The Hearing and Speech Agency’s Centralized Interpreter Referral Service (CIRS) is celebrating Deaf Awareness Week with a series of events, including Baltimore’s Biggest Sign Language Class. Open to the public, this class will be conducted as an ASL immersion activity that is open for all skill levels and ages. Tina Montgomery, Director of the Centralized Interpreter Referral Service states, “It’s really thrilling to open our class up to the entire community, to promote Deaf Awareness Week and to empower people to communicate better.”

Deaf Awareness Week is always the last full week in September, and its purpose is to draw attention to deaf people, their accomplishments and their issues. In honor of the celebration, HASA has events planned during the entrie week, from September 19 – 24.  Read more.

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