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Illinois news for the hearing impaired

The local Chicago news (channel ABC7) this morning announced two children's stories, which have recently been translated into American Sign Language (ASL) for the first time.

According to Karen Meyer from the News Team, "ASL Tales is a company that has reworked some of the most famous children books into ASL so both young deaf and hearing readers can experience the true meaning and beauty of each story."

The Princess and the Pea and Rapunzel are both hard cover books that include a DVD video with a master storyteller who is a native user of ASL. The entire package includes learning tools, Web-based instruction for teaching of ASL, and it is available in six different spoken languages. The cost is $24.95 each and can be purchased by going to ASL Tales | American Sign Language Story Books.

This is a great opportunity for both hearing impaired and hearing young adults and children to finally experience the world of books with more action and meaning by reading the language and watching it in ASL.

A local resource for African American deaf children and adults is the National Black Deaf Advocates. Sharon White, who is an Aurora native, is the Secretary for the National Black Deaf Advocates.

"The National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA) is the oldest and largest consumer organization of deaf and hard of hearing black deaf people in the United States. Black deaf leaders were concerned that deaf and hard of hearing African-Americans are not adequately represented in leadership and policy decision-making activities affecting their lives so they established NBDA in 1982" (Michael E. Graziano).

Because of the absence of summer programs designed specifically for Black Deaf and Hard of Hearing youths, the NBDA established the Youth Empowerment Summit (Y.E.S.). Y.E.S. addresses the lack of summer camp opportunities for Black Deaf and Hard of Hearing youths. For more information email Vyron Kinson, Y.E.S! Director at youth@nbda.org.

To be more involved in your community, don't forget today's Motorcycle Sunday at Phillips Park, Aurora, Illinois from 9:am to 4:pm. Contact City Hall for more information at (630) 264-INFO

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