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DBC Newsblast: September 2011 #2 |
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Saturday, 24 September 2011 |
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Celebrating Language, Culture and Community
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The end of September brings a time to celebrate ASL, Deaf Culture, Deaf People and the Deaf Community. Many schools take time the last week of September to celebrate Deaf Awareness Week. The world celebrates International Day of Signed Languages on Sept. 25th. The DBC hopes that each and everyone of you will bring awareness to the world of natural signed languages and the culture of the Deaf.
Celebrate this week by making a commitment to supporting Deaf children's rights to natural signed languages. You can do this by supporting DBC through a donation. Go to www.dbcusa.org and click “Support DBC” or send a donation to:
The Deaf Bilingual Coalition
c/o Chriz Dally, Treasurer
11541 S. Penrose St.
Olathe, KS 66061
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Our Mission
The Deaf Bilingual Coalition promotes the basic human right of all Deaf infants and young children to have access to language and cognitive development through American Sign Language (ASL).
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Our Purpose
The main purpose of the Deaf Bilingual Coalition is to emphasize the importance of the social, emotional, linguistic, and cognitive aspects (of ASL) pertaining to early visual language acquisition for all Deaf infants and young children.
The secondary purpose is to make the general public aware of the prevalence of misconceptions and misinformation that devalues ASL.
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Statement of Goals
The goals of the Deaf Bilingual Coalition are as follows:
- Establish language acquisition, social justice, and quality education through ASL/English bilingualism by empowering stakeholders to advocate and promote legislative action in support of ASL
- Inform Deaf people, parents, teachers, and medical personnel of the importance of ASL and to spread awareness of research-based evidence and experience-based testimonials that support the importance of ASL
- Collaborate with others to help parents and their Deaf children to awaken from a state of victimization and to promote ASL
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Our Vision Statement
The DBC will continue to empower families to focus on their Deaf childʼs language so that their child may grow up in a language-rich environment full of ASL and English, bilingually, in order to have an abundance of life experiences. Those experiences should include possessing self-confidence and self worth, a strong identity, skills in independent and critical thinking, an ability to problem solve, and an awareness of Deaf culture, community, and history.
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DEAF LIFE CALENDARS NOW ON SALE...A PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT!
Proceeds benefit the advocacy work of DBC. Buy one today by going to www.dbcusa.org.
Find the advertisement on the right hand side of the home page, “Deaf Calendar Sale” - don't forget to use the code!
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A Valuable Resource for Parents |
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Thursday, 15 September 2011 |
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This website is a wonderful source of information about the benefits of using sign language starting early in your Deaf child's life: www.whysign.com.
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EHDI Conference Abstract Submittal Deadline Extended |
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Monday, 12 September 2011 |
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Hot News from NCHAM: The deadline for abstract submissions of presentations or posters at the 2012 National EHDI Conference has been extended to September 23, 2011! Whatever your reason for holding off on submitting – start of school, nasty East Coast weather, or just enjoying the last days of summer - you can still submit to share your ideas for effective and successful EHDI programs. Come March 6-7 to the St. Louis Union Station Marriott Hotel for the 2012 EHDI Conference.
Submit YOUR abstract today!
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