Adams Memorial Library is pleased to announce that Jeff Schuler has agreed to teach free classes in sign language for the deaf. He is an American Sign Language enthusiast. Considering himself to be culturally deaf, Mr. Schuler has spent over thirty years providing living skills, employment training and interpreter services for the deaf. Educated at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., Monmouth, Oregon’s interpreter program and instructing American Sign Language classes at university level for many years, Mr. Schuler offers a very casual yet useful presentation of this manual language. The goal is to familiarize those interested with just enough of the language to encourage more communication with deaf people and to understand better how to relate to deaf culture. The program is a fun and simple introduction. No supplies are required other than your time and mandatory participation. (Hands are NOT optional). Class topics will include such things as: people, places and directions, and cultural issues. Interested adults may call Library Director, Rita Allen at 615-563-5861 to be notified when class times are being scheduled.
