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CAD Request Official ICED Apology and links
 AUDISM FREE AMERICA The Canadian Association of the Deaf (CAD) has requested an official International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED) apology for the ICED Milan Congress 1880see this link [link] to the community group's proposed resolution calling for an apology from ICED - go to [link] click ICED 2010 documentother links with information about the ICED Milan Congress: ...Sun, Nov 15 2009 AFA - Time to Undo Milan Congress of 1880
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Greetings everyone, AFA wants to share the proposed Vancouver 2010 Resolution: A New Era of Deaf Participation and CollaborationPlease help spread the wordThis resolution is calling for ICED (International Congress on the Education of the Deaf) to apologize for the Milan Congress 1880 declaration that Oralism (oral/aural only) was the superior method of educating Deaf...Tue, Nov 10 2009 Awesome tools: Deaf Studies Digital Journal
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Greetings everyone, AFA is thrilled to share the news about a powerful tool for our community (Educational, Political, Social, and Cultural) - it is the Deaf Studies Digital Journal from the ASL and Deaf Studies program at Gallaudet University. It has good resources to educate the world about Deaf culture and natural sign languages as well as advocating for linguistic...Fri, Nov 06 2009 Dr/DVTV ADM: AFA Boycotting...
 AUDISM FREE AMERICA Greetings everyone,Audism Free America is committed to confronting audism peacefully and directly. Since DeafRead and DeafVideo.TV (DVTV) administration have sided with individual rights to engage in audism and linguicism (as well as other adverse ”-isms”) and because it refuses to add a prohibition against audism / linguicism in its guidelines. We AFA are boycotting ...Thu, Oct 29 2009 AFA: International Day of Sign Language Celebration 2009
AUDISM FREE AMERICA *International Day of Sign Language Celebration*Greetings, AFA thrilled to share with all of you about IDSL- The International Day of Sign Language Celebration. Some states in USA are hosting events to celebrate IDSL to demonstrate how much we cherish our sign languages. In California, there are different local events being planned in celebration of IDSL. . CAD- Cal...Fri, Sep 25 2009 AFA's Letter to Gallaudet BofT and PSAC
AUDISM FREE AMERICA 15 September 2009Greetings to the Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University and the Presidential Search Advisory Committee,Congratulations on naming the four final candidates for the position of President of Gallaudet University. As a grassroots community organization, Audism Free America (AFA) was encouraged by the fact that feedback from the campus community as wel...Wed, Sep 16 2009 International Day of Sign Language
AUDISM FREE AMERICA International Day of Sign LanguageRochester, NYSeptember 26, 20093 pm to 7 pm Blue Ribbon Ceremony and Celebratory MarchPanara Theatre, NTIDNOTE: tentative scheduleQuestions? Contact coordinator Pam Conley at prcnge @ rit.edu--------If you have plans for IDSL in your area and would like us to announce - send the information to audismfreeamerica @ gmail.comAudism Free...Mon, Sep 14 2009 Celebrate IDSL !
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Hello. AFA wishes to make a special announcement to all. One of AFA’s values is to cherish Deaf people and our language—ASL—which shows we are truly ‘People of the Eye.’We are thrilled to notify everyone about an important event next month, in September. It is the IDSL celebration! A French Deaf man named Bruno (opps!) Moncelle invented the idea that Deaf people fr...Wed, Sep 02 2009 AFA supports IDSL celebration
AUDISM FREE AMERICA AFA supports IDSL celebration:Audism Free AmericaTue, Sep 01 2009 AFA UPDATES: INTERNAT DAY OF SL, AG BELL SAYS "NO" CI...
