ASL for America is pleased to announce that the February 11 print edition of Time Magazine had a blurb about the ASL petition to the White House. It is believed that this is one of the very rare instances of American Sign Language being mentioned in such a prominent media outlet. The petition to the White House, as previously stated on our Continue reading
We updated our infographic to be more precise. The text of the infographic can be found underneath the graphic. Why Michigan’s Proposed Bills Hurt American Sign Language What the original law says: (2) In addition to the requirements under subsection (1), beginning with pupils entering grade 3 in 2006, the board of a school district or board of directors of Continue reading
The ASL for America team on February 6, 2013 sent a letter to the President and CEO of the CBS corporation, thanking him for the positive coverage on American Sign Language. Dear Mr. Moonves: ASL for America would like to thank you and CBS for your positive coverage of American Sign Language. Our community loved seeing the distinguished and talented John Maucere on Continue reading
The ASL for America team on February 5, 2013 sent a letter of appreciation to the National Association of the Deaf for their sponsorship of John Maucere at the Super Bowl XLVII. Howard: ASL for America would like to commend NAD for working with PepsiCo in sponsoring John Maucere’s performance at the Super Bowl. It was an inspiration to see him Continue reading
The Seattle Weekly recently did a blog article about a petition to Superintendent of Public Instruction Dorn, asking him to require Signed Exact English to be used in the instruction of Deaf children in the State of Washington. There were several misconceptions presented in the article about American Sign Language, so we left a comment on that article in addition Continue reading
It has come to the attention of the ASL for America team that there are concerns about a petition to the White House to block all of the other petitions. We would like to take the time to clarify several things: When we got our petition to the required 25,000 signatures, it did not mean that President Obama will automatically Continue reading
When Adrean Clark created a petition on the White House website, she wrote from her heart. She believed that ASL deserves recognition. Then a funny thing happened. The petition got more than 27,000 signatures from people like you who shared the same belief. Your support made the petition a success! And more than that, it inspired the creation of ASL Continue reading
The ASL for America movement, fiscally sponsored by SignCasts, is thrilled to announce that the petition to the White House asking for formal recognition of American Sign Language, has reached the needed 25,000 signatures and beyond. With this achievement, the petition will now receive a response from President Obama’s administration. “We want to see awareness of American Sign Language spread Continue reading
ASL for America is pleased to announce that the ASL petition recently appeared in the Washington Whispers section of the USA News and World Report website. View the full article here.
The ASL for America movement, fiscally sponsored by SignCasts, petitions President Obama to formally recognize American Sign Language (ASL) and to take strong steps that will ensure that ASL is protected, encouraged, and strengthened. Despite ASL being a native language of the United States and North America at large, the language has been marginalized due to its minority status. For Continue reading