David Bar-Tzur
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Map: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
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try Mystic Planet - The New Age directory of Planet Earth.
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| Deaf and social services | Deaf culture | Deaf education & youth | Organizations | Religion & Deafness |
DeafTODAY. (2002, November 28). Our Community - Mirla Ancona - "A 'sign' of success in San Pedro". Many times people who have handicaps are regarded as "special needs" and seen by society as people who must rely on others. This, of course, is not necessarily so. To prove this, The San Pedro Sun is honored to feature a young lady from our island who, in her short lifetime, has achieved what she has set out to do and keeps striving for more - Mirla Regina Ancona.
Cayo Deaf Institute. The institute provides uneducated and often times mistreated deaf children of all ethnicities - Mayan, Mestizo, Creole - with the chance to learn sign language, gain a solid education and develop a trade from which they can eventually earn an income and be self-sufficient.
Belize National Association of the Deaf
PO Box 1212 - Belize City Rruga Hoxha Tahsim,
Tel +501 2 72768 - Fax +501 2 78470
Email:
Ferguson, J. Finding a voice. The institute provides uneducated and often times mistreated deaf children of all ethnicities - Mayan, Mestizo, Creole - with the chance to learn sign language, gain a solid education and develop a trade from which they can eventually earn an income and be self-sufficient.
