Join PSG for a fun and hands on cooking event! Participants will learn to cook simple recipes to create a delicious three-part meal. PSG gatherings are open to any Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, or non-verbal (hearing) adults with intellectual disabilities who use signs and gestures to communicate, as well as families and support staff. Gatherings are language […]
Deaf Rights Group is an open meeting for all to share information about the needs and accomplishments of the Maine Deaf Community. Celebrating 30 years, since 1995! Share community concerns, rights issues, needs and learn about resources. Come be part of the conversation! DRG serves as the Advisory Committee to the DRM board and helps […]
Are you between 13-22? Like getting together with other folks interested in disability rights? Join the DRM Disability Rights Club. The September topic is: Prepare for Voting - November 2025 Register today!
Unspoken Resilience celebrates Maine’s Deaf community through a group exhibition of work by Deaf artists and craftspeople, in conversation with Michael Kolster’s recent series of color photographs of Lewiston. The exhibit foregrounds American Sign Language and issues of communication access, and recognizes ASL interpreters, who offer a linguistic and social bridge between the distinct cultures […]
Visual-Gestural Communication (VGC) is useful to many people who need an alternative technique for expressing and understanding the wants and needs of other people in their environment. VGC is a communication mode that uses gestures, facial expressions, and body language. Often individuals, who cannot communicate effectively using either a spoken language like English or a […]
This year marks the 80th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. To celebrate, Disability Rights Maine is putting on a series of webinars to share employment resources with people with disabilities and our allies around the state. These webinars include resources about employment rights, information on how to make VR work for you, and […]
This year marks the 80th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. To celebrate, Disability Rights Maine is putting on a series of webinars to share employment resources with people with disabilities and our allies around the state. These webinars include resources about employment rights, information on how to make VR work for you, and […]
This year marks the 80th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. To celebrate, Disability Rights Maine is putting on a series of webinars to share employment resources with people with disabilities and our allies around the state. These webinars include resources about employment rights, information on how to make VR work for you, and […]
Are you between 13-22? Like getting together with other folks interested in disability rights? Join the DRM Disability Rights Club. The October topic is: One You...Endless Possibility Register today!
Are you between 13-22? Like getting together with other folks interested in disability rights? Join the DRM Disability Rights Club. The November topic is: Let's Talk IEP Meetings Register today!
Visual-Gestural Communication (VGC) is useful to many people who need an alternative technique for expressing and understanding the wants and needs of other people in their environment. VGC is a communication mode that uses gestures, facial expressions, and body language. Often individuals, who cannot communicate effectively using either a spoken language like English or a […]
Deaf Rights Group is an open meeting for all to share information about the needs and accomplishments of the Maine Deaf Community. Celebrating 30 years, since 1995! Share community concerns, rights issues, needs and learn about resources. Come be part of the conversation! DRG serves as the Advisory Committee to the DRM board and helps […]