No Limits for deaf and hard-of-hearing children

Each year No Limits produces original plays featuring oral deaf children from the greater Los Angeles area. These theatrical workshops and professional stage productions expand vocabulary, improve the clarity of speech and grammatical structure, cultivate creativity, help deaf children engage in social situation with greater ease, and develop public speaking skills. No Limits has received endless testimonials stating that its program gives the children the self-esteem and needed skills to feel more comfortable interacting with their peers at school and in their daily lives.

No Limits website: http://www.nolimitsspeaksout.com/

This film is sponsored by the Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation. To see more videos on FCFox non profits visit us at: http://virtualsitevisit.org

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• deaf
• hard-of-hearing
• hard
• of
• hearing
• children
• oral
• theater
• theatre
• theatrical
• workshops

[cozz]

@Insaneymaney2 I am Hard of Hearing, I have a bilateral high-pitched frequency loss thus cannot hear whispering, alarms and high sounds.

You will see that it is written often as "A d/Deaf person".  deaf is usually referred to HoH or to those with some hearing, whereas a Deaf person is usually someone whom is profoundly deaf and/or can sign. Although, I'm HoH and can sign so it does depend.

[Insaneymaney2]

@cozz: hard of hearing (hoh) & deaf people are DIFF., right?! Cuz, I mean, i take ASL level 3 at my school, it's a hearing school, but they have it as a foreign language. And on this other vid this guy (I think it's a guy) says "hoh OBVIOUSLY means deaf", but that's not what we learned about for deaf culture, but it's harder to tell with cochlear implants...I'll send you the link...

[CongoSandz]

oh cool, can you sign?

did your parents learn to sign

[flippinup]

it is nice to learn to speak but i think learning to sign is just as good. it is hard for them to talk to other people like them if they dont speak well.

[deafgagirl]

I am impressed!!! I hope you will keep "NO LIMITS" open for a long time for kids that deserve it!

[cozz]

I am hard of hearing. I was diagnosed at the age of 8 after my teachers noticed I was getting really low spelling marks and my speech wasn't perfect. When I first found out I remember walking down the stairs after, crying, saying "I don't want to wear stupid machines in my ears!"

But I had no choice and I got to the point where I isolated myself.

Now I am at University I have changed my life around and I am now on a team of mentors to help out first year mentees who are also deaf.

Thank you xx

[conductiveloss]

Love the video. Its great that this organization is out there to help these children. Any child has the potential to accomplish great things if the support is there. The support is here with No Limits.

[eal1011]

Excellent i enjoyed that video.

[SuchendenTrost]

I love how Allessandro was SEE signing during his speech.

[coveredinharmony]

Did anyone notice Alessandro was signing? Not ASL, but he was signing SEE, "My name is..."