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People in the News NationWide Pharmacies Celebrate with us! NationWide Pharmacies North Dakota School for the Deaf Parent-Infant Program and School Age Outreach Department Nicole, Denise, Carol, Linda, Ashley and Lana Deaf Awareness Week is a national week of celebrating deafness. It is observed annually throughout the last full week of September. The week focuses on promoting the positive aspects of deafness, encouraging social inclusion, and raising awareness of the organizations that support those who are deaf. SOME of the Services that we provide: Parent-Infant Program (0-5 yrs.) School Age Outreach (3-21 yrs.) Family Support and Education Centered Assessments Consultations Language and Auditory Fun Sign Language In-Services Assistance in developing Individualized Observations Developmental Family Service Plan IEP and/or 504 Planning Transition Information on education and Classroom strategies, communication choices Youth activities modifications, accommodations Any questions or concerns on children with hearing loss, contact your regional outreach office. Carol Lybeck, Coordinator Denise Marback, Northeast Nicole Swartwout, Northwest PHONE: 701.665-4400 PHONE: 701-665-4420 PHONE: 701-858-3357 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Lana Zimbelman, Southwest Linda Ehlers, Southeast Ashley Martin, Sign Language PHONE: 701-328-3987 PHONE: 701-239-7373 PHONE 701-239-7375 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Compliments of North Dakota School for the Deaf/Resource Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing School Age Outreach Dept. Have you seen or heard of these deaf individuals? Is a skateboarder who invented a A. Heather Whitestone move that was called “Mute Grab.” That move was recently changed and named after him and featured B. Russell Harvard in the remakes of Tony Hawks 1 and 2 video games. C. Lauren Ridloff _______ D. Kyle Schutze This British woman has hearing E. Ashley Fiolek and vision loss. She started a revolution in the toy industry with the formation of #ToyLikeMe. She F. Millicent Simmonds was able to get toy producers to create toys representing a variety G. Rebecca Atkinson of disabilities such as wheelchairs, vision loss and hearing loss. H. Nyle Dimarco ________ I. Chris Weddle This woman was crowned Miss ANSWERS: C) (9. E), (8. H), (7. (1. I), (2. G), (3. A), (4 B), (5. D), (6. F), F), (6. D), (5. B), (4 A), (3. G), (2. I), (1. America in 1998. ________ This man is the first Deaf model to appear and win on This man acted two supporting America’s Next Top roles of Boo Radley and Link in the Model: He has won the new 2020 production of To Kill a Dancing with the Stars: Mockingbird on Broadway. He has competition as well. guest starred in HBO’s Fargo. _______ ________ This man competed in the This athlete is the Ninja Warrior show on NBC. youngest motocross champion EVER. ________ _______ Is an American deaf actor who First deaf superhero, was in the Amazon Studio’s movie Makkari, in Marvel’s new Wonderstruck. The next movie, A movie, the Eternals, due out Quiet Place 2, is scheduled to be in February 2021. Has been in theaters April 2021. on Walking Dead but unsure if she has been killed off. ________ _______ Compliments of North Dakota School for the Deaf/Resource Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing School Age Outreach Dept. Tony Hawk changes Hearing loss name of skating boarding represented in toys trick to honor Deaf In the upcoming new LEGO City Main Square set, one of skate boarder the Minifigure is wearing a Tony Hawk is a skateboarding legend, hearing aid. legendary X-gamer, and video game pioneer. The skateboard trick that was called the mute Build-A-Bear allows you add grab, involved the skater a red and silver hearing aid grabbing the board in for about $2.00. between the feet, with one hand, during a jump. The website Flaghouse sells Just Like Me Dolls It’s been around since 1981 and can be outfitted with a and was first performed by pair of hearing aids for a deaf skater boarder Daily Moth $3.05. Doll costs about named Chris Weddle. $31.50 and comes in a variety of appearances According to Hawk, Weddle and skin colors. was a prominent amateur skateboarder who didn’t talk American Girl now much, hence the name “mute grab.” offers Joss who is a Hawk explains that Weddle has always been beach-going gracious about the name of the trick. Weddle cheerleader with hearing aids. You can is actually deaf and not mute. Hawk said, “It’s also get removable aids clear that the skateboarder would be more for about $14.00 on any well-known if the trick mentioned his name American Girl doll but instead.” So Hawk decided to change it. requires