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Mary Ruth Summers

Mary Ruth Summers

Mary Ruth Summers is from Los Angeles and has been teaching for three years. She was Coordinator for the Deaf Training and Employment Center of Goodwill for three years and Special Projects Coordinator for GLAD for five years . She has some published short stories.

An Interview with Keith Nolan

An Interview with Keith Nolan

By Mary Ruth Summers on July 4, 2011

[Author's note: I have known Keith as a colleague and classmate in deaf education.  While watching Keith’s story through the Tedxislay series, I saw his perseverance and the can-do attitude I have known and adored.  While I knew he would be a good role model for his students, I instantly saw what a good role [...]

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Is Teaching ASL the New Critical Mass?

Is Teaching ASL the New Critical Mass?

By Mary Ruth Summers on May 31, 2011

When the offer came to teach American Sign Language as a world language at a high school in the Los Angeles area, I did a little background checking.  I knew it was not enough just knowing the language.  I went to a friend of mine, a veteran teacher who was teaching ASL at another high [...]

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