Tag: Sign Language
Apparently all you need for your video to go viral is to be a sign language interpreter for the mayor of NYC. That’s what happened over the weekend when Jonathan Lamberton was signing for Mayor Bill de Blasio during his press conference about the Ebola patient. Video of Lamberton’s signing soon went viral, similar to […]
Lydia Callis, the sign language interpreter who became an overnight, SNL-parodied micro-celebrity after her appearances an Mayor Bloomberg’s post-Sandy emergency briefings, has a new gig: advocating for the city’s 800,000-plus people with hearing disabilities. Callis hopes to parlay her newfound fame into a chance to make NYC a more deaf-friendly city. To start with, she’s […]
