More information, go to….
Expo – https://www.delawaredeaf.org/links/expo-2022
5k Walk/Run – https://dsdeaf.org/languageAccess5K
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.
NHL brings in sign language interpreter for commissioner
DENVER — Brice Christianson went to sporting events as a child and realized how inaccessible that world was for his deaf father.
On Wednesday night, he stood 10 feet from NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman translating English into American Sign Language for the annual state of the league address at the Stanley Cup Final. Christianson was shown picture-in-picture on NHL Network interpreting Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly’s remarks.
Sign language interpreters have been present for national anthems, but this represented the NHL’s biggest step yet to make the stories around hockey available to the deaf and hard of hearing community.
“We’re just scratching the surface,” said Christianson, who is the CEO for P-X-P, which specializes in making sports and entertainment more accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing. “Before, we always felt like we were lucky. Like I felt like we were lucky to be here, they’re giving us an opportunity, and I don’t mean this arrogantly, but now I feel like we belong.”
Read on at https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/nhl-brings-sign-language-interpreter-commissioner-85455513.