Take advantage of our too good to be true prices on all shirts in stock. 20-50% off everything!
And as always, you get Priority Shipping for your entire order for only $3.50!!!
Happy shopping!
The SignWear team
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Enjoy a Free Upgrade to Priority Shipping for the Holidays!
We at SignWear know how tough it is to shop early for everyone around the holidays, so we're here to offer some help. Anyone who places an order during throughout December gets a free upgrade to Priority Shipping. That's Priority Shipping for the entire order for only $3.50!!!
Hope this helps make your holidays a little more cheerful!
The SignWear team
Hope this helps make your holidays a little more cheerful!
The SignWear team
Thursday, October 15, 2009
10/6/09 Deaf Awareness Day a huge success!
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out for Deaf Awareness Day this past weekend. We had so much fun making new friends and catching up with old ones. We also thank all those who took advantage of our Deaf Awareness Day sale prices and purchased shirts. Wear them with pride knowing that a percentage of SignWear's sales is donated to the National Association of the Deaf in support of their amazing civil rights efforts for the deaf and hard of hearing. We already cannot wait until next year.
As always drop us a line if you can, and happy signing!
The SignWear team
As always drop us a line if you can, and happy signing!
The SignWear team
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
9/30/09 Deaf Awareness Day 2009
Join us to celebrate Deaf Awareness Day 2009 at the Balboa Park Club in Balboa Park this Saturday, October 3rd, 2009. This is a fun event that has been a huge success in the past, and we are really looking forward to keeping the tradition alive in 2009. Bring your family, friends, and get ready for an eventful day spent with other members of the sign language community.
As in years past, SignWear has reserved a table and will be selling our shirts at a discounted price to all those who come say "hello."
For more information on Deaf Awareness Day 2009, click here.
We hope to see you there!
The SignWear team
As in years past, SignWear has reserved a table and will be selling our shirts at a discounted price to all those who come say "hello."
For more information on Deaf Awareness Day 2009, click here.
We hope to see you there!
The SignWear team
9/23/09 NAD E-newsletter: FCC Seeks Consumer Feedback
On Friday, September 25, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will host a workshop about 10-digit numbers and access to 9-1-1 emergency services for Internet Protocol Relay (IP Relay) and Video Relay Service (VRS) users. The NAD will take part in this workshop. We need you to participate with us. Participating is easy. Here’s how.
BACKGROUND
The NAD advocated for real 10-digit telephone numbers for IP Relay and VRS users. With 10-digit numbers, people who use telephones can dial the IP Relay or VRS user’s number and be connected automatically to the appropriate relay service to reach the deaf or hard of hearing person. In addition, the NAD advocated for improved access to 9-1-1 emergency services for IP Relay and VRS users. Today, 10-digit numbers and enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1) emergency services are available to IP Relay and VRS users.
After November 12, 2009, IP Relay and VRS users must be registered with a relay service provider and have a 10-digit number to place a non-emergency call.
Today, there are VRS and IP Relay users who have not registered with a relay service provider, do not have a 10-digit number, and do not have E9-1-1 emergency services. The FCC wants to identify effective ways to get these VRS and IP Relay users to take action before the November 12 deadline. The FCC also wants to identify and discuss how to resolve any problems with 10-digit numbering and E9-1-1 emergency services.
ABOUT THE FCC WORKSHOP
The workshop will be held at the FCC in Washington, DC, on Friday, September 25, 2009, from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The workshop will be open to the general public. Open captioning and sign language interpreters will be provided.
A live webcast of the workshop will be available here. People may also participate in the workshop by conference call by dialing 1-866-566-7390 and entering Code: 4732812. Questions may be submitted by e-mail to tendigitnumbering@fcc.gov.
For more information about the workshop, click here.
PARTICIPATE WITH NAD IN THE WORKSHOP
We need your help to identify successful ways to encourage people to get 10-digit numbers. We need to identify problems with 10-digit numbers and E9-1-1 emergency services. You can help by answering these questions:
1. Do you have a 10-digit number for IP Relay and/or VRS?
* YES – tell us what you saw or read that helped you decide to get a 10-digit number.
Examples: IP Relay, VRS, FCC, NAD, or other website; blogs/vlogs; message on my videophone; VRS provider contacted me; attended event, conference, or meeting.
* NO – tell us why.
