Amy Cohen Efron

Deaf Jam Documentary Film
Amy Cohen Efron All, I just got home from viewing a 70-minute long documentary called Deaf Jam. . I was so impressed with this film. Please watch my video reaction/review in American Sign Language. This film presented American Sign Language as a beautiful language, and it gives us an intimate look into a small group of Deaf High [...]
Sun, Feb 12 2012

Sorenson’s Impact on Canada : Accountability (Part 5)
Amy Cohen Efron All, This is the fifth and last blog entry of 5-blog series about Sorenson Communications, Inc's impact on Canada. It is my responsibility as a Deaf American Citizen to share this information based on facts, reliable sources and supporting evidence to you. Then you can get involved to make things right with FCC and our [...]
Sat, Jan 14 2012

Sorenson’s Impact on Canada : Carrot and Stick Experiment...
Amy Cohen Efron All, This is the fourth blog entry of 5-blog series about Sorenson Communications, Inc's impact on Canada. It is my responsibility as a Deaf American Citizen to share this information based on facts, reliable sources and supporting evidence to you. Then you can get involved to make things right with FCC and our Deaf Canadian [...]
Sat, Jan 14 2012

Sorenson’s Impact on Canada : NAFTA Argument (Part 3)
Amy Cohen Efron All, This is the third blog entry of 5-blog series about Sorenson Communications, Inc's impact on Canada. It is my responsibility as a Deaf American Citizen to share this information based on facts, reliable sources and supporting evidence to you. Then you can get involved to make things right with FCC and our Deaf Canadian [...]
Sat, Jan 14 2012

Sorenson’s Impact on Canada : Proliferation (Part 2)
Amy Cohen Efron All, This is the second blog entry of 5-blog series about Sorenson Communications, Inc's impact on Canada. It is my responsibility as a Deaf American Citizen to share this information based on facts, reliable sources and supporting evidence to you. Then you can get involved to make things right with FCC and our Deaf Canadian [...]
Sat, Jan 14 2012

Sorenson’s Impact on Canada : Awakening (Part 1)
Amy Cohen Efron All, It is my responsibility as a Deaf American Citizen to share this information based on facts, reliable sources and supporting evidence to you. Then you can get involved to make things right with FCC and our Deaf Canadian citizens. It is time to act. This is the first of five blog posts. The first [...]
Sat, Jan 14 2012

Switched At Birth: Emmett Arrested and Handcuffed
Amy Cohen Efron To all Switched at Birth (SAB) fans and community members, As you can see today's Switched at Birth episode which ends with a ‘cliff hanger' of Emmett Bledsoe (Sean Berdy) was arrested and handcuffed by a policeman. Emmett was working on his motorcycle inside garage and he was holding his wrench. All of the sudden, [...]
Tue, Jan 10 2012

Sorenson Gives iPad2s Away!
Amy Cohen Efron Hello all, This blog entry is to generate important discussion about the appropriateness of one company, Sorenson Communications to “win-back” their former customers by providing attractive equipment(s) as long they continue to use their video relay services and nTouch products. Sorenson Communications are allowed to use “win-back” strategy to ...
Tue, Dec 27 2011

Sorenson’s Rubuttal about Interoperability
Amy Cohen Efron All, Sorenson Communications, Inc. filed Note of Exparte letter in response to CSDVRS' and Todd Elliott's Ex Parte Letters that was filed at FCC. Sorenson submitted 23-page document, including exhibits showing how Sorenson products are interoperable with ZVRS products. Check this link here that will take you to the FCC's website. You may want to [......
Wed, Dec 21 2011

Sorenson “Win-Backs” are Permitted!
Amy Cohen Efron All, Sorenson Communications filed Ex-Parte Letter to FCC dated on December 16, 2011 responding to ZVRS' General Counsel, Jeff Rosen's letter to FCC filed December 5, 2011. ZVRS complained about Sorenson's conduct related to customer port requests. ZVRS was able to provide evidence regarding Sorenson's conduct. To look at the evidence, go to th...
Tue, Dec 20 2011

