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White House told to bring back sign-language interpreters, judge rules

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to bring back American Sign Language interpreters for White House briefings after the president’s team admitted he didn’t like “sharing a platform.
The New York Times

How Sign Language Can Help Us All Be Better Communicators

The emotionality of ASL can free you from the trap of precision. By Hannah Seo When I arrived on the second floor of a commercial building in Manhattan for my first sign-language class, a man took one ...
WUSA

Deaf Americans want judge to order Trump administration to bring sign language interpreters back to White House briefings

WASHINGTON — A group representing deaf Americans argued in court Wednesday the Trump administration has violated their rights by ending a Biden-era policy of providing American Sign Language (ASL) ...
PBS

Sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image, administration says

The Trump administration is arguing that requiring real-time American Sign Language interpretation of events like White House press briefings "would severely intrude on the President's prerogative to ...
syracuse.com

‘You’re here’: How studying sign language at OCC helped woman with autism excel in the classroom

Syracuse, N.Y. -- When Heather Patrick was growing up, she knew she was different. At the age of 16, she was diagnosed with autism. She graduated from high school at 21, and went from one community ...