Examples: I need more information about 10-digit numbers; I do not need a 10-digit number to use IP Relay or VRS; I do not use IP Relay or VRS; I will get a 10-digit number when I need to use IP Relay or VRS; I will get a 10-digit number when I get a videophone.
2. Do you have problems with IP Relay or VRS 10-digit numbers?
* Examples: I cannot connect with people who use a videophone that is different than my videophone; I cannot connect with my hearing family/friends who sign because they cannot get a 10-digit number; I cannot get one number that works with multiple or different videophones in my home or office; I can only register with the VRS provider that provided my videophone.
3. Do you have problems accessing 9-1-1 emergency services using your 10-digit IP Relay and/or VRS number?
* YES – tell us what happened.
* NO – I have not called 911 – OR – I had no problem when I called 911.
You can respond to these questions by sending e-mail to the NAD here. Thank you for joining the NAD as a participant in this important workshop.
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The National Association of the Deaf
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 820
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3819
United States
BACKGROUND
The NAD advocated for real 10-digit telephone numbers for IP Relay and VRS users. With 10-digit numbers, people who use telephones can dial the IP Relay or VRS user’s number and be connected automatically to the appropriate relay service to reach the deaf or hard of hearing person. In addition, the NAD advocated for improved access to 9-1-1 emergency services for IP Relay and VRS users. Today, 10-digit numbers and enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1) emergency services are available to IP Relay and VRS users.
After November 12, 2009, IP Relay and VRS users must be registered with a relay service provider and have a 10-digit number to place a non-emergency call.
Today, there are VRS and IP Relay users who have not registered with a relay service provider, do not have a 10-digit number, and do not have E9-1-1 emergency services. The FCC wants to identify effective ways to get these VRS and IP Relay users to take action before the November 12 deadline. The FCC also wants to identify and discuss how to resolve any problems with 10-digit numbering and E9-1-1 emergency services.
ABOUT THE FCC WORKSHOP
The workshop will be held at the FCC in Washington, DC, on Friday, September 25, 2009, from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The workshop will be open to the general public. Open captioning and sign language interpreters will be provided.
A live webcast of the workshop will be available here. People may also participate in the workshop by conference call by dialing 1-866-566-7390 and entering Code: 4732812. Questions may be submitted by e-mail to tendigitnumbering@fcc.gov.
For more information about the workshop, click here.
PARTICIPATE WITH NAD IN THE WORKSHOP
We need your help to identify successful ways to encourage people to get 10-digit numbers. We need to identify problems with 10-digit numbers and E9-1-1 emergency services. You can help by answering these questions:
1. Do you have a 10-digit number for IP Relay and/or VRS?
* YES – tell us what you saw or read that helped you decide to get a 10-digit number.
Examples: IP Relay, VRS, FCC, NAD, or other website; blogs/vlogs; message on my videophone; VRS provider contacted me; attended event, conference, or meeting.
* NO – tell us why.
Examples: I need more information about 10-digit numbers; I do not need a 10-digit number to use IP Relay or VRS; I do not use IP Relay or VRS; I will get a 10-digit number when I need to use IP Relay or VRS; I will get a 10-digit number when I get a videophone.
2. Do you have problems with IP Relay or VRS 10-digit numbers?
* Examples: I cannot connect with people who use a videophone that is different than my videophone; I cannot connect with my hearing family/friends who sign because they cannot get a 10-digit number; I cannot get one number that works with multiple or different videophones in my home or office; I can only register with the VRS provider that provided my videophone.
3. Do you have problems accessing 9-1-1 emergency services using your 10-digit IP Relay and/or VRS number?
* YES – tell us what happened.
* NO – I have not called 911 – OR – I had no problem when I called 911.
You can respond to these questions by sending e-mail to the NAD here. Thank you for joining the NAD as a participant in this important workshop.
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The National Association of the Deaf
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 820
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3819
United States
9/3/09 NAD E-newsletter: NAD Announces NLTC ’09 Details
The NAD announces program and sponsorship details for the Second Annual NAD Leadership Training Conference, to be held October 29-November 1, 2009 at the Hyatt at Capitol Square in Columbus, Ohio with the theme of Conquering Challenges: Leadership Beyond Barriers. The goal of this year’s conference is to address leadership challenges and opportunities that deaf and hard of hearing individuals face within rapidly changing nonprofit, educational, government, and corporate environments.