Gallaudet is Hearing and Speech Center, not University!
Amy Cohen Efron All, My stomach had turned recently. I feel so sick. I must blog about this. First, please watch the beginning of this video, especially starting at 0:07 to 0:58 seconds (the first 58 seconds) of this video, that was posted today by mikeyized called, “Deaf Gain: Reframing.” It appears to me that this video is [...]
Thu, Dec 15 2011

Sorenson stinging ZVRS again!
Amy Cohen Efron Dear Sorenson Communications, You just released the third video today. You keep stinging ZVRS. Did you know that you can be so annoying and a major nuisance for all of us? Do you know what you reminded me of someone? A bumblebee. A deranged bumblebee. You are a large and lumbering, black and yellow deranged [...]
Fri, Dec 02 2011

ZRemote and Z-20
Amy Cohen Efron All, One commenter asked me to give a video demonstration in how to use ZVRS' Z4 app on my iPhone to use ZRemote to dial out through ZBox and Z-20. Yeah, a lot of zzz's that will make you tizzy. Here's the videoclip! Nifty, eh? Best, Amy Cohen Efron
Fri, Nov 25 2011

Sorenson is Desperate!
Amy Cohen Efron Dear Sorenson Communications, Are you that desperate? Less than 24 hours after I published my blog, “Sorenson, the 10-digit number is MINE! Goodbye!”, a representative from Sorenson Communications emailed, called and left a video message asking me why I ported my 10-digit number to another video provider, ZVRS. I got this videomail left by a [...]
Fri, Nov 25 2011

Sorenson, the 10-digit number is MINE! Goodbye!
Amy Cohen Efron All, Disclosure : I am now a ZVRS customer. I own a new Z20 videophone. I don't work for ZVRS or receive any compensation from ZVRS for my blog entry. The only benefit I have from ZVRS is their brand new Z20 videophone. Sorenson, I learned that the 10-digit phone number belongs to me. I [...]
Thu, Nov 24 2011

mtvU’s “Quiet Campus” : Only 4:37 minutes long…
Amy Cohen Efron All, In past week, we get plenty of press notification about MTV's reality show on Gallaudet University. I was intrigued. This morning, I found out this show is aired only among the college campuses. Not available to the public. I cannot DVR/record it. Came home recently, and visited the mtvU's website: Alas, there is the [...]
Mon, Oct 24 2011

Under the Radar: Listen To Your Heart (2010)
Amy Cohen Efron All, How. Did. We. Overlook This. Movie? First of all, one of my friend who sent me an email about this movie which she rented from Netflix. She told me that this movie is not captioned and I was puzzled and thought maybe it was Alan Arkin's movie, “Heart is a Lonely Hunter”, but I [...]
Sat, Sep 24 2011

Netflix’s revised TOU Agreement : WTF?
Amy Cohen Efron All, Netflix did it again. Screwing Deaf customers again and again. You screwed me THREE TIMES, and I am cancelling you for the final time. You just don't listen and care about Deaf and Hard of Hearing customers. Why? Netflix is currently battling against two lawsuits filed by National Association of the Deaf and Don [...]
Tue, Sep 13 2011

Later!
Amy Cohen Efron Dear Family and Relatives, I read someone's status on Facebook that was circulating around. It asks me to cut and paste to pass this message. I did. Being left out of a hearing family/friend's conversations just because I'm the only deaf person in the family or circle of friends. Whoever is hearing needs to realize [...]
Wed, Aug 24 2011

Gallaudet, No. NAD, Maybe. Public Policy Institute, YES!
Amy Cohen Efron All, What blew me away was that I spent over 2 hours watching 13 videos of Gallaudet University's President, Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz, giving a presentation before the Bay Area's Gallaudet University Alumni Association Chapter on December 2010. That was 8 months ago, but this website with 13 videos was published YESTERDAY (August 18, 2011)! [...]
Fri, Aug 19 2011

