten and Barbara Spiecker. Atomic Hands is committed to increasing public accessibility to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through American Sign Language and fostering collaboration and networking …