VIDEO [CC] - Deaf Parents learn they will be grandparents for the first time goes viral on the Internet.
A Deaf couple in Michigan receive gift bags from their daughter and her husband in Florida containing a framed ultrasound of their first baby that is on the way. While connected over FaceTime, their heartwarming reactions are captured on camera. What a special moment!
Kimberly Lynn, sister and her husband live in Florida and their Deaf parents live in Michigan. They are expecting their first baby in June and wanted to make the moment special.
They invited them to her house for dinner, set up a face-time with Kristy and Timmy, and then gave them gift bags that contained a framed ultrasound.
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Deaf mum hearing her family speak for the first time goes viral on social media, will bring you tears of joy.
MANCHESTER, UK -- The Channel 4 documentary has single handedly restored our faith in humanity, after the TV show introduced us to single mum Rebecca, her sister Amy and her three-year-old son.
9 years ago Rebecca had an unexplained loos of hearing in her right ear. Then, as if that wasn't enough, 16 weeks ago she tragically went deaf in her left ear too.
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"I've had to learn new ways of trying to communicate with him" explains a defiant Rebecca, as she bravely battles her condition, to give her son the best possible life.
However, with the help of audiologist Hugh Cooper, everything is about to change for the better.
When the mother of one visited Manchester Royal Infirmary with her sister Amy as part of Breaking the Silence Live, we see her hear again for the first time since she lost her hearing, thanks to the help of a cochlear implant.
The show has clearly struck a cord with viewers who have taken to Twitter to discuss the importance of communicating with Deaf people so that they don't feel alienated.
People take being able to hear for granted, have the upmost respect for my deaf family and all they've achieved #breakingthesilence.
John Cena is an American professional wrestler, rapper, actor, and reality television show host signed to WWE, where he is assigned to the SmackDown brand. Cena started his professional wrestling career in 1999.
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John Cena's sign language of rapper "You Can't See Me" is the debut studio album by WWE's wrestler John Cena and his cousin, Tha Trademarc, billed together as John Cena & Tha Trademarc. It was released on May 10, 2005, by WWE Music Group and Columbia Records... Read more on Wikipedia.
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Hurricane Matthew approaching South Carolina, Haley's sign language interpreter's flair gains attention of social media.
COLUMBIA, SC -- WLTX: For the last several days, standing inches away from South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley at her emergency briefings, you've likely seen Jason Hurdich.
He's the sign language interpreter who's just off to the side of the governor when she's speaking. Even though the New York native has only been in South Carolina for two months, it's his job is to make sure that everyone watching understands Hurricane Matthew's potential impact on South Carolina.
"A storm is very serious so I need to make sure that i am culturally matching what the Deaf community needs when they get their information," he said.
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He's been interpreting for about 15 years. But as you're listening to the governor and watching Hurdich interpret for the Deaf community, he's watching Shonna McGee.
"I've worked with Jason for over 10 years and what I do in situations like this is I take the spoken information and I interpret it to him, and he clarifies and expands when necessary for the Deaf community to have clarity."
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Hurdich is Deaf, so in this situation, the interpreter has an interpreter. So he translates what McGee hears.
It's a unique situation which means critical information doesn't get lost in translation for the Deaf community.
"Having someone who is a native to your language, giving them the information in their language is always the best, especially in critical situations like a hurricane," McGee said.
"My goal is really to empower the Deaf community to really thrive and encourage them to do that and improve their quality of life," Hurdich said. "The South Carolina Deaf community really needs Deaf leaders and nationwide also."
Interpreting is not Hurdich's full time job. he currently works as a counselor for vocational rehab in Charleston.
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: High school bullies dump Deaf students backpack in toilet has gained national attention in the United States.
OMAHA, NE -- High school bullies in Omaha, Nebraska chose a Deaf student as their victim in a sickening incident that has gained national attention, KMTV reported.
The mean-spirited students dumped the contents of Alex Hernandez's backpack into a toilet at mainstreaming school.
