Amy Cohen Efron

Open Letter to Matt Hamill
Amy Cohen Efron From Deaf World As Eye See It blog: “Acting Deaf: Here We Go Again!” Open Letter to Matt Hamill: Matt, don’t forget your fans who have supported you, especially young Deaf fans who looked up at you with inspiration. See video excerpt from the YouTube - where you went to Fremont, CA as a guest and see how [...]
Media Culture Sat, May 10 2008 · hide this blog

Acting Deaf - Here We Go Again!
Amy Cohen Efron --- “I won this award by keeping my mouth shut and I think I’ll do it again.” – Jane Wyman. Jane Wyman was quoted during her Oscar acceptance speech for the Best Actress award in 1948. She won for her role as a “deaf-mute” in Johnny Belinda. That was the shortest acceptance speech on [...]
Media Language Culture Sat, May 10 2008 · hide this blog

HAMILL - The Movie: Producers’ Statement
Amy Cohen Efron This just in... I got this from a confidential source. It is a e-mail correspondence to all people who got involved with Matt Hamill - The Movie from K'Dee Miller, who is a Producer of this movie. —–Original Message—– From: K'Dee Miller To: getinvolved@matthamillthemovie.com Sent: Fri, 9 May 2008 2:13 pm Subject: Matt Hamill S...
Fri, May 09 2008 · hide this blog

Statements of Matt Hamill and Eben Kostbar
Amy Cohen Efron In response to the cancellation of auditions hosted by two major Universities (Gallaudet University and NTID/RIT), Matt Hamill recently made a statement, and it is on his website. Excerpts of his statement - See the complete statement on his website: www.matthamill.com It has recently come to my attention that there is a bit of controversy surrounding [...]
Fri, May 09 2008 · hide this blog

NEWS FLASH! NTID/RIT cancels HAMILL (movie) auditions!
Amy Cohen Efron News Flash! It just in... National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York cancels hosting auditions with K'Dee Miller Productions, LCC for HAMILL: The Movie on May 14th, 2008. This was confirmed by the NTID's public relations department today. Amy Cohen Efron here: KUDOS to NTID/RIT for [...]
Fri, May 09 2008 · hide this blog

BREAKING NEWS: Gallaudet cancels HAMILL (movie) auditions!
Amy Cohen Efron BREAKING NEWS! Gallaudet University decided not to host auditions with K’Dee Miller Productions, LLC for HAMILL:The Movie on May 12, 2008. Matt Hamill is known as the “The Hammer”, The Ultimate Fighter. He is Deaf American wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter. I just got off the phone this morning with the Theater [...]
Media Higher Education Audism Art and Storytelling Culture Fri, May 09 2008 · hide this blog

Customer or Client: You Decide
Amy Cohen Efron Hello everyone! Whew, I just recuperated from the all-day event at DeafNation Expo in Atlanta, Georgia. I've witnessed something really amazing. A very large number of deaf people had lined up for a couple of hours to purchase the videophone, Viable's VPAD. Viable is the only deaf-owned company which made THE big leap to sell their mobile [...]
Language Tech Culture Sun, May 04 2008 · hide this blog

Bittersweet History of “Sweet Nothing in My Ear”.
Amy Cohen Efron Hello Everyone! It has been one week since the Hallmark of Fame presented a movie made for TV, “Sweet Nothing in My Ear”, and there were several positive reviews along with a few scathing critical critiques written up. I assure you that this blog entry is NOT a review. This is different. My video [...]
Media Language Art and Storytelling Culture Sun, Apr 27 2008 · hide this blog

Just Like ASL, Braille is Oppressed!
Amy Cohen Efron Hey Readers! I discovered an article online - a REAL article about why more and more Blind people are not using Braille. See Link: Fewer Blind Americans Learning and Using Braille After reading this, and I realized how much similarities between the Blind and Deaf people, and their ‘oppressive' educational approaches. I am presenting an [...]
Language Audism Education Culture Sun, Mar 16 2008 · hide this blog

DPN20 Celebration: Personal Epiphany
Amy Cohen Efron Amy Cohen Efron shares her personal epiphany while watching the DPN20 Celebration Live Video Feed hosted by DeafNation last night. Play Quicktime version 4:46 minutes long For some who cannot view my videoclip, try this from YouTube: To the leaders and contributors for the DPN20 Celebration, thank you for making [...]
Higher Education Art and Storytelling Culture Sun, Mar 09 2008 · hide this blog

AG Bell Infamous Telegram to NBC
Amy Cohen Efron Hello Readers, I watched a video clip done by Tayler Mayer about his interview with Bernard Bragg on his y3 blog. Mayer's post is called, “Bernard Bragg’s Take on Pepsi / AGBell” On this video, Bragg recollected about Alexander Graham Bell Association wrote a telegram objecting the first televised appearance by the group of [...]
Audism Culture Wed, Mar 05 2008 · hide this blog