Time is of the Essence! Market ASL Now!
Amy Cohen Efron First published on January 21, 2008 – and I am reviving it again with some edits. This is in response to New York Times' Op-Ed piece on Deaf Schools, and the timing for the community to take an action. There is the Facebook group led by Sheri Farinha asking for the community input. It is [...]
Thu, Aug 18 2011

New York Times Article on Deaf Schools Debate
Amy Cohen Efron All, Yesterday, on Sunday, July 31, 2011, New York Times published the five-part series (articles) debating about “Should We Need Deaf Schools” with five different experts, including one deaf person. It is my understanding the general definition of debate always have BOTH sides of perspectives using facts and research. This article is very one-sided and [....
Mon, Aug 01 2011

Respect and Boundaries
Amy Cohen Efron Readers, This is my re-post of my previous blog that was published in October 20, 2009. July 27, 2011 Statement from Amy Cohen Efron: Each time when I expressed my opinions or statements regarding ANYTHING, especially about ANY organization which their actions that I feel it was not cool. A re-tweet, or a brief comment [...]
Thu, Jul 28 2011

Mobile ASL: Newest Development
Amy Cohen Efron All, Mobile ASL? A new way of expressing ourselves? We use American Sign Language. ASL allows us to use both of our hands, especially one hand is a dominant one with another hand as a ‘support' one. For example, if you sign, “STOP”, you use your dominant hand, with a B shape chopping on a [...]
Thu, Jul 21 2011

The End (Film by Ted Evans)
Amy Cohen Efron All, Another short film written and directed by Ted Evans, from Great Britain. All in British Sign Language with voiceover, with open captions. Click this image below, and it'll take you to the British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT) website. The short film is there. Synopsis Starting in the 1980′s, drama ‘The End' follows 4 [...]
Mon, Jun 20 2011

Schools for the Deaf Enrollment Map
Amy Cohen Efron Hello all, I was able to create this Flash map of Schools for the Deaf in the United States. Grey color means the lowest number of students enrolled compared to bright green color that comes with the highest number of students enrolled. I used 2008-2011 data from various sources (state websites, school performance data sites, [...]
Fri, Jun 17 2011

Lawsuits against CNN and Netflix
Amy Cohen Efron All, This is the best week ever! As you can see the picture on the left are major players involved in lawsuits against Time Warner, Inc., owner of CNN.com website, and Netflix for their failure to caption online content. I am so happy that this week, two major lawsuits were filed on Wednesday, June 15th [...]
Thu, Jun 16 2011

Swinbourne’s My Song : Too many Ellens out there…
Amy Cohen Efron Hello All, I wanted to thank to one blogger who recently published about the newest 24-minute drama video released on May 23, 2010 called, “My Song” by well-known Deaf British screenwriter, Charlie Swinbourne. This film is well written by Swinbourne, excellently performed by Lara Steward, and masterly directed by William Mager. This is about deaf [...]
Sun, Jun 12 2011

Switched At Birth: It is all about belonging.
Amy Cohen Efron All, You may wonder how it feels for two young women finding out they were switched at birth, and dealing with their conflicting feelings about belonging in their own families and communities? Having two infants switched at birth is a very rare occurrence. To learn bit more about this, go to Wikipedia link here. Now, [...]
Tue, Jun 07 2011

Branding NAD: Effective Approach
Amy Cohen Efron All, This is a big news. National Association of the Deaf published a press release late last night announcing that the second annual Spring Benefit Fundraising Gala is an official sold out event and it comes with a impressive list of sponsors! Go to NAD website for more information. A list of huge corporations sponsoring [...]
Sat, May 14 2011
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Excellent Deaf-centric Anti-Violence Video!
Amy Cohen Efron All, Just discovered via Twitter, and I have to share this video with you. This video comes with captions, and it delivers excellent message for parents. This video stresses the value of using hands to communicate, not to ‘smack' a child for discipline. Often times when parents get frustrated for not able to communicate and [...]
Wed, Apr 20 2011

