By: Candice Goodie, Client Services Specialist Growing up in Bakersfield, I loved attending Deaf events, such as the monthly pizza night, annual community picnics, seasonal performances, etc. At those events, I would interact with Children of Deaf Adults (CODAs) and Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals of various ages, ranging as early as 3 to […]
By Krystal Rios-Harris, Client Services Specialist Because starting or continuing a hobby is beneficial for any age, I have chosen art. I choose art because I want to be creative. But how does one start creating art if we don’t have any art skills? With this in mind, I gathered a list of ten ways […]
By Wayne Johnson, Coordinator of Client Services, Salinas We all know the advice to change the batteries in our smoke detector when we change the time. This is very good advice. If you are using a ten-year battery smoke detector, you may just install the detector and not think of it again. But, this means […]
By C.C. Ryder Growing up as a CODA, I thought I knew just about everything there was to know about Deaf history, only to discover I was wrong. Just the other day I was reading the Gallaudet University online paper and ran across a story about a movie called “SEEDS OF HOPE: THE ANDREW JACKSON […]
Discovering Agriculture Through STEM (DATS) was a free summer program for college bound deaf and hard-of-hearing students who live in California and are entering grades 10-12 in Fall of 2018. Below is an account from one of our local Deaf Community members who attended. By Courtney Bronson, DATS camp was wonderful, with amazing staff, awesome campers, and […]
By C.C. Ryder Everyone needs a mentor or a hero to look up to, especially as a child. Children need someone to emulate or be inspired by in setting personal and/or professional goals. These mentors or heroes represent or illustrate what dreams and goals are possible and demonstrate how they overcame their challenges to become […]
V Town Roller Derby invited our South Valley Outreach Office to have a booth at their Roller Derby. At first, I thought it was for informational purposes but was surprised to learn it was for a fundraiser. They support different charities and had selected Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center (DHHSC) to be their […]
