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VIDEO: Deaf News - Sign language interpreter Ashley Henderson stole the show at a flood press conference held by mayor the City of Houston.
HOUSTON, TX -- During Mayor Sylvester Turner's press conference to address Houston's disastrous flooding on Tuesday there was one person who stood out among the city's officials. But it wasn't a politician, member of an emergency agency, or a press officer. It was the sign language interpreter the city hired.
Ashley Henderson is an energetic interpreter who often works with the city, especially during televised press conferences that take place during disasters. She was there during last year's flooding and again this year. She's employed by the Nightingale Interpreting firm in Houston.
Her signing style became the subject of a Reddit.com post on Wednesday. It was hard to miss her enthusiastic facial expressions, and most people who commented on the post pointed out how that's just how effective sign language works.
"Yes, it may look funny to those who don't use or know sign language," Henderson told Chron.com.
"But it would look funny to (American Sign Language) users if there weren't any. Basically, if I talked English with no affect, intonation, pauses, it would be difficult for someone listening to pull the correct meaning, or to even be interested at all," she explained.
"Expressions are the lifeblood of ASL and provide the much needed grammar, tone, structure and meaning into an interpretation."
Henderson said she's been getting steady work assignments for city government in Houston for three years. She received her training at Lone Star College and became a certified sign language interpreter about six years ago. She enjoys her work but said sometimes people just don't get the importance of what she does.
"Some people complain about having to watch the interpreters next to whoever is speaking on TV because if you don't know the language it can be distracting," she said.
"Obviously, there are captions available on TV's, but I think we can all agree that most of the time the captioning quality during a live event can get jumbled, making it difficult to read in general, and it makes for a disadvantage to a significant number of Houstonians who need pertinent lifesaving information."
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HOUSTON, TX -- During Mayor Sylvester Turner's press conference to address Houston's disastrous flooding on Tuesday there was one person who stood out among the city's officials. But it wasn't a politician, member of an emergency agency, or a press officer. It was the sign language interpreter the city hired.Ashley Henderson is an energetic interpreter who often works with the city, especially during televised press conferences that take place during disasters. She was there during last year's flooding and again this year. She's employed by the Nightingale Interpreting firm in Houston.
Her signing style became the subject of a Reddit.com post on Wednesday. It was hard to miss her enthusiastic facial expressions, and most people who commented on the post pointed out how that's just how effective sign language works.
"Yes, it may look funny to those who don't use or know sign language," Henderson told Chron.com.
"But it would look funny to (American Sign Language) users if there weren't any. Basically, if I talked English with no affect, intonation, pauses, it would be difficult for someone listening to pull the correct meaning, or to even be interested at all," she explained.
"Expressions are the lifeblood of ASL and provide the much needed grammar, tone, structure and meaning into an interpretation."
Henderson said she's been getting steady work assignments for city government in Houston for three years. She received her training at Lone Star College and became a certified sign language interpreter about six years ago. She enjoys her work but said sometimes people just don't get the importance of what she does.
"Some people complain about having to watch the interpreters next to whoever is speaking on TV because if you don't know the language it can be distracting," she said.
"Obviously, there are captions available on TV's, but I think we can all agree that most of the time the captioning quality during a live event can get jumbled, making it difficult to read in general, and it makes for a disadvantage to a significant number of Houstonians who need pertinent lifesaving information."
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VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: People making Hereford better in Deaf Smith County of Texas, The Beef Capital of the World.
HEREFORD, TEXAS -- Hereford is a city in and county seat of Deaf Smith County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,370 at the 2010 census. It is the only incorporated locality named "Hereford" in the country. It is also known as the "Beef Capital of the World" because of the large number of cattle fed in the area. The city is named for the Hereford breed. The local economy is affected significantly by growth in the dairy and ethanol industries.
The Hereford Chamber of Commerce created the slogan "Making Hereford Better" about two years ago. But many Hereford folks have taken it to heart and are working to do just that. Here's the story on ABC 7 News.
