Sign Language in Space!
July 27, 2010 - 1:52pm — Brein
NASA video of Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson on the International Space Station signing a special message to Earth.
Source video
President Obama's ADA Anniversary PSA
July 27, 2010 - 1:44pm — BreinCaptioned Public Service Announcement from President Obama celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Video was posted to Youtube by the AAPD.
Deaf Women in Film Interview with Rhianon Gutierrez
July 17, 2010 - 1:46pm — BreinInterview of Rhianon Gutierrez, Deaf Woman Director and Writer of "Transients".
Interview produced by Jules Dameron of Deaf Women in Film and ASL Master for "Transients". Subtitles provided by Alex Lotz.
To learn more about the Deaf Women in Film project, you can visit their blog, twitter account or facebook page.
Mental Health information video - "Suicide: What You Can Do"
May 14, 2010 - 10:26am — BreinThe Alternative Solutions Center in Bethesda, MD provides a v/blog to inform the deaf community about mental health topics. With their permission, I am reposting their videos to help share this information. This video is about suicide and what you can do to prevent it.
Their videos are available through their v/blog, blip.tv and Youtube.
Due to the sensitivity of this subject matter, comments are closed. If you wish to discuss these issues, please do contact a professional.
Mental Health information video - "When Narcissists Use Children"
May 10, 2010 - 1:10pm — BreinThe Alternative Solutions Center in Bethesda, MD provides a v/blog to inform the deaf community about mental health topics. With their permission, I am reposting their videos to help share this information. This video is about Narcissism and the harm it can do.
Their videos are available through their v/blog, blip.tv and Youtube.
Due to the sensitivity of this subject matter, comments are closed. If you wish to discuss these issues, please do contact a professional.
Introduction to the Deaf Politics cause
May 9, 2010 - 11:18am — BreinJessica Thurber explains why she started Deaf Politics, and how it is intended be a non-partisan source of political information for the Deaf community.
They do not yet have a website, but you can subscribe to the Deaf Politics Facebook page, the Deaf Politics Twitter account, or the Deaf Politics Youtube account.
Deaf Non-profits to lose Tax exemption
May 8, 2010 - 8:43am — BreinThousands of Non-profit organizations are at risk of losing their nonprofit status if they do not file with the IRS by May 15th. Many small Deaf non-profits may be especially hard hit.
The IRS implemented a new rule in 2006 requiring all non-profits to file with the IRS. Organizations that earned under $25,000 a year were previously exempt. If organizations do not file their returns for three years, they lose their non-profit status. As this is the third year that this rule has been in effect, this May 15th may be the execution date for many non-profits.
Most non-profits earning less than $25,000 a year only have to file the Form 990-N or "e-Postcard" which is a simple electronic application which requires 8 basic pieces of information, including the organizations contact information.
To find out if a non-profit organization needs to file, or is in danger of losing their tax exempt status by checking the database at the National Center for Charitable Statistics
Universal Subtitles project aims to Caption the web
May 4, 2010 - 12:01pm — BreinThe Universal Subtitles project aims to "make captioning, subtitling, and translating video publicly accessible in a way that’s free and open, just like the Web." Their efforts include a subtitling widget for simple online subtitling, a subtitles protocol to create a retrievable subtitles database, and a collaborative subtitling site. This project is sponsored by the Participatory Culture Foundation with seed funding from the Mozilla Foundation.
They need $25,000 to fund their cause, and are asking for contributions.
The Mozilla Foundation will match dollar-for-dollar all contributions to their cause (up to $25,000) from their Open Web Fund.
Their project page is on Mozilla Drumbeat, and you can go there to join their project, donate or just learn more about it.