the doll to be sent to the “Doll A remake of the originals, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Hospital” so that the Doll’s ear can be 1 & 2 videogames, is coming out soon. Hawk and properly fitted for an aid on one or both the game's developers made sure to rename the ears. trick. In the new game, the trick will officially be Information for this article was taken from https:// entandaudiology.com/blog/8-dolls-stuffed- called the "Weddle Grab"! animals-and-toys-with-hearing-aids/. It offers other resources. Sean Forbes makes #1 on charts Sean Forbes is a Deaf hip-hop artist. On February 21, 2020 Sean released a new album called "Little Victories" and within the week hit #1 on the iTunes and Amazon hip-hop charts and #1 on Amazon for digital sales. Check out his video. Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JaUg94oazM Washington Post In 2015, Sean co-founded D-PAN, The Deaf Professional Arts Network, a nonprofit organization that has been making music accessible to the Deaf and hard of hearing community by creating American Sign Language interpretation music videos of popular songs. D-PAN has created videos for John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, Eminem, and more. Compliments of North Dakota School for the Deaf/Resource Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing School Age Outreach Dept. Phyllis Frelich, is the only Steve Blehm became North person born in North Dakota Dakota’s all time leading to win a Tony Award for best scorer even without the three actress, and she was deaf. point line. He was Deaf and She won the award in 1980 played basketball for North for her starring role in Dakota School for the Deaf, "Children of a Lesser God." from 1969 to 1973. He holds seven school, 12 state and Frelich had Deaf parents and three national records. was born in Devils Lake in 1944. She was the oldest of nine deaf children. On Jan. 27, 1971, Steve Blehm, a sophomore, The playground at North Dakota School for the scored 85 points for the Devils Lake School for Deaf is named after her family. the Deaf, beating Hampden 122 to 22. By the end of the season, he moved ahead of Wilt After graduating from high school in 1962, she Chamberlain to fourth place in the nation for attended Gallaudet College, a liberal arts the highest point average in a season — 47.3 college for the deaf in Washington, D.C., where points per game. Blehm graduated in 1973, she pursued her life-long dream of acting. scoring 3,859 points during his high school On Jan. 23, 1981, Frelich was notified that she career, with a scoring average of 41.5 points, a had been selected to receive the Theodore national record that still stands. Roosevelt Rough Rider Award, the highest Following graduation, Blehm went to Minot honor given in the state of North Dakota. A State for one semester, then transferred to painting of her is hanging in the Capital building Gallaudet, where he was selected most in Bismarck. Frelich died on April 10, 2014. valuable player in 1976, '77 and '78. "All the Ways I Hear You" North Dakota School for has a young narrator named Sy and has hearing the Deaf celebrates aids. Sy goes on to 130 years! introduce his diverse group of friends who are deaf, hard of hearing or deafblind Old Main was designed and their own hearing by Olaf Hanson, a technology and rising deaf architect communication styles. from Minneapolis. They include cochlear implants, bone anchored hearing systems, communication boards/tablets and sign language. This is the first book written by Stephanie Marrufo, of Bismarck, who is Sy's mother. Sy was diagnosed with hearing loss at 2-years-old. Stephanie began searching for 1890-2020 children's books that included deaf and hard of hearing characters but could find very few. She The North Dakota School for the Deaf/ decided to write her own story and wanted to Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of include the variety of ways people hear and Hearing has been serving individuals with communicate. "All the Ways I Hear You" is hearing loss since September 1890. Back illustrated by Priscila Soares, an artist with when North Dakota was becoming a state, hearing loss who wears bone anchored hearing Anson R. Spear, a deaf man from the aids, and is mother to a child born deaf who Minneapolis area, came to North Dakota to now has cochlear implants. establish a school for the deaf. Compliments of North Dakota School for the Deaf/Resource Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing School Age Outreach Dept. Make sure you have the Be in places with good lighting attention of the person before and little or no background noise you start talking.
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