(Long Beach, CA) Anthony Diaz has been working as an interpreter for decades and started a new business, Plantitas. Anthony uses his company as a platform “for the Deaf community to tell their own stories, rather than trying to speak for them”. During a weekend sale, Anthony raised proceeds to support sign language interpreters for Black Lives Matters protests. More of the story here
New 911 Text Service in D.C. Rerouting Emergencies to Phone Calls Instead
WASHINGTON D.C. A D.C. man who is deaf said he texted 911 to report a life-threatening emergency and was shocked when the response he got was