Alex, a senior, had left his backpack on a chair while getting some food Wednesday in the cafeteria of Burke High School. When he returned, it was gone.
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Alex told school administrators, but a search proved fruitless. However, when school security video was examined, two male students were seen walking off with his bag.
"Those students think it's okay to bully a Deaf student, but it's not. It's not okay to bully someone who is Disabled, Deaf or Hard of Hearing," Hernandez told KMTV. "Or anyone for that matter."
The backpack contained his tablet, a debit card, school supplies, a battery for his cochlear implant and his homework. It was the homework that really bothered him. The toilet dousing ruined his English project.
"I was very upset because I know I work really hard on my project and homework because I just want to make my mom to be happy and know that I did a good job on the homework," he told KMTV.
According to the station, school administrators told Alex's mother that the students who took the backpack were eventually identified and that one has been suspended. The pair claim they didn't know Alex was Deaf.
The incident remains under investigation. Meanwhile Alex's mother has pulled the boy out of Burke High so he can transfer to another high school.
Alex's sister and some of his friends set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to replace the ruined items. The goal was reached, and the account has since been closed. Source.
UPDATE:
Students Involved in Burke High Incident Have Been Disciplined, District Says.
KETV: The Omaha Public School District released a statement Tuesday, saying the students involved in the incident have been disciplined. The district said, because of privacy laws, they would not identify the students, or provide specific details about the discipline. Here is the full text of the statement.
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"We are aware of the situation involving theft of a student’s property that occurred last week at Burke High School.
This situation was an isolated incident. It involved theft of property that was later discarded, captured on photo by students and shared on social media. Interviews with the students involved revealed they did not know each other... Read More.
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: A stray dog was hit by a car and left to die on a Texas road but saved by good samaritan.
BOERNE, TX -- Vet Ranch shares a very touching an inspiring story about Gabe the Deaf dog is a pit bull-dalmatian mix - was the victim of a hit and run. Thankfully a good samaritan stopped to help. Thank you to his foster and adoptive famililes for loving him so well.
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If you are interested in helping with animals in the future, please visit http://vetranch.org to learn more about what we do and to donate if you would like.
Dr. Matt Carriker, a veterinarian licensed in Texas founded Vet Ranch Inc., a 501(c)(3), tax exempt non-profit organization. There is no shortage of pets in need, so every donation means more lives we can positively change. If you are not able to donate, please enjoy the videos and share if you like them.
VIDEO - Deaf News: Deaf Idaho baby hears her mother's voice for the first time goes viral on social media.
BOISE, ID -- Daily Mail: This is the heart-warming moment a Deaf baby heard her mother's voice for the very first time.
Born profoundly Deaf, Annabelle Lawrence received two hearing aids on Wednesday and when they were turned on she couldn't hide her excitement.
When her mother Sarah Jo asked her if she could hear, the three-month-old broke into a massive gummy smile
Sarah Jo, from Boise, Idaho then asked again and Annabelle's eyes opened wide as she realized she was listening to her mother speak.
Sarah Jo said: 'Everything has been so overwhelming. 'To be able to tell Annabelle that I love her and know she hears me is very emotional. 'You could see how excited she was to be able to hear. I can't stop talking to her.
'Whenever I'm doing the dishes or putting a wash on I give her a running commentary. 'I want her to be able to catch up on the last three months.'
The video also shows the audiologist from Idaho Elks Hearing and Balance Center, Boise, continuing with tests to determine to what level Annabelle's hearing is working. When she heard clapping, she started to look a little perplexed and turned her head a full 90 degrees searching for the origins.
Annabelle's hearing aids are temporary as she will have cochlear implants put in when she is nine months old. Her current hearing aids enable her to hear sufficiently as the auditory nerve in her brain is functioning perfectly.
Sarah Jo added: 'At the moment she is really tired.
'I think hearing for the first time means her brain is working extra hard to understand what is happening. 'She is napping much longer than she did before to recuperate. 'But when she's awake she is so much more excited.'
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Deaf girl teaches puppy sign language in heartwarming video encouraging people to embrace being different.
