NOTICE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PUBLIC COMMENT FORUM Thursday, March 25, 2010 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Department of Rehabilitative Services – Norfolk Field Office 861 Glenrock Road Suite 202 Norfolk, VA 23502 The Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS) and the Virginia State Rehabilitation Council invite your attendance at a Public Forum to receive comment on the DRS Vocational... 

Silent Rumble Motorcycle Club will be hosting their monthly Bike-O once again on March 20th. The doors will open at 6pm and the games will begin at 7p. The address for this event is 21217 Rescue Road, Rescue, VA. Admission prices for this event are: $15 for non-members and $10 for members. click here for more info!  Read More →

AG Bell Mourns Loss of Longtime Member and Volunteer Leader Sid Arfa One of AG Bell’s outstanding volunteer leaders, Sid Arfa, passed away on February 26 in Chicago, Ill., nearly two years after receiving a stem cell transplant for Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Twenty-eight years ago, following the diagnosis of their daughter, Rachel, with a profound hearing loss, Sid Arfa and his wife, Nancy Bellew Arfa,... 

Representatives from the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) will attend the 9th annual Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Conference March 1-2, 2010 in Chicago, IL. NAD participation in this year’s EHDI Conference is a part of an ongoing effort to educate EHDI professionals on the importance of American Sign Language (ASL) in the language acquisition of deaf and hard of hearing... 

FCC releases a vlog, signed by Greg Hlibok, to announce their VRS policies in light of fraudulent business behaviors of several VRS providers. “In the Matter of Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service Program. The FCC Reaffirms Rules and Policies of Video Relay Service. CG Docket No. 10-51″ Click here to see vlog!  Read More →

Find a Job, Get Trained and Get to Work It’s no secret that the job market is tough right now, and you may not feel like you have alot of options if you’re looking for a career. But the opportunities are available, and the resources and contacts you need are all in one place. Join us at the Richmond Employment and Education Fair, March 2nd from 11AM to 3PM at the Science Museum of Virginia. Click... 

WASHINGTON, DC – Thursday, January 14, 2010 –AG Bell today named Inez K. Janger as the 2010 recipient of its prestigious Honors of the Association Award, which is given to individuals who have demonstrated dedication to, and sustained efforts toward, the mission of AG Bell. Past recipients include former AG Bell President Kathleen Sussman, Mildred Oberkotter, Dr. Stephen Epstein, Helen Beebe, Doreen... 

TownSigner.com has officially signed up for Twitter and started to twitter. Today, we have made our very first twitter (check it out here) and hope to make many more to come. The idea behind us getting onboard with Twitter was to be able to bring all the news we’re finding out to you guys in the best and fastest possible way. Follow us and keep the latest deaf-related news at your fingertips... 

deafVP.com is Shutting Down After careful consideration, Sorenson Communications has decided to shut down deafVP.com website. More than five years ago, deafVP.com was developed and launched in response to the widespread use of videophones by deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. The site was intended to be a resource to help deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals share videophone numbers and facilitate... 

Video Relay Service Reform Workshop December 17, 2009 at the FCC STREAMING LIVE 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Click here to see video! source: deafread.com  Read More →