NAD’s New Era of Leadership
Amy Cohen Efron All, It just released this evening. Howard A. Rosenblum, the new CEO of National Association of the Deaf presented this awesome video explaining about NAD's New Era of Leadership focusing on future Deaf children. This video is simply BRILLIANT! A very brilliant marketing strategy that will attract more members and supporters to NAD. This video [...]
Tue, Apr 19 2011

Star Jones’ Valuable Lesson from Matlin
Amy Cohen Efron All, Woke up from my happy daze after watching last night's Celebrity Apprentice. It felt GREAT knowing that Marlee Matlin did kick ASS! The old saying, “Deaf people can do anything but hear”, bleah. Discard this. The new saying, “Deaf people can kick butt when it comes to raising money!” - Dedicated to Marlee Matlin! [...]
Mon, Apr 04 2011

Matlin as a PROJECT MANAGER tonight!
Amy Cohen Efron All, Guess what? Yes, it is true! I checked Wikipedia's Celebrity Apprentice Season 4 link in this morning and I learned that Marlee Matlin is chosen as a Project Manager tonight! There are three teaser videos that is available on official Celebrity Apprentice website. All three teaser videos are not captioned, and you can file [...]
Sun, Apr 03 2011

Marlee Matlin : An Enigma or Savvy Smart?
Amy Cohen Efron All, Yes, another Marlee Matlin post. Since Marlee Matlin is becoming more visible in past two years, and currently, she is on the highest rating show, The Celebrity Apprentice. The controversy always follows Marlee. There is an heated debate of her choice of charity, the Starkey Hearing Foundation, as an organization who gives away free [...]
Wed, Mar 30 2011

Imagine the World without Deaf People
Amy Cohen Efron Imagine about the world without any deaf people. Imagine NO Alexander Graham Bell, because his mother is not deaf. Imagine NO Ludwig Van Beethoven, then we will never hear his masterpiece, the Fifth Symphony. Imagine NO Thomas Alva Edison, because he was able to hear, then he may not able to concentrate on inventing light [...]
Sat, Mar 26 2011

Celebrity Apprentice Prediction : Matlin HIRED!
Amy Cohen Efron All, This is my prediction. A mere speculation. I tell you why I came into this conclusion. Donald Trump is back with his Celebrity Apprentice (Season Four) reality show. He selects 16 celebrities, 8 men and 8 women, including Marlee Matlin. These celebrities are not in for a job with Trump, they are working towards [...]
Sun, Mar 20 2011

Pebble or Rock?
Amy Cohen Efron Hello everyone, I am back with a very short note. I have shut down many posts on my Deaf World As Eye See It website that is related to Deaf Education and the whatnot. I have decided to change my focus on blogging on specific topics that is IMPORTANT to me and yet keeping my [...]
Wed, Mar 16 2011

Deaf Egyptians Protesting – See Video!
Amy Cohen Efron Hello All, Watch this! Many thanks to Jean Boutcher for finding this video, and Sheri Ann Farinha for sharing this to our tight-knit Deaf Facebook community. The video includes three Deaf Egyptians explaining why they are protesting Hosni Murbarak's regime, using Egyptian Sign Language. One person offered a brief translation of what these men were [...]
Fri, Feb 11 2011

CSUN’s D.E.A.F. Video Release : CHAMP!
Amy Cohen Efron All, My eyes popped, my jaws dropped to the floor, and my heart glowed. Watch this fabulous video NOW! It is subtitled. CSUN did it! California State University, Northridge established a new project called Deaf Education And Families. (D.E.A.F.) D.E.A.F. consists of faculty and staff associated with the Family Focus Resource and Empowerment Center at [...]
Mon, Feb 07 2011
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The Power of Marlee Matlin
Amy Cohen Efron All, After reading Adreanline's blog along with her vlog, “The Pain of Marlee Matlin”, and she expresses her ‘disappointment' in Marlee Matlin being as a ‘celebrity' spokesperson for causes that focuses on the medical view of deaf people. Adreanline hopes for deaf celebrities out there who will advocate for issues which addres...
Fri, Feb 04 2011

