Comcast Internet Essentials provides internet service to households which qualify for the free school lunch program. Comcast offers its internet service for $9.95/month, along with free internet training, and even a low – cost laptop ($149.99).
More info is available at 1-855-846-8376 or
www.internetessentials.com.
(If you know if Cox Communications has a similar program, email to dhhscinc@gmail.com).
- Thanks to LM
The National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute for Technology has a web page where international experts answer your questions about the choices, controversies, and decisions faced by parents and educators of deaf and hard of hearing children. It’s part of the Center for Educational Research Partnerships: http://www.rit.edu/ntid/educatingdeafchildren/
Topics include:
- Cochlear implants and hearing aids
- Culture and communities
- Educational technologies
- Hearing and deafness
- Language and communication
- Social, emotional and behavioral development.
The emphasis is on high-quality, peer-reviewed research, and the site is dedicated to providing a better understanding of the strengths and needs of deaf children.
Partners in this effort include American Society for Deaf Children, Hands and Voices, National Deaf Children’s Society, and Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Funding was provided in part by the Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation.
- Thanks to NVRC, Fairfax
20 minutes long video but it’s really good. It’s about a parent who later learned sign language to communicate with a deaf teenager. This film was made by NTID.
http://www.ntid.rit.edu/prospective/daac/video/eduardo_a.htm
- Thanks to SB