Sid Shaw, Deaf Smith County Chamber of Commerce, Deaf Smith County Judge D.J. Wagner, Historian Joe Rogers, Lana Bass and Pearl Salinas, Deaf Smith County Museum, Nena-Al Martinez Aguillon, Luisselli Gonzalez. Produced by Larry Lemmons for Panhandle Spirit, KVII-TV, ABC 7 News, April 7, 2016. SOURCE
Biography - Erastus "Deaf" Smith:
Erastus Smith was born in Dutchess County, New York to Chilab and Mary Smith. In 1798, his family moved to Port Gibson, Mississippi, near Natchez.
Smith came to Texas in 1821 for health reasons. His health apparently recovered, except for a partial loss of hearing, hence the nickname "Deaf" Smith, also known as "El Sordo," appeared in many areas of Mexican Texas and was in most significant actions related to development of the region both under Mexico and during evolution of independence... Read More on Wikipedia.
HEREFORD, TEXAS -- Hereford is a city in and county seat of Deaf Smith County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,370 at the 2010 census. It is the only incorporated locality named "Hereford" in the country. It is also known as the "Beef Capital of the World" because of the large number of cattle fed in the area. The city is named for the Hereford breed. The local economy is affected significantly by growth in the dairy and ethanol industries.The Hereford Chamber of Commerce created the slogan "Making Hereford Better" about two years ago. But many Hereford folks have taken it to heart and are working to do just that. Here's the story on ABC 7 News.
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Sid Shaw, Deaf Smith County Chamber of Commerce, Deaf Smith County Judge D.J. Wagner, Historian Joe Rogers, Lana Bass and Pearl Salinas, Deaf Smith County Museum, Nena-Al Martinez Aguillon, Luisselli Gonzalez. Produced by Larry Lemmons for Panhandle Spirit, KVII-TV, ABC 7 News, April 7, 2016. SOURCE
Biography - Erastus "Deaf" Smith:
Erastus Smith was born in Dutchess County, New York to Chilab and Mary Smith. In 1798, his family moved to Port Gibson, Mississippi, near Natchez.Smith came to Texas in 1821 for health reasons. His health apparently recovered, except for a partial loss of hearing, hence the nickname "Deaf" Smith, also known as "El Sordo," appeared in many areas of Mexican Texas and was in most significant actions related to development of the region both under Mexico and during evolution of independence... Read More on Wikipedia.
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Deaf People for Bernie Sanders - Austin Rally.
AUSTIN, TX -- #FeelTheBern - Want to know what it's like behind the scenes of a Bernie Sanders rally and to see him up close!? We've got a surprise for you, a video from last Saturday's Austin rally. Bernie Sanders attends at Austin, Texas to give a speech during the rally for the both of Hearing and Deaf and Hard of Hearing communites.
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from Vermont. He is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election.
The 2016 primaries and caucuses have begun. Candidates will seek to win delegates in each state’s contest to capture their party’s nomination for the presidency - 2016 Primary Results and Calendar.
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AUSTIN, TX -- #FeelTheBern - Want to know what it's like behind the scenes of a Bernie Sanders rally and to see him up close!? We've got a surprise for you, a video from last Saturday's Austin rally. Bernie Sanders attends at Austin, Texas to give a speech during the rally for the both of Hearing and Deaf and Hard of Hearing communites.Bernard "Bernie" Sanders is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from Vermont. He is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election.
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The 2016 primaries and caucuses have begun. Candidates will seek to win delegates in each state’s contest to capture their party’s nomination for the presidency - 2016 Primary Results and Calendar.
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VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News - Texas ratchet woman fatally shoots Deaf man who knocked on her door and leaves note on his body saying "sorry."
SAN ANTONIO, TX -- Raw Story: Texas woman shot and killed a Deaf man who apparently frightened her by knocking at the door and she left an index card next to his body with the word “sorry” written on it.