Tooting Your Own Horn is a MUST for Marketing ASL
Amy Cohen Efron We all know about the importance of marketing ASL. It is our responsibility to always make sure we ‘toot our own horn' about ASL, Deaf Studies, Deaf History, Deaf Role Models. and successful programs which enriches the livelihood of the Deaf community. There is an upcoming conference in this coming April. [...]
Media Sun, Feb 24 2008 · hide this blog

Yahoo’s LIVE Deaf Chat Room!
Amy Cohen Efron Hello everyone! I need to share this experience with you. Today, approximately 3pm EST, Tayler Mayer IM'ed me and we had our usual “DeafRead” business chat. That's my job as an Human Editor. Somehow during our IM conversation, Tayler introduced me a new experimental program designed by Yahoo, and it is called, Y! [...]
Media Language Tech Culture Fri, Feb 15 2008 · hide this blog

Commercials in American Sign Language
Amy Cohen Efron Remember my previous blog, “Time is of the Essence! Market ASL Now!” emphasizing the importance about marketing American Sign Language to the mass audience? I am presenting this exciting collection of old commercials in ASL on my blog! First of all, why should I bother about this? Allow me to explain about [...]
Media Language Culture Tue, Feb 05 2008 · hide this blog

Thank You, PepsiCo/EnAble and NAD!
Amy Cohen Efron Amy Cohen Efron recognizes how PepsiCo/EnAble's commercial, “Bob's House” have a profound impact on Deaf and Hearing people in past week. The true winners are PepsiCo/EnAble and National Association of the Deaf (NAD), for establishing successful collaboration relationship to produce this awesome commercial! Imagine without NAD's i...
Media Language Culture Thu, Jan 31 2008 · hide this blog

Bob’s House - Two Thumbs Up!
Amy Cohen Efron Yahoooo! Watch Amy Cohen Efron's reaction after seeing the 'sneak preview' of the commercial done by PepsiCo/EnAble for the Super Bowl! PepsiCo's workforce, EnAble created an unique and hilarious commercial specifically for the Super Bowl on February 3, 2008 and I watched this commercial featured at YouTube once it [...]
Media Language Art and Storytelling Culture Thu, Jan 24 2008 · hide this blog

Time is of the Essence! Market ASL Now!
Amy Cohen Efron The idiom, “time is of the essence”, means it is important to work as quickly as possible! We NEED to market American Sign Language immediately! We need to market the dual-language approach for deaf babies! No more infighting now! Let's put our energies to promote and market American Sign Language NOW! There is [...]
Media Language Education Mon, Jan 21 2008 · hide this blog

James LeVoy Sorenson 1921-2008
Amy Cohen Efron James LeVoy Sorenson, World-Renowned Medical Device Inventor, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, Dies at 86. James LeVoy Sorenson left behind a profound professional and personal legacy, the inventions and companies that Mr. Sorenson created have had a significant and lasting impact on the development of numerous medical treatments and procedures. How does this pers...
Media Tech Sun, Jan 20 2008 · hide this blog

Viable’s Response to Amy Cohen Efron’s questions!
Amy Cohen Efron It is my greatest delight to share my e-mail correspondence with Glenn Lockhart, Corporate Communications of Viable, Inc., and Mr. Lockhart took away from his incredibly busy time to answer my questions, and adding more information for all of you to learn about this revolutionary product, the world's first portable and wireless videophone, VPAD! I contacted [......
Media Tech Sun, Jan 06 2008 · hide this blog

VPAD - Video Demo on YouTube!
Amy Cohen Efron Everyone is going wild over the newest product created by Viable, Inc., founded by John Yeh. The newest product is videophone, called VPAD, which is a portable, compact and most importantly, wireless (WiFi) videophone! I found TWO short videoclips on VPAD on YouTube, and you'll like to see them yourself. My gosh, [...]
Media Tech Sun, Jan 06 2008 · hide this blog

Look! New VPAD by Viable, Inc.
Amy Cohen Efron Check this link that was recently released called VPAD, a new videophone by Viable, Inc. Viable's VPAD It comes with the product's specifications, and a great video demonstration! Go and look! Oooo.... ooooo! I cannot wait to get my hands on this product, so that I can compare this with Sorenson's VP200, and Snap's Ojo. Congratulations, Vi...
Sat, Jan 05 2008 · hide this blog

A Year in Review - Amy Cohen Efrons Vlogs
Amy Cohen Efron Amy Cohen Efron presents an annual video montage, which is a compilation of several different videoclips (ASL vlogs), put together especially for you. Thank you so much for your support and inspiration. Have a very happy new year!
Higher Education Language Audism Art and Storytelling Education Tech Culture Sun, Dec 16 2007 · hide this blog

Born Deaf or Born to Teach?
Amy Cohen Efron Amy Cohen Efron shares her thoughts about her own existence, as Deaf Woman. What is the purpose of being Deaf? Are we born to teach people everyday about Deaf people, ASL, way of life, and whatnot? Dr. Laurence J. Peter (September 16, 1919 - January 12, 1990) was an educator and “hierarchiologist,” [...]
Fri, Dec 14 2007 · hide this blog

