Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Person

Deaf Stress Video
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Guys please watch this amateur video made by our deaf students at Manila Christian Computer Institute for the Deaf (MCCID). This ten-minute drama story in Closed Caption showing the Deaf Person's life after graduating in college and having difficulty finding job. It has been uploaded only a few months ago yet almost 10,000 have already [...]
Media Audism Culture Thu, May 15 2008 · hide this blog

IT Education for the Deaf
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers This is an excerpt of the lecture given by my deaf buddy Ervin Reyes during the 100th anniversary of Philippines School for the Deaf. Information Technology (IT) has opened up many opportunities for the deaf. The reasons are: IT improves productivity - It increases activity for the deaf. IT is an industry - Many jobs were opened through [...]
Education Tech Mon, May 12 2008 · hide this blog

Interpreting: To mouth or not to mouth?
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Using Hamlet's famous soliloquy, I ask, To mouth the words or not to mouth, that is the question. A sign language interpreter oftentimes portray multiple roles depending on the situation, client's educational background and the overall environment where interpreting takes place. He may be both an interpret and a teacher. This is very true especially in a [...
Culture Sat, May 10 2008 · hide this blog

Wanna test your hearing loss?
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers   I want to share with you this neat free program that tests your hearing capability in different frequencies. It was designed by a famous blogger Jimmy Ruska. It's a simple shockwave flash file that runs on any browser. I'm not sure if its accuracy has been tested medically. There are a couple of [...]
Wed, May 07 2008 · hide this blog

Deaf and Ghosts
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Hmmm... this is something to ponder upon. As a person who possess complete senses; seeing, feeling and hearing supernatural phenomenon is understandable. I can hear eerie sounds while watching some white blob floating right passed me. For a blind person? Well, he can hear the eerie but the fright is dampened because he can't see it. [...]
Art and Storytelling Education Culture Thu, May 01 2008 · hide this blog

On Being Deaf and Uneducated
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers I opted not to mention the name of the deaf and the place where it happened in order to protect him and of course the family (not his) who's supposed to defend him because they understand his situation. However, this issue hits us right in our own sense of compassion. Being uneducated is a whammy. Being uneducated and deaf is a double whammy. Now, being POOR, UNEDU...
Audism Tue, Apr 29 2008 · hide this blog

Deaf Humor
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers After doing an article about Deaf Laugh, I might as well talk about Deaf Humor. What makes a deaf person laugh so heartily? How can we deliver a good punchline to deaf people in order for them to “buy” our jokes? Always remember that a deaf person is a visual person. He/she cannot understand long winded [...]
Mon, Apr 28 2008 · hide this blog

Hello world!
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Hello everyone and that includes all my Filipino deaf friends out there! Welcome to my newest blog. This is all about the latest happenings and issues about the Deaf in the Philippines and also some latest computer and web technologies. I hope to hear from you soon. After  more than a year, this is my [...]
Mon, Apr 28 2008 · hide this blog

Deaf Laugh
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Now what is a deaf laugh? A laugh without sound? Is it different from a regular laugh? Is it even louder than a hearing laugh? Well, basically, there is no difference. A laugh, chuckle, giggle, chortle, cackle that you hear can also be heard from deaf people. Now, what made it different? When we were in Alcala, Pangasinan [...]
Mon, Apr 28 2008 · hide this blog

Four Days of House Visits
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Hello to everyone who might have a chance to read my blog. You know writing oftentimes is very therapeutic. I need to have a therapy for free. So I write a blog. Last April 17 - 20, around six of us left from Manila to the North. I was accompanied by four deaf persons, [...]
Mon, Apr 28 2008 · hide this blog

Deaf Persons not allowed to board Cebu Pacific
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Guys, this one is really for the books. I can also categorize this situation under the “Only in the Philippines” tag and presumably a classic case of sheer ignorance.   Three days ago, after I attended the meeting at the Department of Foreign Affairs (This is another story.), a nice lady from Autism Society of the Philippines [...]
Mon, Apr 28 2008 · hide this blog