Michelle Chase called police about 10 a.m. Sunday to report the shooting, and officers found the man’s body along with the cryptic note outside her apartment door.
The 49-year-old Chase initially denied killing 50-year-old William Farr, who police said showed no obvious signs of trauma or foul play.
An autopsy on Monday revealed Farr had been shot in the chest with a small-caliber bullet.
Chase admitted to police that she shot Farr, who was Deaf and communicated with a computer tablet, on Saturday night because he scared her by knocking on her door.
“He was a nice little guy,” said neighbor Florida Paul. “I didn’t know him that well. He couldn’t hear so he really couldn’t talk he just made noises, strange noises.”
The neighbor said Farr did not live at the apartment complex but frequently visited a woman who did.
Paul said the man had showed up at her own door a couple of weeks ago with multiple stab wounds to his forehead, but she refused to open the door and instead called 911.
“All I saw was like 10 holes in his forehead and blood gushing out, you could barely see his face,” the neighbor said. “But I wouldn’t open my door, because I didn’t know if whoever did that was behind him, and I’m on oxygen, I can’t fight.”
Police did not offer any details about that previous incident or say whether it was connected to Farr’s shooting death.
Chase told police she stayed with a family friend after the shooting and went to a store the next morning, before returning home to pick up clothes for church.
She told police that she called 911 after seeing Farr’s body on the sidewalk outside her door. The video report posted online by WOAI-TV. Source
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SAN ANTONIO, TX -- Raw Story: Texas woman shot and killed a Deaf man who apparently frightened her by knocking at the door and she left an index card next to his body with the word “sorry” written on it.Michelle Chase called police about 10 a.m. Sunday to report the shooting, and officers found the man’s body along with the cryptic note outside her apartment door.
The 49-year-old Chase initially denied killing 50-year-old William Farr, who police said showed no obvious signs of trauma or foul play.
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An autopsy on Monday revealed Farr had been shot in the chest with a small-caliber bullet.
Chase admitted to police that she shot Farr, who was Deaf and communicated with a computer tablet, on Saturday night because he scared her by knocking on her door.
“He was a nice little guy,” said neighbor Florida Paul. “I didn’t know him that well. He couldn’t hear so he really couldn’t talk he just made noises, strange noises.”
The neighbor said Farr did not live at the apartment complex but frequently visited a woman who did.
Paul said the man had showed up at her own door a couple of weeks ago with multiple stab wounds to his forehead, but she refused to open the door and instead called 911.
“All I saw was like 10 holes in his forehead and blood gushing out, you could barely see his face,” the neighbor said. “But I wouldn’t open my door, because I didn’t know if whoever did that was behind him, and I’m on oxygen, I can’t fight.”
Police did not offer any details about that previous incident or say whether it was connected to Farr’s shooting death.
Chase told police she stayed with a family friend after the shooting and went to a store the next morning, before returning home to pick up clothes for church.
She told police that she called 911 after seeing Farr’s body on the sidewalk outside her door. The video report posted online by WOAI-TV. Source
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VIDEO: [ASL/CC] - Support your local Deaf Club from Austin, Texas.
Deaf Clubs are an important part of preserving our Deaf culture and heritage. The Austin Association of the Deaf is one of the few remaining Deaf-Owned clubs in the country, and we must do our part to preserve this important and culturally rich part of our community.
Austin Association of the Deaf’s (est. 1946) purpose is to provide fellowship, educational, recreational, cultural opportunities, inclusive communication and to work in harmony with any organization(s) and/or business(es) to develop the business opportunities for the Association.
We are a place where the Deaf community in Austin, Texas can socialize and network within our community. We are open during Friday and Saturday nights. Come and enjoy good company, good drinks, and a place where you can be yourself.
