Office of Deaf Services 

SIGN of the TIMES E-NEWS 

November 2010 

ANNOUNCEMENT 

Commission Meeting 

November 19th, 2010 

10:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m. 

Lucas State Office Building 
2nd floor, Conference Room 201 
321 E. 12th Street 
Des Moines, IA 
Meeting Agenda is posted on our website: www.deafservices.iowa.gov/commission/agenda.html 

DSCI Commission has 5 committees: 

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Mental Health 
. 
Legal 
. 
Interpreters Competency Standards 
. 
Youth 
. 
Services for Hard of Hearing 

Commissioners would like to hear from you about any of these five issues. There are two ways: 

1. Come to our commission meeting and share your concerns or comments during public comment or 
2. Contact DSCI’s Commission Chair, Theresa Legg, C/O DSCI dhr.dsci@iowa.gov must be 14 days in advance. 


Visit DSCI website: www.deafservices.iowa.gov Questions or Comments? Email us: dhr.dsci@iowa.gov 

ANNOUNCEMENT 

CHECK OUT OUR TWO NEW VLOGS IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE  www.deafservices.iowa.gov 

Heating bills high? House cold all winter? How to make house warmer? 

The two new vlogs will introduce two programs in American Sign Language called 

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Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) 
. 
Weatherization Assistance Program 

It’s also captioned. 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

11/05: 6:00 pm: American Sign Language Social hosted by Deaf Awareness and DMACC located at ALL-Play 615 - 3rd Street, Des Moines. 
Games, eat and drink. 

11/19: 10 am—3:00 pm: DSCI Commission Meeting located at Lucas State Office Building, 2nd floor, Conference Room 201, 321 E. 21st Street, 
Des Moines. 

Mary Poppins 

Civic Center of Greater Des Moines 

There will be Interpreters at the two shows listed below. 

Sunday, December 5th, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. 

Thursday, December 9th, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. 

Ticket Information: http://www.civiccenter.org/ 

ANNOUNCEMENT

21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 

President Barack Obama signed a new law the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. It will enable 36 million deaf and hard of hearing 
people to participate in the Internet age by ensuring captioning of television programs on the Internet. The Act requires a closed caption button on 
television remote controls and on-screen menus and that telephone equipment used to make calls over the Internet is compatible with hearing aids. It also 
requires the restoring of video audible description rules, making TV program guides and selection menus accessible, have access to televised emergency 
programming and communications equipment for individuals who are deaf-blind as well. 

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Deaf Capitol Day 

Deaf and Hard of Hearing students from East High School, Des Moines will be hosting Deaf Capitol Day on March 7, 2011