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Audism Free America Update:1. INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SIGN LANGUAGESmark your calendar – international day of sign languages (IDSL) Sept 25 weekend – let us know if you have anything planned in your area that we can help promoteSuggestions: Fri Black shirts in memory of past suffering / blue ribbon ceremonySat Celebration of ASL Links of interest:Jon's interview with Bru...Sun, Aug 30 2009 Western New York- DAS/Press Advisory
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Buffalo Deaf Community Emily Glenn-SmithVideo Relay: 866-757-5624 Email: emilyglennsmith@tmail.com PRESS ADVISORYMonday, August 3, 2009Deaf Adult Services New Hire Proves DestructiveDeaf Adult Services should be utilized to facilitate access to the deaf community in the public arena. How can this be possible if DAS is not accessible itself?Deaf Community t...Mon, Aug 03 2009 DAS Rally
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Deaf community of Buffalo and Western New York showed up during DAS Board emergency meeting on last Wednesday, July 22 in the late afternoon. Pam Rhoring, Deaf who is vice president of DAS Board wouldn't allow Deaf people to go in the meeting and speak up their concerns. Deaf community made a requested to go in and share their concerns and finally they let them in. ...Sat, Jul 25 2009 ATTENTION: Deaf Community & Western New York
AUDISM FREE AMERICA AFA supports Buffalo and Western New York Deaf community & Allies about DAS (Deaf Adult Service) just hired a new Executive Director, Tom Burns who is hearing and never have been meet a Deaf person or have a knowledge of Deaf issues, Deaf culture, and their language as ASL. There are some links you can follow up. ASL VLOG & Texts: [link] [link] RELEASE: Contact: E...Sat, Jul 25 2009 NAD's 1991 position statement on Cochlear Implants
AUDISM FREE AMERICA For historical purposes - AFA is sharing the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) 1991 public position statement on Cochlear ImplantsTo see their current position statement on CI go to: [link] see and sign AFA's petition to the FDA for an impartial and independent investigation into the long term physical, psychological, social, and cultural impacts of CI on infan...Mon, Jun 29 2009 AFA petition to the FDA for an investigation of Cochlear...
AUDISM FREE AMERICA view at youtube if video not playing hereTo sign the petition To: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Dear Commissioner Hamburg, Audism Free America (AFA) requests that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) establish an independent and impartial investigation into the long term physical, psychological, social and cultural impact of the surgical insertion of cochlear i...Thu, Jun 25 2009 AFA shares excerpt of Dr. Humphries dissertation re: audism
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Excerpt from Tom Humphries’ dissertation: Communicating across cultures (deaf-hearing) and language learning (pp. 7-10)Reprinted here with permission from the author - many thanks to Dr. Humphries for coining the term Audism and for examining the unexamined. "I grew up in a hearing environment and had all the values, behavior and mannerisms of a hearing person. I was ...Sat, Jun 20 2009 AFA: links to editorial and article - Deaf Folks in the...
AUDISM FREE AMERICA The mid-west is giving some much needed press space to Deaf people and the Deaf experience. Editorial by John Lee Clark in the Star Tribune (Minn. paper) examining the importance of human diversity from a Deaf and Deaf-Blind perspective [link] in the Wausau Daily Herald about the Wisc. law mandating insurance companies cover Cochlear Implants and AFA's petition [lin...Mon, Jun 08 2009 AFA: Audism in the hospital and workplace
AUDISM FREE AMERICA [link] vlog featuring a Deaf couple explaining how hearing son was told by a nurse to interpret for his parents while he himself was recovering from an appendicitis. Also comment about being passed over for promotion amongst hearing co-workers and then having hours cut while others remained full-time.Audism Free AmericaSun, Jun 07 2009 AFA: Audism in the workplace and not giving up testimony
AUDISM FREE AMERICA if video is not playing above - go to [link] video of a Deaf woman explaining her experience at a small company where she was passed over for promotion and not allowed to get training by an engineer because she was Deaf. Instead of accepting this lot, she applied for work at Kodak and was hired there. When she gave her boss her 2 weeks notice he thought she should...Sun, Jun 07 2009 Dianrez liked this AFA Vlog - AG Bell's Integrity????
