A Moral Compass
Ann_C's i.reflections “Conscience is a man’s compass.”~ Vincent Van Gogh Amy Cohen-Efron’s article “Disillusionment With the Deaf Community” described her experience with cyber-bullying: I get ostracized and harassed just because of my own opinion and my role as an Editor of DeafRead. As one of the pioneers of Deaf vlogging world, I get cyberbullied just like others. […]
Wed, Jan 14 2015

AB 2072: A Seedling
Ann_C's i.reflections The California bill AB 2072 has undergone a second reading and was recently passed as amended by an Assembly majority vote on August 2nd. The bill has been determined a fiscal bill, meaning it will require an appropriation of funds, and has been referred to the senate appropriations committee.  The amended bill calls for a […]
Wed, Jan 14 2015

Support AB 2072 Letter to CA Senate Health Committee
Ann_C's i.reflections To: Senator Elaine Alquist,  California Senate Health Committee Chair; Senator Tony Strickland, Senator Samuel Aanestad, Senator Gilbert Cedillo, Senator David Cox, Senator Mark Leno, Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod, Senator Fran Pavley, Senator Gloria Romero, and Mia Orr, Health Committee Consultant cc:   Assembly Member Tony Mendoza, Rene Bayardo June 7, 2010 RE: ...
Wed, Jan 14 2015

Oppose2072
Ann_C's i.reflections I can't help but read the Oppose 2072 website's “sample letter to the senate appropriations committee” without some amusement and a sense of irony.  After all it was this very web site that claimed a “qualified victory” on AB 2072.  David Eberwein claimed that the bill was thrown out and re-written and “We've won” ...
Sat, Aug 07 2010

AB 2072: A Seedling
Ann_C's i.reflections The California bill AB 2072 has undergone a second reading and was recently passed as amended by an Assembly majority vote on August 2nd. The bill has been determined a fiscal bill, meaning it will require an appropriation of funds, and has been referred to the senate appropriations committee.  The amended bill calls for a [...]
Thu, Aug 05 2010

Support AB 2072 Letter to CA Senate Health Committee
Ann_C's i.reflections To: Senator Elaine Alquist,  California Senate Health Committee Chair; Senator Tony Strickland, Senator Samuel Aanestad, Senator Gilbert Cedillo, Senator David Cox, Senator Mark Leno, Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod, Senator Fran Pavley, Senator Gloria Romero, and Mia Orr, Health Committee Consultant cc:   Assembly Member Tony Mendoza, Rene Bayardo June 7, 2010 RE:  Ple...
Thu, Jun 10 2010

Deaf soup and Surdo salad, anyone?
Ann_C's i.reflections Upon reading Mike McConnell's recent blog, “Very Special People Hate Crime”, deafherbalist's comment under the article caught my eye: “Next week they will come with a new name for a salad. I would not be surprised if they come up with “Surdo Salad.” I am not sure about the week after but they will come [...]
Thu, May 27 2010

AB 2072: Plant a Seed, Part Two
Ann_C's i.reflections This is a continuation of  “AB 2072: Plant a Seed”.  Please read “AB 2072: Plant a Seed, Part One” before continuing here. A parent of a deaf child who supports AB 2072 stated in a 4-30-2010 email that regarding ulterior motives behind the bill as to why DHH groups were not consulted: 3.    “Last minute [...]
Mon, May 03 2010

AB 2072: Parental Anger and Deafhood Redux
Ann_C's i.reflections I present two scenarios here: (1.) The Deaf parents of a deaf infant recently screened for hearing loss have been told by the state that they must have their deaf child undergo surgery for a cochlear implant at 6 months and employ only speech therapy  in English for the child's language development, no other options are [...]
Sat, Apr 17 2010

Deafhood Foundation: Wishful thinking
Ann_C's i.reflections When A.L. of The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community blog viewed the welcome video of the Deafhood Foundation's website, the blogger expressed her concern that the foundation's views on cochlear implants may lead to increased intolerance for Deaf children who have cochlear implants.  She wrote:  “I was actually hoping that perhaps the message would be pos...
Tue, Feb 23 2010

Being Proactive About Internet Accessibility
Ann_C's i.reflections “Knowing how disabled people use the Web is the first step to making the Web accessible...” After reading this article in Fox News, I find it all the more compelling to support HR3101, the bill that will require captioning of internet video content and will soon be up for Congressional vote, starting in the House of [...]
Tue, Dec 15 2009

Bigger Fish to Fry
Ann_C's i.reflections Quoting Deafherbalist's World recent blog article, “Deafread andDeaf.video TV- Stay On and Win the Battle!”: “...show the world what you are made of instead of crying “Audism” because we have a bigger fish to fry.” Deafherbalist decries the numbers of v/bloggers leaving DeafRead and DVTV.  Tayler Mayer, the owner of DR and DVTV refuse...
Wed, Sep 23 2009

deaf Life: Blazing New Trails
Ann_C's i.reflections A DOD-HOH adult knows a combination of Simcom, ASL, and spoken English to use whichever communication works best in a given situation in her life. DOD deaf parents with deaf kids who have cochlear implants. A DOD native ASL user has wondered if his deaf parents ever considered that he learn spoken English as a child for [...]
Wed, Aug 19 2009

Curious Eyes’ comment in ACE’s blog
Ann_C's i.reflections clipped from www.deafeyeseeit.com I hope this isn’t getting too long, but I want to share one story. Twenty years ago almost to the day, I attended a deaf culture workshop at Gallaudet. A famous Deaf presenter showed a pyramid of the hierarchy of Deaf culture, with ASL-using Deaf of Deaf at the [...]
Sat, Aug 15 2009

Low Expectations?
Ann_C's i.reflections After the firestorm involving Deaf Pundit's ”Let Me Show You Reality!” blog article (now dropped from DR), we're learning that DP's article was dropped due to what DR/ DVTV editorship believes to be copyright infringement of Barb DiGiovanni's video comment.  A blog written by DR editor Jared Evans reminds DR/ DVTV readers that Barb ...
Fri, May 29 2009
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The EVA Story
Ann_C's i.reflections This story is actually a comment that Paotie wrote under the comment section of a previous blog article I published recently.   I felt it was worthy of publishing as a separate article with the author's permission,  so that readers may enjoy it.  The story illustrates a concept that may not be easy to apply in  [...]
Thu, Apr 23 2009
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AGBell’s ASL Position Statement Date
Ann_C's i.reflections I noted Tayler's recent y3 blog “Alexander Graham Bell the name” and checked out the AGBell Association's website to locate the link Tayler provided.  If you search their website, you'll see an index on the left side of the webpage.  The first item on the index list is “About AG Bell”, hover the mouse over [...]
Wed, Apr 15 2009

-isms Run Amok
Ann_C's i.reflections Lately there's been a lot of discussion regarding audism, ethnocentrism, surdism, because of the rise of Audism Free America, a grassroots deaf organization.  I checked out Tom Humphries' 1975 article “The Making of a Word: Audism” which contains the definition of the word “audism” that he originally coined.  Harlan Lane was to late...
Sat, Apr 04 2009

The Eyes Have It?
Ann_C's i.reflections As an oral deaf person I rely a great deal on my eyes.   With my eyesight, I can read lips, facial expressions, hand gestures, and body language  in communications with others.  Many d/Deaf individuals rely on their eye vision for understanding the visual language of ASL, for lipreading/cueing with aided residual hearing or without, and [...]
Wed, Feb 25 2009