LOS ANGELES, CA -- ABC News Today: Meet Julia and her four-legged best friend Walter.
Julia was born Deaf, and so was Walter - but the two don't mind being different. In fact, they embrace it, according to the Pasadena Humane Society and SCPCA in California.
A heartwarming video showcasing the special bond between Julia and her puppy was recently posted to the humane society's Facebook page. The video, produced with the help of 1620 Media, has received more than 246,000 views and hundreds of positive comments since it was shared last week.
In the video, Julia can be seen teaching Walter sign language, including sign commands for "sit," water" and "food."
"I love Walter," she says in sign language. "Walter is my best friend."
Walter first came to the Pasadena Humane Society and SPCA last December, according to Jamie Holeman, community relations associate for the organization.
A Good Samaritan had found Walter and his littermates abandoned and brought them in, Holeman told ABC News today. Walter was only 6 weeks old when he was found, she said.
Once the resilient pup was old enough to be put up for adoption, the shelter posted a photo of Walter to its Facebook page, Holeman said. Julia and her mother saw Walter's photo on the page and immediately fell in love.
The love at first sight only grew stronger when Julia and her mother went to meet Walter in person.
"When I first held Julia, since she couldn’t really hear my voice she would smell my neck and when I first held Walter, he did almost the same exact thing," Julia's mother says in the video recently shared by the humane society.
"I remember just looking at him, and I just knew that he was meant to be ours," she adds. "They’re the same."
Holeman said she hoped that the video would remind people that "there's always someone out there for everyone."
Julia's family asked not to be identified by their last name.
VIDEO: A blogger started a conversation on beauty when her video showing comments about her looks with and without makeup went viral.
Three months ago, 'My Pale Skin' aka beauty blogger Em Ford began posting images of herself without makeup on social media. The following film contains real comments that were left on images of her face.
Over the past few months, Em Ford received thousands of messages from people all over the world who suffer or have suffered from acne, an insecurity or self confidence issues.
Em Ford wanted to create a film that showed how social media can set unrealistic expectations on both women and men. One challenge many face today, is that as a society, we're so used to seeing false images of perfection, and comparing ourselves to unrealistic beauty standards that It can be hard to remember the most important thing - You ARE beautiful.
You are beautiful - no matter how flawed you feel, no matter how upset you may about the way you look or how hard you find it to make friends, or be confident. Believe in yourself, and never let anyone tell you're not beautiful - not even yourself - Em Ford.
VIDEO: The raw footage of hundreds mob teenagers stormed into and trashed a supermarket Walmart over the weekend in Georgia.
MACON, GA - Led by a teenage boy throwing gang signs, a mob of vandals descended on a Walmart store in Macon, Georgia early Sunday and trashed the business in a reported attempt to “see how much damage they could cause,” police allege.
During the 1:45 AM ransacking of the Walmart in Macon, rioters pulled a patron from an electric wheelchair and dragged him to the floor, according to a Bibb County Sheriff’s Office report.
A Walmart surveillance camera recorded the vandals racing through store aisles.
Investigators say that a “crowd of 40-50 individuals consisting of black males and females” were led into the store by Kharron Green, 17, who can be seen on surveillance video “presenting gang signs in the air with his hands.”
For about a minute, Green & gangs ran through store aisles “destroying merchandise and vandalizing the property,” cops reported. Upon arriving at the trashed Walmart, a deputy noted that one aisle was “destroyed and coated with broken merchandise” and that the “length of the store from front to rear was lined with items which had been shattered, destroyed, turned over and thrown about.”
Green was arrested at the scene. A Walmart employee interviewed by cops said that he spoke with Green in the store’s parking lot and that the teen “stated that this was a planned event, and that they had planned to see how much damage they could cause.”
A Walmart manager estimated the value of damaged merchandise at $2000.
While Green refused to identify any of his fellow marauders, he told cops that the group “had all come from a party.” Charged with criminal street gang activity, inciting to riot, and criminal damage to property, Green is locked up in the county jail in lieu of $11,200 bond. Source
RAW VIDEO: Old man kicks drunk Deaf man in the head on a NYC subway.