AUDISM FREE AMERICA If video not playing properly, go to: [link] is a vlog covering the post addressed in our previous posting [link] Free AmericaMon, Jun 01 2009 AG Bell's Integrity
AUDISM FREE AMERICA AFA has questions about AG Bell Association's integrity:1. Will AG Bell Association honor its written word (hand written and email text - see below) that it would present AFA's demand statements to its board2. AG Bell Associtation had a CART transcript made of the AFA and AG Bell Association meeting. AG Bell Association had insisted that AFA not videotape or audio re...Sun, May 31 2009 AFA: Update of Gov Doyle sign Wis Bill #27/#16
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Audism Free AmericaFri, May 22 2009 Rep. Cullen apologizes for the quote + AFA Thanks emailers
AUDISM FREE AMERICA AFA thanks everyone who contacted Rep. Cullen’s office about the offensive statement.Thank you to everyone who has been signing the petition to Gov. Doyle alsoExcerpt from Rep. Cullen’s office printed here with permission:Monday, May 18, 2009, 8:20 AMRepresentative Cullen is fully aware that deaf and hard of hearing individuals are very valuable members of our society...Thu, May 21 2009 Cullen's staff sends a reply to AFA re: our letter for an...
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Greetings all:Ritch Williams of Rep. Cullen's office sent AFA the reply below in response to AFA's letter requesting an apology from Rep. Cullen for his offensive statement in the mediaNOTES:1. Rep. Cullen has not replied directly to AFA or composed a statement himself to be sent to AFA by his office2. It appears that Rep. Cullen's office is misinformed about what ear...Fri, May 15 2009 AFA: Prevent to sign a Wisconsin Senate Bill #27/Assembly...
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Sign the petition: [link] Doyle115 East State CapitolMadison, WI 53702To Governor Doyle:We, the undersigned, request that you do not sign senate bill #27/assembly bill #16 mandating that insurance companies cover the exuberantly expensive and invasive implanting of children with cochlear implants since their effectiveness is inconsistent and because cochlear implant...Fri, May 15 2009 Yes Cullen said those words - awaiting a reply from him
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Hi allAn update - some folks have said that Cullen was misquoted in the media saying:“This bill is going to allow children to keep their hearing, to become members of society, to go to school and keep a job.”AFA understands that it is easy to be misquoted or taken out of context. The statement was made on April 23 and carried by the Associated press in radio, TV and ...Fri, May 15 2009 Contact Cullen for an apology for audist statement AFA...
AUDISM FREE AMERICA AFA is committed to combating audism and misrepresentation of Deaf people in the media. AFA has sent a letter to Rep. Cullen (see previous posting in this site) and AFA encourages Deaf and Hearing folks to send an email, fax, or give a call to Wisc. Rep. Cullen - feel free to use the text below as you see fit.Representative David Cullen website and contact informatio...Thu, May 14 2009 AFA to Rep Cullen - Deaf Folks ARE Members of Society
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Below is a letter that AFA wrote to Wisc. Rep. Cullen. We have sent it to:Rep. Cullenmedia outlets which carried Cullen’s quoteNational Association of the Deaf Deaf Bilingual CoalitionDeaf Youth USAIn our next posting we will have a sample letter that you can send to Rep. Cullen and next is a petition to Governor Doyle asking him not to sign mandating of insurance co...Thu, May 14 2009 Response to Wisc. Bill and Cullen's statement
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Congrats and thanks to Tim Riker for writing this response and getting it --- for deaf communityMay 11, 2009This is in response to “Wisconsin could be first to require cochlear implants” (News, April 23). Sometimes the worst things in history have been done with the best intentions.Lawmakers tend to simplify an issue and say if more children have access to cochlear i...Mon, May 11 2009 AFA: People Testimonies
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Ruthie Jordan:Hello!Wow.. the support of AFA Raly April 3, 2009 was so inspiring. We want to thank all of the people who came to AGBell's main office at the Volta Bureau in Washing ton DC to participate in the rally.Thank you for coming to show your big heart and how much you care for this AFA’s cause to change the future when it comes to Audism. We want to than...Wed, Apr 29 2009 AFA: Hearing Mother of Deaf child speaks out!
