ASL at the Super Bowl

SAN DIEGO, February 17, 2022 — Did you catch Super Bowl LVI on Sunday? Did you catch the football team captains from the California School for the Deaf in Riverside joining the Rams and Bengals captains for the coin toss? The Riverside football players, Trevin Adams, Christian Jimenez, Jory Valencia and Enos Zornoza, were invited by the NFL to stand with the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals captains in recognition of their groundbreaking season where the all Deaf team went 12-1 last fall, with their only loss coming in the Division 2 Final. Some nice recognition from the NFL. Congrats!

Some more recognition and positive language news coming out of the Super Bowl. The highly anticipated and much talked about half time show led by hip hop stars Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige also had another significant addition to the group. For the first time in Super Bowl history, two of the halftime performers were Deaf. Deaf stars Warren “Wawa” Snipe and Sean Forbes were chosen by Dr. Dre to perform ASL along side all of the artists. Wawa and Forbes used their hands, body and facial expressions to perform exciting interpretations of the songs in American Sign Language as the artists sang on stage making for an inclusive and accessible show.

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About Interpreters Unlimited, Inc.

The IU Group of companies include: Interpreters Unlimited, Accessible Communication for the Deaf, Albors & Alnet, Arkansas Spanish Interpreters and Translators, and IU GlobeLink, LLC, and are headquartered in San Diego, California as a minority-owned company. IU Group is committed to providing equal opportunity in the work environment with its diverse team to aid in supplying linguistic and cultural interpretation services to clients. A combined 70 years in the industry has demonstrated a surplus of leadership and best practices, which has helped establish its respected role in the language services community. Its services include spoken translation, document translation and non-emergency medical transportation.