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Sign languages have existed most likely as long as spoken languages, but will they survive into the future? In the age of the implant and the genome, what purpose can sign languages serve in the new century? This talk looks at sign languages around the world and what they tell us about the present and the future.

Presenter: Carol Padden, Ph.D., Professor of Communication, Faculty Affiliate, Education Studies, Human Development, Critical Gender Studies
When: Saturday, October 18, 2008
Facility: Hojel Hall of the Americas Auditiorium, University of California San Diego, 10111 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA
(The doors open at 6:15 pm)
Tickets: $25.00 (General Admission)
$15.00 (Students with I.D.)
Reception to Follow
Please contact us if you need other acommodations at info@deafcommunityservices.org

0.15 RID CEUs, Professional Studies, are offered through The Language Door, an approved RID CMP & ACET Sponsor

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IMPORTANT NOTE: Tickets bought online will reserve a ticket for you at the day of the event. When you come in Hojel Auditorium please go to the registration table to check in your reservation and will be given a ticket. Tickets WILL NOT be mailed/shipped to your addresses. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

**Video shooting, audio recording, and taking photographs for any reason during Carol Padden's presentation is NOT PERMITTED at any time before, during, or after the presentation. Thank you for your cooperation.**

Parking Information:

Parking for Carol Padden's Special
Presentation on
Oct. 18 is FREE!

Directions to the Institute of the Americas:
Please note the Institute of the Americas is
located on the campus of the University of
California, San Diego (UCSD). The mailing address is 10111 North Torrey Pines Road, but the Institute of the Americas is actually on another street and is not visible from North Torrey Pines Road.

From Interstate 5 Freeway:
1. Exit La Jolla Village Drive. Turn West
(LEFT if heading North, RIGHT if heading South)
2. La Jolla Village Drive curves towards the right and becomes North Torrey Pines Road.
3. Turn Right at Pangea Drive , entering the UCSD campus.
4. Turn Left at stop sign onto North Scholars Drive and another immediate Left onto roof level of parking structure.

If Pangea Parking Structure is full, the back up parking lots are to the north of the Pangea Parking Structure on each side of Scholars Dr. and bordered by North Point Dr. on the north.