The Seattle Quality of Life Group is looking for deaf or hard of hearing youth, ages 11-18, and parents of deaf or hard of hearing youth, ages 5 -10, to be in a research study. Click here for more info (posted 2/24/08)

Snohomish high school junior Deryk Machado is looking to babysit for folks with deaf children. Knows SEE. Contact him at dlm1015@gmail.com (posted 9/14/07)

Audition for "Bye Bye Birdie", a musical to be held in Mt. Vernon. (posted 8/14/07)

See the "Skin of Our Teeth", a new play featuring Howie Seago. (posted 3/26/07)

Class Offered: English as Second Language (ESL) for ASL speakers. (7/3/06)

Deaf Girl Scouts in the Seattle area. Read about and perhaps join up with Ashley Koe's Deaf Girl Scout Troop with Deaf, Deaf-Blind, Hard of hearing, and hearing signers who all use American Sign Language to communicate. (6/13/06)

2006 Seattle International Film Festival Foreign Films. Check out this schedule for the subtitled foreign films. (5/24/06)

2006 Seattle International Film Festival Short Films. It's that time of year again! Here's the schedule for the subtitled short films. (5/24/06)

It's been a tough 9 months, but let's get started again. Seattle Times columnist, Linda Knapp, is back writing again...this time about how she's recovered part of her hearing by having a cochlear implant surgery done. (5/20/06)

Lessons on dealing with critical illness. Seattle Times columnist, Linda Knapp, recovers from meningitis, which destroyed her hearing and nearly left her dead. (5/17/06)

Silence on stage. Deaf comedian, Tiffany West, attempts to win over hearing audiences, too. (5/12/06)

Death took a swipe at him but he found the 'good in everything'. Story about a Seattle registered nurse, Rob Renno, who lost most of his hearing due to meningitis. (5/5/06)

There is no end to the giving by these super moms. Mothers of disabled children, including one deaf 4 1/2 year old, fight to get support for them. (5/3/06)

A common language. The family of born deaf 8-year-old Hayden Orr moved from Hollywood to Vancouver, WA so he could to get direct ASL instruction. (5/1/06)

Shaking an image. Attitudes are changing about how best to educate deaf children. (4/30/06)

Mainstream Education. Deaf 18 year old, Christina Stebbins, hopes to become a nurse . (4/30/06)

Where silence speaks volumes. In the silent world of a person who is deaf, actions really do speak louder than words. (4/29/06)

Implants help child emerge from silent world. Two cochlear implants implanted into a child and related thoughts on implants and Deaf culture. (4/24/06)

For deaf Kelso junior, life's a quiet drive. Deaf 16 year old, Dehne' O'Connor, is as adept at golf as she is at art. (4/14/06)

Young Voices: One girl's bill not too small for our Legislature. Ashli-Marie Grant, 16, a deaf student at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics serves as a senate page in the Washington legislature. (4/3/06)

Deaf, blind schooling costs get scrutiny. Budgeting - Tight resources in Oregon and Washington prod both to look at whether residential schools make sense. (4/1/06)

Communicating lyrics is an artistic process. How JoAnna Ball and Pam Parham interpret certain songs. (3/8/06)

Keeping deaf fans rockin'. JoAnna Ball and Pam Parham interpret the Bon Jovi concert in Seattle. (3/8/06)

Schools study lambasted. A Vancouver lawmaker criticizes a study of how best to administer the state schools for the blind and the deaf. (2/24/06)

Officiating numbs pain of childhood for deaf woman. Story about a deaf woman working now as a referee. (2/23/06)

School for deaf defended. (2/23/06)

Bobsled: For Flowers, son's hearing is a victory. Woman bobsledder's son has cochlear implant surgery. (2/22/06)

Bobsled star stays golden in defeat. African American bobsledder has twin boys, one of which was born deaf. (2/21/06)

Hearing-impaired kids learn through SEE. Use of not only the SEE sign language system, but talking as well, for a total communication approach. (2/20/06)

In Our View - Special Schools. Editorial by The Columbian writers about continued funding for the Washington State School for the Blind and the Washington School for the Deaf (2/21/06)

Study scrutinizes schools for deaf, blind. A new study commissioned by the Legislature weighs the pros and cons of closing the Washington State School for the Blind and the Washington School for the Deaf in Vancouver. (2/19/06)

Crime lab funding included in budget. State Senate failed to fund major capital projects for Washington State School for the Blind and the State School for the Deaf. (2/16/06)

'Get out' easy to say but harder to do. Article about disaster planning and making sure it includes planning to help those deaf, blind, or with other disabiliites. (2/8/06)

Deaf crime victims. Article about Marilyn J. Smith, executive director of Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services (ADWAS) in Seattle. (1/24/06)

Signs of understanding. To deal with the inevitable challenges of toddlerhood, many new parents are using American Sign Language with their pre-verbal babies. (1/24/06)

Deaf victim blossoms into powerful advocate. An article about Marilyn Smith, founder of Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services (ADWAS). (10/5/05)

Ich bin ein dolmetscher (I am an interpreter). Interpreting for a career. (8/14/05)

Don't wait to get help from new program that offers discounted hearing aids. Help for those losing their hearing. (6/6/05)

Connecting cultures through deaf theater. Story about Deaf West Theatre. (6/2/05)

Abuse widespread at schools for the deaf nationwide. (5/20/05)

Open captioned and rear-window captioned movies in Seattle theaters!

Signing Santa is a big hit with deaf students - Korey Bringman is a deaf student playing Santa for Deaf children in Tacoma. (12/23/03)

Dancer Katharine Grimm - a 9 year old ballarina performed in the role of "small servant" in Pacific Northwest Ballet's "Nutcracker." (12/21/03)

Advocate's work with deaf victims of abuse honored with $100,000 grant - Marilyn Smith, founder of the Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services, recognized for her outstanding contributions. (10/09/03)

For those of you that knew him or his work, Roger Falberg, passed away Monday morning, 09/29/03. Mr. Falberg authored THE LANGUAGE OF SILENCE.

Hearing Speech & Deafness Center buys Seattle Diversity Works (08/19/03)

New leader named for state's deaf school - Todd Reeves appointed by Gov. Gary Locke to head the Washington School for the Deaf.(08/1/03)

Daring kids fly in air with greatest ease - Deaf Youth Circus kids have fun. (06/26/03)

Breaking through the sound barrier - Luis Figueroa, the starting third baseman for the Tacoma Rainiers, is deaf and hopes to play for the Seattle Mariners some day. (06/21/03)

Key cells for hearing regenerated in guinea pigs - University of Washington scientists report some success in growing the hair-like receptors of the cochlea. (06/01/03)

Implants are replacing sign language among deaf kids - More and more parents opting to have cochlear implants for their Deaf children. (04/08/03)

Sign language is popular with hearing students (02/20/03)

Interpreting Toby KeithSign language interpreters work to make entertainment accessible to the deaf (02/15/03)

Head of deaf school resigns - Calls for ouster followed report that students still weren't safe (01/22/03)

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