WPSD Newsmakers Program | Richard McGann

VIDEO [CC] - Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf Newsmakers Program with Mr. Richard McGann.



PITTSBURGH - This new edition of the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (WPSD) Newsmaker Program! We were pleased to have the opportunity to visit with Mr. Richard McGann.



Mr. McGann shares his life experiences, his work to improve the lives of Deaf and Blind people, new technologies available for the Deaf and Blind, and his thoughts about the positive impacts of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Mr. Richard McGann, who is Deaf-Blind, He shared his story with the students and demonstrated some of the accommodations and technology that help him every day. The students were captivated! We are #wpsdproud.



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Deaf Short Film 'You & Me'

VIDEO: A short comedy film 'You & Me' now in pre-production.

A young Deaf woman meets a recently blinded man at a cafe. What follows is a funny and moving love story about life’s universal challenges and joys. This short is an excerpt from the feature-length screenplay.

Written by Hillary Baack & Alexander Baack

Produced by Alexander Baack & Hillary Baack

Directed by Alexander Baack (Hollywood Musical!)

Starring Hillary Baack (The East)

Music by D.D. Jackson



You & Me - Indiegogo Intro: The introduction of our Indiegogo campaign as well as the short film of the big meet cute!

You & Me from Force Studios. For more, visit: forcestudios.com/youme.

Helen Keller's Beloved Climbing Tree Cut Down

Deaf News: Cut down a popular 200-year-old oak tree at the Alabama childhood home of Helen Keller.

TUSCUMBIA - Section by section, the sprawling water oak plummeted Monday onto the grounds of Ivy Green at the hands of a whirring chainsaw.



Sue Pilkilton, executive director of Ivy Green, the birthplace of Helen Keller, watched the tree’s presence in the front yard dwindle.



“Isn’t that the saddest thing?” Pilkilton lamented. “We have tried for years to save that tree.”



Having stood for more than 200 years, the tree had particular significance in Keller’s young life. She enjoyed climbing it as a child, and once became stranded there in the midst of a storm until her teacher, Anne Sullivan, came to her rescue, Pilkilton said.



“Miss Sullivan had to climb up there and get her,” she said.



Members of the board that oversees the historic tourist attraction had no alternative but to order the tree removed. A look inside its trunk revealed why. It was hollowed from years of decay and insect infestation.



In July, part of the tree fell during a storm that packed an EF1 tornado... Read more: http://timesdaily.com/news/local/historic-keller-oak-taken-down/article.html