Caught on tape of a brutal kicked in the head was posted on Facebook and has now going viral. Footage has emerged of an old man karate-kicking a Deaf person seated in the head for messing with him while seated on the train before he is dragged off the train by officers who saw the incident. People across the country have seen daily this violent of passengers on the New York City Subway.
VIRAL VIDEO - Deaf Russian dancer Andrei Dragunov translates his sign language skills into some impressive finger tutting.
You would think this dancer may have difficulties in his profession given that he is Deaf - but he is letting his fingers do the dancing.
Russian mover Andrei Dragunov, 24, has perfected the art of “finger tutting”, which involves the movement of fingers to create shapes in a unique form of dance, having started when he was 15.
This visually stunning and impressive form of dance can be seen as an innovative way for Andrei, from St Petersburg, to get around his hearing problems. He said: “My hands do not rest; I am always working to come up with something new.
This Deaf Russian dancer doesn’t need to hear music to create incredible body movements. Just check out his finger tutting skills. Surely being fluent in sign language would help develop this skill!
VIDEO: Taco Bell employee inadvertently leaves his drive thru microphone on and is captured complaining about Deaf customers.
According to the videographer from Springfield, Illinois - They left the microphone on and not only was he be (sic) insensitive to Deaf people he also was using foul language.
The Taco Bell staff did nothing when confronted and of coarse (sic) they screwed up our order. Taco Bell is obviously discriminating and failing to serve for Deaf customers as well. Note: no captioning, only audio.
Taco Bell is an American chain of fast-food restaurants, they serve a variety of Tex-Mex foods including tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, other specialty items, and a variety of "value menu" items. However, Taco Bell is failing to serve for Deaf customers which cannot to communaute through the microphone by drive-thru.
Viral short film 'Kung Fury' (2015) official movie in high-definition video with closed captioning.
Kung Fury has been released for free on YouTube. Kung Fury is an over-the-top 1980’s action comedy that was crowd funded through Kickstarter.
During an unfortunate series of events a friend of Kung Fury is assasinated by the most dangerous Kung Fu master criminal of all time; Adolf Hitler, a.k.a Kung Führer.
Kung Fury decides to travel back in time, to Nazi Germany, in order to kill Hitler and end the Nazi empire once and for all.
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The film features nazis, dinosaurs, vikings and cheesy one-liners. The campaign that was launched in December 2013 was backed by more than 17,000 people who together gave more than $630.000.
VIDEO: Weird News - Meet 'Hitler Cat,' the Nazi leader pussy that makes 'Grumpy Cat' look charming!
MOSCOW - The purred Reich, Cat that looks like Hitler 'even has the same personality as Adolf', says its owner.
The internet-famous ‘Grumpy Cat’ has just received a Russian rival for the most severe looking feline on the planet, after one Muscovite revealed her cat bares a striking resemblance to former Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
With markings forming a distinctive black moustache and side parted hairline, this cat bears a remarkable similarity to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
But the comparison doesn't end there - owner Elena Suleymanyan also likens her pet's temper and tantrums to that of the Second World War dictator.
Ms Suleymanyan, 44, noticed the one-year-old hairless donskoy cat looked like Hitler as soon as he was born due to his distinctive markings and intense gaze.
But when she realised the cat also had similar characteristics to the totalitarian leader, namely, his bad temper, the comparison became spookily real.
Ms Suleymanyan, a pharmacist from Moscow, said: 'Anyone who meets Portos is immediately taken aback by his likeness to Adolf Hitler.
TOP 10 Cats That Look Like Hitler - Hitler is most often regarded as the most evil man in history and the architect of the destruction of Europe. However, on the light side Hitler had a funny short moustache and stone blue eyes. Here is a collection of photos of cats that look like Adolf Hitler.
VIDEO [CC] - The US bank is promoting its embracing of diversity with a series of new adverts, one of which features a lesbian couple who are learning sign language for a very special reason.