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Beth speaks out at International Day of Deaf people and Sign Language inNorfolk, VA. September 29, 2007(Voice of Beth's speech)Hello my name is Beth and I am the proud hearing Mom to Lily age 2 years, 7 months and Deaf. I was living in Ocean City, Maryland at the time that Lily was diagnosed as having moderate to severe hearing loss. I am thankful Lily was diagnosed i...Wed, Apr 22 2009 shepotma, Diane, MS liked this AFA press release about Historic Meeting and Rally
AUDISM FREE AMERICA link to PR web [link] Free America: Outcomes of the Historic Meeting and Rally at the AG Bell Association HeadquartersWashington, DC (PRWEB) April 13, 2009 -- Audism Free America is a grassroots movement made up of Deaf and hearing people from across the United States and Canada who are bringing about awareness of Audism - defined as attitudes and practices based on...Mon, Apr 13 2009 dbag, pooch liked this AFA's 2nd follow up email to AG Bell Assoc
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Read bottom up:1st follow up email sent to AG Bell association after the April 3 rally2nd follow up email sent to AG Bell Association after one week with no reply from AGB-------Sent 4/13 at 8:22 amGreetings Mr. Graham:We have not received any reply from you in regards to our request below dated 4/6. Please let us know when you will be sending us a copy of the CART tr...Mon, Apr 13 2009 AFA Historic moment- a symbol of our Deaf souls
AUDISM FREE AMERICA We, 5 AFA went up on the AG Bell stairs and stood to send a message to AG Bell and people: STOP AUDISM! Its a historic moment for all and see a symbol that our Deaf souls are with us.Audism Free AmericaFri, Apr 10 2009 LaRonda liked this AG Bell Twitter's Live Feed
AUDISM FREE AMERICA AG Bell had a live feed going to Twitter during AFA's rallyRead bottom up for the first to last entriesNOTE: there are many errors in their live feed There were approximately 200 rally and vigil attendees. Deaf, Hearing, signers, non-signers, some with CI, young, old, different races and ethnic groups, from CA, Oklahoma, NY, DC, VA, MD, MA,..., England, Columbia, Can...Tue, Apr 07 2009 Photos
AUDISM FREE AMERICA A few pictures from the AFA April 4th rally and vigilAudism Free AmericaMon, Apr 06 2009 AFA Rally update
AUDISM FREE AMERICA HI alljust a quick note to update you on the rallyThere were folks from all over the U.S. today - even a bus load of Rochester people - whooooooooooooRally was peaceful and inspiring - included several marches, inspirational speeches, and information sharing with people in the areaThere were two interpreters inside the guarded AG Bell buildingThere were two signing po...Sat, Apr 04 2009 CDR sets up an action alert in support of AFA's demands
AUDISM FREE AMERICA The Center for Disability Rights (CDR) in Rochester, NY has issued an action alert to have folks end emails to AG Bell Executive Director and Director of Communications urging AG Bell to meet our demandsgo to and send your email NOW - BIG THANKSBIG THANKS TO CDR FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT - U DA BEST! [link] I am a concerned citizen who is aware of the meeting that took p...Fri, Apr 03 2009 Update that AG Bell sent to its members
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Rally is still on for today at AG Bell headquarters - Volta Bureau. The rain will water the roots of our tree as we grow in unity and empowerment through peaceful and persistent direct confrontation. -------------Below is an excerpt from the AG Bell update blast Note: AG Bell stated the CART services were provided for the two Deaf AG Bell representatives. We found t...Fri, Apr 03 2009 Pre-Rally event Thur 7 - 7:45 pm SLCC at Gallaudet
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Pre-Rally event Thur April 2 7 - 7:45 pm SLCC at GallaudetAFA Rally Fri April 3 11 am - 5:30 pm AG Bell Headquarters 3417 Volta Place, NW AFA Vigil Fri April 3 7 pm AG Bell Headquarters Audism Free AmericaThu, Apr 02 2009 AFA/AG Bell confirmed meeting:
AUDISM FREE AMERICA Ruthie explains a letter AFA received from Catherine Murphy, director of communications at AG Bell Association. We immediately asked for permission to reprint the letter here but did not receive permission until late Monday night and wanted to have an ASL version go up with it. We also asked the name of the interpreter for the meeting and what specific issues AG Bel...Wed, Apr 01 2009 |
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