Our club has a full-sized bar, an outdoor patio and yard, and plenty of games and activities. Our club also can be rented out as a venue by either private individuals or by our affiliate organizations. https://austindeafclub.org/
Deaf Clubs are an important part of preserving our Deaf culture and heritage. The Austin Association of the Deaf is one of the few remaining Deaf-Owned clubs in the country, and we must do our part to preserve this important and culturally rich part of our community.Austin Association of the Deaf’s (est. 1946) purpose is to provide fellowship, educational, recreational, cultural opportunities, inclusive communication and to work in harmony with any organization(s) and/or business(es) to develop the business opportunities for the Association.
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We are a place where the Deaf community in Austin, Texas can socialize and network within our community. We are open during Friday and Saturday nights. Come and enjoy good company, good drinks, and a place where you can be yourself.
Our club has a full-sized bar, an outdoor patio and yard, and plenty of games and activities. Our club also can be rented out as a venue by either private individuals or by our affiliate organizations. https://austindeafclub.org/
EXCLUSIVE: SWAT standoff with Deaf man in Grand Prairie ends peacefully.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. - (KVUE News) A standoff with police ended peacefully Monday morning when a man upset about his girlfriend's arrest surrendered after threatening to kill himself.
According to Grand Prairie police spokesperson Lyle Gensler, police responded to a domestic situation at the Sugar Creek Apartments in the 900 block of Duncan Perry just after midnight Monday and found a man and a woman - both legally Deaf - involved in a dispute outside their apartment.
Police determined the woman was intoxicated, and she was arrested for public intoxication.
The arrest upset her boyfriend, who called 911 using Texas Relay, a service that provides telephone access for people with speech or hearing loss. He indicated he had a gun and told dispatchers he wanted his girlfriend to be released from custody or he'd kill himself.
"He has a computer in there that he can talk to via Skype and talk to a live person, and that person can relay to us what he's signing," an officer explained during the standoff. "And that's only if he wants to talk to us.
We've talked to him a couple of times, we've explained to him what's going on, but he still seems unhappy with the whole situation." ... Read more: http://www.kvue.com/news/state/241179071.html
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. - (KVUE News) A standoff with police ended peacefully Monday morning when a man upset about his girlfriend's arrest surrendered after threatening to kill himself.According to Grand Prairie police spokesperson Lyle Gensler, police responded to a domestic situation at the Sugar Creek Apartments in the 900 block of Duncan Perry just after midnight Monday and found a man and a woman - both legally Deaf - involved in a dispute outside their apartment.
Police determined the woman was intoxicated, and she was arrested for public intoxication.
The arrest upset her boyfriend, who called 911 using Texas Relay, a service that provides telephone access for people with speech or hearing loss. He indicated he had a gun and told dispatchers he wanted his girlfriend to be released from custody or he'd kill himself.
"He has a computer in there that he can talk to via Skype and talk to a live person, and that person can relay to us what he's signing," an officer explained during the standoff. "And that's only if he wants to talk to us.
We've talked to him a couple of times, we've explained to him what's going on, but he still seems unhappy with the whole situation." ... Read more: http://www.kvue.com/news/state/241179071.html
VIDEO: Handcuffed Deaf couple wants answers from the police department for brutality assaults.
SAN ANTONIO, TX - A Deaf couple claims two off-duty Bexar County Sheriff's deputies handcuffed them and roughed them up as they were shopping inside a west side convenience store. Now the two want to know why it happened in the first place.
Jeffrey Donovan and his girlfriend Mercedes Castellano were shopping inside the Express Mart on Ceralvo, off Zarzamora on Aug. 23 and had only been inside for about two minutes before deputies approached. Surveillance video shows how quickly the deputies came inside and cuffed the couple.
