Through a grant funded by the AIDS Foundation of Chicago and the Ravenswood Healthcare Foundation in conjunction with Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, RDR produced a 4 part program designed exclusively for the deaf community entitled "Ignore AIDS? Can't!" This unique program, shot without sound, employed deaf actors who performed the entire program in American Sign Language. It was subtitled in English for the hearing community. A sample of this project can be viewed in our video samples page.
It tells a story, introduced by two deaf hosts, of a young couple who decide to get tested for AIDS before taking their relationship more seriously. The girlfriend, Joy, is black to reflect national statistics that show an alarming number of black women contracting the disease. The couple receives counseling about the disease and how it is spread and they learn after testing that he is HIV negative and she is positive. Later, Joy visits her doctor to learn about the medicaltreatments and medications she will need to endure and in the last segment, now six months later, we get an update from Joy, her boyfriend, and a personal friend about what living with AIDS has meant to all of them. We also hear professionally from her doctor and her counselor as to her medical and emotional condition.

The program has been warmly received by the deaf community and has received nationwide coverage for its unique approach to a difficult subject.