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Deaf Community Debates Sign for ‘Joe Biden’

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November 17, 2020

The Deaf community is currently debating on what exactly to sign for the U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden. Until now, the community has been spelling the name out, signing B-I-D-E-N, but many public figures, including the president, often get shorthand signs instead of spelling out the name. For example, the sign for Donald Trump is to…

ASL Pioneer Immortalized

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March 15, 2017

On April 11, the U.S. Postal Service will release the16th stamp in the Distinguished Americans series, honoring Robert Panara (1920-2014), an influential teacher and a pioneer in the field of Deaf Studies. He inspired generations of students with his powerful use of American Sign Language to convey works of literature. At age ten, Panara was…