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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Peer Support Group will be gathering on October 29th from 10-11am! Location: 8 Science Park Road, Scarborough, ME 04074 Peer Support Group (PSG) is a monthly gathering for adults with intellectual & developmental disabilities who use signs and gestures to communicate. On October 29th, we'll have a special training on Health Self-Advocacy. Health is […]
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 […]
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 […]
Feb 23, 2026 in Sanford, ME from 9am-12pm 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 not a language like English, American Sign Language, or French. It is a communication mode that uses gestures, […]
Virtual: Join us on ZOOM. Date & Time: First Wednesday of the month from March 2026-June 2026,12pm-1pm. Questions & Registration: Email Sitara Sheik, VR Counselor, at Sitara.N.Sheikh@maine.gov or Sazza Carter, Case Manager, at Sazza.Carter@mainehealth.org ASL interpreters provided. Presented by the Maine Department of Labor, MaineHealth, and Disability Rights Maine.
Alpha One, Maine’s Center for Independent Living (CIL), empowers individuals with disabilities to live independently and take control over their lives and environments. Alpha One advocates that all people with a disability have a right to self-determination and dignity, to contribute and participate in their community, and to achieve their full individual potential with equal […]
Join DRM Deaf Services and United Way of Southern Maine for ASL Tax Day on March 7, 2026. CA$H Greater Portland is once again working with DRM Deaf Services to hold ASL Tax Day. ASL Tax Day offers free tax preparation services and financial education. ASL Tax Day will be March 7th at the UW […]