The success of this year's conference is made possible through the generous support of Communication Service for the Deaf, CSDVRS (The Z), Gallaudet University, National Technical Institute for the Deaf at RIT, Purple Communications, Snap!VRS, Sorenson Communications, and TracFone Wireless.
Conference training areas focus on promoting diversity and sharing of diverse viewpoints, characteristics of successful leaders, proactive change leadership, coalition building and teamwork, accountable leaders, communicating effectively, conducting leadership search efforts, running healthy meetings, conflict resolution, and harnessing the power of social media. Facilitators for these training areas are: Mark Apodaca, Shane Feldman, Shilpa Hanumantha, Pamela Lloyd-Ogoke, James Macfadden, Deborah Mayer, William McGee, Elizabeth Pollard, Julie Rems-Smario, Howard Rosenblum, and Darlene Goncz Zangara.
Regional and affiliate caucuses will also be held during the conference, to enable state association and affiliate representatives to confer on matters of importance within their respective areas. Resources support on youth leadership will also available during the conference, after which time the NAD Board of Directors will hold its quarterly meeting (observers are welcome to watch the board in action).
Registration is $150 for NAD members and $190 for non-members (membership is included), which includes plenary and breakout sessions; conference packet with PowerPoint files on DVD; opening/dessert reception; two luncheons; networking breaks with refreshments; and a closing/dessert reception. Hotel guest room rates have been negotiated at the Hyatt on Capitol Square where all activities will take place: $82/single plus tax; $107/double plus tax.
The entire conference will be conducted in American Sign Language (ASL). Interested persons who wish to register, request accommodations, and make their hotel reservations must do so before the October 2, 2009 deadline.
Learn more about the NLTC ’09 program/schedule, how you can register and make hotel reservations. Included is a link to a sample justification letter that you can use to secure workplace coverage for registration and travel expenses. We also welcome additional sponsors.
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The National Association of the Deaf
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 820
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3819
United States
The success of this year's conference is made possible through the generous support of Communication Service for the Deaf, CSDVRS (The Z), Gallaudet University, National Technical Institute for the Deaf at RIT, Purple Communications, Snap!VRS, Sorenson Communications, and TracFone Wireless.
Conference training areas focus on promoting diversity and sharing of diverse viewpoints, characteristics of successful leaders, proactive change leadership, coalition building and teamwork, accountable leaders, communicating effectively, conducting leadership search efforts, running healthy meetings, conflict resolution, and harnessing the power of social media. Facilitators for these training areas are: Mark Apodaca, Shane Feldman, Shilpa Hanumantha, Pamela Lloyd-Ogoke, James Macfadden, Deborah Mayer, William McGee, Elizabeth Pollard, Julie Rems-Smario, Howard Rosenblum, and Darlene Goncz Zangara.
Regional and affiliate caucuses will also be held during the conference, to enable state association and affiliate representatives to confer on matters of importance within their respective areas. Resources support on youth leadership will also available during the conference, after which time the NAD Board of Directors will hold its quarterly meeting (observers are welcome to watch the board in action).
Registration is $150 for NAD members and $190 for non-members (membership is included), which includes plenary and breakout sessions; conference packet with PowerPoint files on DVD; opening/dessert reception; two luncheons; networking breaks with refreshments; and a closing/dessert reception. Hotel guest room rates have been negotiated at the Hyatt on Capitol Square where all activities will take place: $82/single plus tax; $107/double plus tax.
The entire conference will be conducted in American Sign Language (ASL). Interested persons who wish to register, request accommodations, and make their hotel reservations must do so before the October 2, 2009 deadline.
Learn more about the NLTC ’09 program/schedule, how you can register and make hotel reservations. Included is a link to a sample justification letter that you can use to secure workplace coverage for registration and travel expenses. We also welcome additional sponsors.
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The National Association of the Deaf
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 820
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3819
United States
9/1/09 Hello and welcome!
As you can already see, our website has had some major construction and is completely new. This is just part of a much larger and more comprehensive facelift that SignWear is undergoing. Our goals include a wider range of products, more events, contests, and increased involvement in the community. We can't accomplish this all by ourselves...we need your assistance! Help us out by attending all the events you can and keeping us informed on the pulse of the sign language community. What do you want? What would you like to see? What are you eating for lunch??? We'd love to hear about everything and would be honored to hear from you!
Happy signing,
The SignWear team
Happy signing,
The SignWear team
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