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Maryland DeafBlind Training in Salisbury (Aug. 10, 2022)

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Interested in earning a little extra income while providing a worthwhile service to individuals of Maryland’s Deafblind community?

Become a Communication Facilitator (CF)!

The Maryland Accessible Telecommunication Program is hosting an information and training event at Deaf Independent Living Association (DILA), 806 Snow Hill Road, Salisbury, MD Wednesday August 10^th.

Join us in-person or virtually.

Trainer Eddie Martinez and MAT manager, Kevin Steffy will provide information from 11 to 12:30 and more detailed training from 1 to 2.

For a Zoom link, please RSVP by Tuesday August 9^th by emailing Kevin Steffy at kevin.steffy@maryland.gov. You can also VP Kevin at 410-246-4418 for more information.

And don’t forget –

we will be on the north beach at Indian River Inlet State Park for

Deaf Community Surf Day

August 11^th all day with surf’s up noon to 3!

So, if you can’t make the 10^th but are interested, talk to us then!

DeafBlind training in MD 8.10.2022 flyer

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– Thanks to Maryland Accessible Telecommunication Program

July 21, 2022

Language Access DSD 5k walk/run AND Deaf Expo (Saturday, September 24, 2022)

More information, go to….

Expo – https://www.delawaredeaf.org/links/expo-2022

5k Walk/Run – https://dsdeaf.org/languageAccess5K

July 19, 2022

Xbox Celebrates the Gaming and Disability Community for Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is a great time to bring visibility to the importance of digital access and inclusion and to celebrate the over 400 million players with disabilities playing and creating across the globe. Today, I am excited to share some of the work Team Xbox has done in partnership with the disability community, to bring the power of play and connection to more people. For it is only when we all come together, are intentional about our focus on accessibility throughout the year, and push for more representation in our games and people creating them, that we can truly make Xbox a place where everyone can have fun and experience the joy of gaming. To us this means,

Read on at https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/05/19/xbox-celebrates-the-gaming-and-disability-community.

A similar story related to this from Sorenson – https://www.sorenson.com/press/press-releases/sorenson-and-xbox-disrupt-gaming-industry-by-providing-asl-access.