Gay Star News - It’s becoming more and more common for big companies to highlight their diversity credentials and forward-thinking attitudes by featuring gay people in their advertising.
In recent months, businesses as diverse as Nikon, Cheerios and Hotwire have featured gay couples in commercials.
Now it’s Wells Fargo’s turn. The US bank is rolling out seven adverts as part of a new brand push under the banner ‘Why I Work’.
The first, revealed last week, is called ‘Learning Sign Language’. It features a female couple who are both learning sign language. The reason why? They’re about to become the new, adoptive mommies to a little girl with impaired hearing.
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The commercial doesn’t fail to tug at the heartstrings while at the same time demonstrate the diverse nature of Wells Fargo’s clients. It’s the bank’s first national ad campaign to feature a same-sex couple.
The sign language advert was created by ad agency BBDO, who were appointed by Wells Fargo last year. Its executive creative director, Matt Miller, told AdAge that he was at first apprehensive that the bank – might resist the idea behind the latest campaign. However, the reverse was true and they embraced the concept. Read the full story: http://gaystarnews.com/article/wells-fargo-feature-same-sex-couple-adorable-new-advert
Behind The Scenes: Learning Sign Language A couple learns a new language to welcome a new addition to their family. Behind the scenes, on the set of our latest TV commercial, our little star, Jovianne teaches Brynn and Alissa how to sign a beautiful phrase. #loveislove.
VIDEO: Now this is what you call talent... Deaf Gloving!
The viral video of a Russian Andrei Dragunov is also Deaf, but that doesn't mean he can't have mad skills. Check out this guy makes an amazing finger tutting show in the middle of a classy dinner party.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: A Deaf UFC fighter, Matt Hamill saves baby on highway, female driver passed out on the video goes viral.
UTICA, NY - We are receiving reports that shortly after noon today, Matt ‘the Hammer’ Hamill helped save two lives on an active highway in Utica.
Hamill, who withdrew this past weekend from his scheduled light heavyweight title eliminator bout against Thiago Silva at WSOF 19 in Phoenix, Arizona due to illlness, was driving in New York today when a car drove past him going the opposite direction it was supposed to.
The mixed martial artist who was born Deaf, knew something was wrong and immediately turned his truck around in pursuit of the vehicle. Hamill was able to catch up to the car and pin it down to a crawl before it was finally came to a stop.
‘Hammer’ could not pry the door open so he broke through the glass with his fists. Much to his surprise he found an infant in the back seat while a female driver occupied the front seat, unresponsive and unconscious.
Police arrived on scene to confirm the woman was under the influence of alcohol and drugs which led to her arrest. SOURCE
VIDEO [CC] - Kim Silva teaches Deaf cat and two others in sign language has gone viral on the social media.
TECH TIMES - In the cats vs. dog debate, many pet owners believe dogs are superior because they know how to perform tricks. But never let it be said that cats can't learn a thing or two.
Take for example this one woman who taught her cats how to communicate by using sign language. Signing cats? Yep, this is probably one of the best cat videos we've seen in a while.
Kim Silva, a retired teacher from the American School for the Deaf, wanted to adopt a cat after losing her feline friend in 2009. Silva and her husband John fell in love with a white Siamese cat named Bambi on Petfinder who was Deaf.
Since the couple, who are both hard of hearing themselves, already have two cats, Silva decided to teach her pets sign language so that they all would be able to communicate with her when Bambi would arrive at her Connecticut home from a rescue shelter in Texas.
"Guess I missed the kiddies so I began teaching the kitties," Silva says.
Silva started teaching her two cats named Bobcat and Bear sign language, which resulted in opposite outcomes. Bobcat learned the language quickly, going from a cat who only communicated with other cats to becoming an extrovert who loves showing off his skills. Bear, on the other hand, was older and since you can't teach an old dog new tricks, he did not pick up the skills at all... Read more: techtimes.com/articles/woman-teaches-cats-speak-through-sign-language.htm