"They were waving at us to come over there and all of a sudden they handcuffed us and were really rough at us," Donovan said, through an interpreter... Read more: http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Handcuffed-deaf-couple-wants-answers/jsHmZ6psqUi7vg9Ih1kqow.cspx
SAN ANTONIO, TX - A Deaf couple claims two off-duty Bexar County Sheriff's deputies handcuffed them and roughed them up as they were shopping inside a west side convenience store. Now the two want to know why it happened in the first place.
Jeffrey Donovan and his girlfriend Mercedes Castellano were shopping inside the Express Mart on Ceralvo, off Zarzamora on Aug. 23 and had only been inside for about two minutes before deputies approached. Surveillance video shows how quickly the deputies came inside and cuffed the couple.
"They were waving at us to come over there and all of a sudden they handcuffed us and were really rough at us," Donovan said, through an interpreter... Read more: http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Handcuffed-deaf-couple-wants-answers/jsHmZ6psqUi7vg9Ih1kqow.cspx
VIDEO [CC] - The ghost tracks of San Antonio in American Sign Language.
SAN ANTONIO, TX. - Numerous of Deafies heard the stories about these railroad tracks located on Shane Road where a train struck a school bus during the 1940s and killed the bus driver and all children on the bus.
The urban legend is that a long time ago about haunted railroad tracks near San Antonio, Texas, anyhow, the Deafies decided to do some investigation on their own, and to their amazement they actually found some shocking evidence. The car did indeed go up the hill and over the tracks with the ignition turned off even. They even tried it with the car going backwards and it still worked.
They even noticed very apparent fingerprints on the trunk of the car after pouring baby powder on it and going over the tracks. They say that if you put baby powder on the back on your car the kids handprints will appear. The story and posted by Stacey De Laune.
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SAN ANTONIO, TX. - Numerous of Deafies heard the stories about these railroad tracks located on Shane Road where a train struck a school bus during the 1940s and killed the bus driver and all children on the bus.
The urban legend is that a long time ago about haunted railroad tracks near San Antonio, Texas, anyhow, the Deafies decided to do some investigation on their own, and to their amazement they actually found some shocking evidence. The car did indeed go up the hill and over the tracks with the ignition turned off even. They even tried it with the car going backwards and it still worked.
They even noticed very apparent fingerprints on the trunk of the car after pouring baby powder on it and going over the tracks. They say that if you put baby powder on the back on your car the kids handprints will appear. The story and posted by Stacey De Laune.
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VIDEO: Deaf teacher of TSD dies by hit-and-run in Austin, Texas.
AUSTIN, TX - Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver involved in a deadly crash Sunday morning on West Slaughter Lane in Circle C of south Austin.
Police say the driver of a pickup truck ran off the road and hit a Deaf man jogging on the sidewalk. The driver drove off, then got out of the truck and ran from the scene.
Family and friends have identified the victim as Mark Gobble, a professor and former teacher at the Texas School for the Deaf. Gobble was hearing-impaired. The 37-year-old was also finishing his doctorate at the University of Texas. Gobble was preparing to move to the east coast, to teach at Gallaudet University.
A man on the run after hitting and killing a jogger in South Austin turned himself in to police. Police say 20-year-old Roman Turullos-Gonzalez hit and killed Mark Gobble as he was running on the sidewalk Sunday morning.
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AUSTIN, TX - Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver involved in a deadly crash Sunday morning on West Slaughter Lane in Circle C of south Austin.
Police say the driver of a pickup truck ran off the road and hit a Deaf man jogging on the sidewalk. The driver drove off, then got out of the truck and ran from the scene.
Family and friends have identified the victim as Mark Gobble, a professor and former teacher at the Texas School for the Deaf. Gobble was hearing-impaired. The 37-year-old was also finishing his doctorate at the University of Texas. Gobble was preparing to move to the east coast, to teach at Gallaudet University.
A man on the run after hitting and killing a jogger in South Austin turned himself in to police. Police say 20-year-old Roman Turullos-Gonzalez hit and killed Mark Gobble as he was running on the sidewalk Sunday morning.
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