Month: October 2016

10 Movies To Watch As A Family

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Need something to do on a rainy day or a new film for family movie night? Here are 10 different family-friendly movies with deaf/koda characters and themes. These films can create space for valuable conversations about ASL, deaf history, and/or deaf culture, as these movies showcase various topics that can be discussed together as a family.… Continue Reading 10 Movies To Watch As A Family

Grace (Gealey) Byers (1984- )

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Actress Grace Byers, (née Gealey) is well-known for playing the part of Anika Calhoun in the hit FOX television series “Empire.”  She was born in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 26, 1984. At the age of two, she moved with her family the Cayman Islands, her mother’s native home. Her father, an American, was born deaf and… Continue Reading Grace (Gealey) Byers (1984- )