"See What You Hear"
By: Catherine McHugh
Not all major events in Washington D.C. revolve around politics. This Summer, for instance, the nation's capitol played host to a major convention called Deaf Way II ----the world's only international gathering designed to celebrate and share the experiences of deaf people and to present entertainment and activities specifically designed for the deaf. Hosted by Gallaudet University.The nation's leading college for hearing-imparired students, the event had more than 10,000 attendees-- nearly double the participants at the Deaf Way, back in 1989.
Deaf and hearing participants attended the conference, meaning presentations and all the communication, visual, and tactile challenges that came with those presentations had to be aimed at both groups simultaneously. Indeed, organizers say that one of the reasons for the long period between the first Deaf Way event and the second was the complexity involved in staging shows and activities on a large scale that could be appreciated equally by both hearing and hearing-impaired audiences...
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