The Greatest Irony: Message to EHDI
Amy Cohen Efron Due to high demand, Amy Cohen Efron, owner of Deaf World as Eye See It is releasing this video,“The Greatest Irony” to the public free of charge indefinitely. The entire contents of The Greatest Irony video are protected by copyright law. The owner of the copyright is Amy Cohen Efron. YOU MAY NOT MODIFY, COPY, [...]
Mon, Jan 31 2011

Harlan Lane’s newest book, “The People of the Eye”
Amy Cohen Efron Hello all, This blog is to report that there is a newest book released on January 7, 2011, written by Harlan Lane along with Richard C. Pillard and Ulf Hedberg, titled as “The People of the Eye : Deaf Ethnicity and Ancestry”. Hard cover copies and Kindle edition are available on Amazon.com. Click the image [...]
Tue, Jan 11 2011

1913's Veditz/NAD Film Selected for Posterity!
Amy Cohen Efron View externally Source: Gallaudet Video Catalog : The Preservation of Sign Language. To read the translation of Veditz' speech by Carol Padden here. “As long as we have deaf people on earth, we will have signs . . .” – George Veditz, Preservation of Sign Language, 1913 ______________________________________________________ All, The National Film Registry announc...
Tue, Dec 28 2010

Jubilee Project donated $2500 to ASDC
Amy Cohen Efron Hello everyone, Welcome to my new re-vamped blogsite! I hope you like this new theme! I cannot resist from sharing this wonderful news today. Do you recall Jubilee Project's “Love Language” video? It was first released in early November, and I loved this video. Then there were some people leaving comments wondering if the female [...]
Mon, Dec 27 2010

Fighting The Long Sorrow by Russell Kane
Amy Cohen Efron Hi All, Russell “Russ” Kane, a new Deaf author who just published his first novel, “Fighting The Long Sorrow”, and it is now available on Amazon.com. You can download this novel for $6.50 dollars using Kindle (Kindle book or an application for smart phones). I had an opportunity to read this book. I enjoyed it [...]
Sat, Dec 25 2010

Gallaudet Syndrome: My Thoughts
Amy Cohen Efron This is my response to Ryan Commerson's vlog, “Gallaudet Syndrome” that was posted on Deaf Read today. The Gallaudet Syndrome from Butterfly Effect Series on Vimeo. This is a thought provoking vlog. The question remains... Gallaudet University is an institution to train people how to EDUCATE deaf people and EDUCATE the world about [...]
Tue, Dec 14 2010

Netflix Raises Prices and Snubbing the Deaf again…
Amy Cohen Efron All, I rejoined Netflix after they announced that they will caption their online streaming movies several weeks ago. It was okay, until I read the news today. It was reported today that Netflix, Inc., the popular online video rental company is raising prices to accommodate the increasing demand for online streaming video and Blu-Ray DVDs. [...]
Mon, Nov 22 2010
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Appearances Can Be Deceiving…
Amy Cohen Efron All, This is going to be a very difficult blog post for me to write. I am so disappointed and very *crushed* right now. It is about The Jubilee Project. Christine N. Chang is not what we thought she was... Appearances can be deceiving, especially with “Love Language” video produced by [...]
Sun, Nov 07 2010

We are beautiful for who we are, not how much we can hear…
Amy Cohen Efron All, WATCH THIS VIDEO! The Jubilee Project presents this video to support American Society for Deaf Children. This film was written and directed by Jason Y. Lee. Starring by Christina N. Chang and Eddie Lee. New Heights produced a song, called “Peaches”. Produced by Jason [...]
Sat, Nov 06 2010