Tele Intervention: Sign Support

Tele-Intervention: Sign Support is a professional learning community set up for tele-intervention programs offering sign language support to families of deaf/hard of hearing children. If you know of a program in your state or know of anyone interested in setting up such a program, please refer them to Lynn Reichert at familysigns@tsd.state.tx.us or request to join their Tele-Intervention: Sign Support Facebook community.

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Maternal & Child Health: Reach Out & Help Families Enroll

As you know, ensuring that all Americans know about the opportunity to sign up for affordable health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act is a top priority in the maternal and child health field. Check out this message from Dr. Michael Lu, Director of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau at the Health Resources and Services Administration to learn about ways that you can support outreach and enrollment efforts.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZ92D0hIic&feature=youtu.be

Deaf Culture Inspires Award Winning Student Film

Miah Detjen’s first language isn’t English. It’s not Spanish, French, German or Arabic. Her first language is American Sign Language (ASL). Detjen, a junior film production major and English minor, grew up with a deaf father, learning to sign before she learned to speak. When Ray Rea, MSUM professor of film/video production, asked students to make a short personal documentary, Detjen knew exactly whom she wanted to depict.

Link: http://news.mnstate.edu/2014/01/two-worlds-collide/

FDA Regulated Study of Cord Blood Stem Cells to Treat Acquired Hearing Loss Launches

Cord Blood Registry® (CBR®), the world’s largest and most experienced newborn stem cell company, announces the start of a U.S. Food and Drug (FDA)-regulated study being conducted at Florida Hospital for Children in Orlando to investigate the use of a child’s stem cells from their own stored umbilical cord blood as a treatment for acquired sensorineural hearing loss.

Link: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1685758

NCBDDD 2014 Research Opportunities

The National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) at the CDC is pleased to announce the availability of SIX (6) NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES for 2014. The DRDC conducts research related to the priorities of CDC’s NCBDDD through research grant sub-awards to university and other academic and professional partners that utilize medical, social and basic science, and public health approaches.

Link: http://www.disabilityresearchcenter.com/research/