Now in its third year, the TDI Communication Access Scholarship Program is accepting applications. This program is available to all deaf and hard of hearing students graduating from high school this year. The scholarship application encourages deaf and hard of hearing students to innovate and bring forth ideas for addressing the communication challenges that the deaf and hard of hearing community faces.
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By Phyllis Baudoin Griffard of 64 Parishes Magazine
Advances in genetics provide new hope for Acadiana’s close-knit population of Usher’s syndrome carriers. By many estimates, Acadiana has the largest population of citizens with Usher syndrome in America and second largest in the world. Usher syndrome is a genetic form of deaf-blindness. This group of Cajuns has never heard a fiddle waltz or a word of French, and they are slowly losing their vision because of a genetic quirk that came here with the first Acadians in the 1700s.
From Krista Vasi, Executive Director of the Usher Syndrome Coalition:
The Speeding Therapy Access Today (STAT) Act of 2021, H.R. 1730 / S. 670 was officially introduced earlier this week by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) in the Senate, and Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) in the House of Representatives.
This bipartisan legislation is a result of more than a year of collaborative effort by rare disease community partners and congressional leaders, working to identify opportunities to ensure that all rare disease communities receive access to safe and effective treatments and cures at the earliest moment possible.
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With Katelynn Whitman, Teacher of the Deaf and Google Certified Educator, Levels 1 and 2
Training provided courtesy of Bridging Access: Accessibility Center for Communication and Educational Strategies and Solutions
March 17, 6:00 PM Central
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From Bridging ACCESS:
Did you know…
Bridging ACCESS provides specialized ESY services for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students in the summer, providing direct services to all students including:
From the Carroll Center for the Blind:
National Geographic Learning, a leading creator of K-12 digital classroom materials, is looking for participants to help ensure their digital products can be enjoyed and accessed by all individuals!
National Geographic Learning is launching an accessibility usability study which will take place over Zoom with a National Geographic Learning representative. During the session participants will be guided through the National Geographic Learning platform to test the accessibility of various user tasks. There will be no pre- or post-work required for participation.
Participant requirements:
Participant’s computer screen and audio will be shared through Zoom. The Zoom call will also be recorded for note-taking and internal research purposes. Although the product to be tested is designed for teachers and students, you do not have to be a current teacher or student to participate in the study.
The session will last no longer than 60 minutes, and compensation will be a $100 gift card. The compensation is not dependent on what you say, but only that you participated.
Please fill out the National Geographic Learning Accessibility Study Survey to express your interest in participating in this usability study. If you are chosen for this study, you will be contacted via email by a representative from National Geographic Learning to set up a time for the usability test. Usability tests will be conducted the week of March 1st during business hours (between 10 A.M. and 5 P.M. EST). Thank you for considering this opportunity! For any questions, please contact Mary Schwab.
ESTABLISHED IN 1936, the renowned Carroll Center for the Blind has been serving those with vision impairment for over eight decades; we are known nationally as a premier Vision Rehabilitation Center. Located just outside of Boston on a sprawling campus in Newton, Massachusetts, we proudly serve ALL ages and ALL stages of vision loss.
With the ongoing promise of improving the lives of people with vision-related problems, The Carroll Center for the Blind has pioneered many innovative services allowing people who are blind or have low vision to learn the skills to be independent in their homes, in class settings, and in their work places. Our services include vision rehabilitation, vocational and transition programs, assistive technology training, educational support, and recreation opportunities for individuals who are visually impaired of all ages. For over 80 years, the expertise of Carroll Center staff has provided help for thousands of blind and visually impaired persons with diverse opportunities for success and independent living.
The mission of the Louisiana Deafblind Project for Children & Youth is to provide technical assistance and information dissemination to Louisiana students with combined hearing and vision loss, their families, schools, service providers, school districts, and the Louisiana Department of Education.
The Southeast Deafbline Webinar Series has published its webinars for March-June 2021.
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The webinar series is based on the series of booklets Communication and Congenital Deafblindness and aimed at family members of children and adults who were born with deafblindness or those with limited language (speech or sign) who wish to develop their own communication skills and the skills of their deafblind family member.
Each webinar will be interactive and will have a maximum of 30 participants. Registrations are essential.
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Dear teachers,
Are you curious about the current state of writing instruction in middle and high schools with deaf and hard of hearing students? We are, too!
If you are currently teaching writing or have taught writing to middle and high school students in the past, you are in an ideal position to give us valuable first-hand information about your experiences. We would love to hear from you! You are welcome to share this with your colleagues as well.
This survey takes approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.
To show our appreciation, you may enter into a drawing to win a $20 Amazon gift card (20 available).
Sincerely,
Kimberly Wolbers, PhD, University of Tennessee kwolbers@utk.edu
865-974-2375
Hannah Dostal, PhD, University of Connecticut hannah.dostal@uconn.edu
865-292-4219
Leala Holcomb, PhD, University of Tennessee lholcom5@vols.utk.edu
415-307-6410
From/De la Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired:
Due to COVID restrictions, our Family Learning and Fun event will be virtual this year. It will include a week of sessions and family fun. Please register below for this exciting event to be held on March 8th-13th.
Debido a las restricciones de COVID, nuestro evento familiar de aprendizaje y diversión será virtual este año. Incluirá una semana de sesiones y diversión familiar. Regístrese a continuación para este emocionante evento que se llevará a cabo del 8 al 13 de marzo.
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