Fernandes concept: Inclusive Deaf Education
Amy Cohen Efron As we all know that University of North Carolina - Asheville named Dr. Jane K. Fernandes as new provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs on Friday, December 1, 2007. The appointment still has to be formalized later this month by the UNCA board of trustees. There is one article in Asheville Citizen-Times written [...]
Media Higher Education Education Sat, Dec 01 2007 · hide this blog

Veditz Memorial Sculpture Needed!
Amy Cohen Efron Amy Cohen Efron shares her thoughts and suggestions that a full-figured sculpture of George Veditz is sorely needed! Also, see how Amy discovered that there were other well-known Deaf people been memorialized by their sculpture(s). Play Quicktime version 3.13 minutes long For [...]
Language Culture Sun, Nov 04 2007 · hide this blog

Yearbooks
Amy Cohen Efron Amy Cohen Efron shares her thoughts about her most precious possession, school yearbooks. Play Quicktime version 3.45 minutes long For whom who cannot view this, can watch via YouTube below: I added a new feature on my blog, where you can make a video comment! (I [...]
Language Art and Storytelling Education Culture Tue, Oct 30 2007 · hide this blog

ASL Music - An Oxymoron?
Amy Cohen Efron Amy Cohen Efron shares her opinion about the rising popularity of "ASL Music" throughout the blog/vlogosphere. "ASL Music" is considered as an oxymoron itself! Ain't that funny? I have been watching several people using ASL to translate lyrical songs sung by famous singers or lyrics from well known songs. The idea of translating lyric...
Language Art and Storytelling Culture Wed, Oct 10 2007 · hide this blog

Unveiling... GreatestIrony.com!
Amy Cohen Efron SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! Amy Cohen Efron proudly unveils the special website devoted to the famous videoclip, The Greatest Irony! Click here! When The Greatest Irony first was put on the Internet as a four-part series on March 17, 2007, response from the community was staggering. With messages from all around the world, Amy Cohen Efron realized that she had touched upo...
Culture Thu, Sep 27 2007 · hide this blog

Marcel Marceau and Me...
Amy Cohen Efron Amy Cohen Efron honors Marcel Marceau, 84, the world's famous mime performer passed away on Saturday night in France. Marceau was considered as "the master" with the rare gift of "being able to communicate with each and everyone beyond the barriers of language." This statement is very true for me personally. Watch how Amy shared her ...
Media Language Art and Storytelling Culture Sun, Sep 23 2007 · hide this blog

"The Good Wife's (or Deaf Child's) Guide" : A Satirical...
Amy Cohen Efron Readers, Warning: This blog entry is a SATIRE! sat·ire (noun) 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. 2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. 3. a literary genre comprising such compositions. As you know that I created ...
Audism Sat, Sep 22 2007 · hide this blog

Preposterous! AG Bell's Announcement
Amy Cohen Efron Amy Cohen Efron shares her thoughts after reading Alexander Graham Bell Association's (AG Bell) press release announcing the appointment of new Executive Director. Find out who is the new executive director... and watch for the ENDING of the videoclip! Play Quicktime version 1:53 minutes --- 1. So senseless as to be laughable: absurd, [...]
Media Audism Culture Mon, Aug 20 2007 · hide this blog

The Greatest Irony - N.A.D.'s Response
Amy Cohen Efron Dear Readers/Viewers: This is my greatest delight to post the National Association of the Deaf's (NAD) response to "The Greatest Irony" videoclip. Several days ago, I e-mailed Bobbie Beth Scoggins, President of NAD and Nancy Bloch, Executive Director of NAD inviting them to view this videoclip, "The Greatest Irony - Voice Interpreted - [...]
Language Education Wed, Aug 08 2007 · hide this blog

The Greatest Irony - Audiologist's Response
Amy Cohen Efron Dear Readers/Viewers: This is an unique blog posting that I want to share with you, especially for audiologists who are working with D/deaf children. This is an e-mail correspondence between Deaf vlogger and hearing audiologist. We both agreed that we share our correspondence with you. Let me explain how it had happened, it all began when one audiologist contacted me [...]
Language Audism Education Culture Sun, Aug 05 2007 · hide this blog

The Greatest Irony - Parent's Response
Amy Cohen Efron Dear Readers/Viewers: This is a very special blog posting that I want to share with you, especially for parents of d/Deaf children. This is an e-mail correspondence between Deaf vlogger and hearing parent of Deaf toddler. We both agreed that we share our correspondence with you. Please allow me to introduce Jeanette of Moot Thoughts & Musings and she is my [...]
Language Education Tech Culture Tue, Jul 31 2007 · hide this blog

AGB Protest #11
Amy Cohen Efron Received at 2:55pm Saturday, July 28, 2007 David Eberwein ____________________________ 1. To clarify, while Raychelle's site is still up and running, she is blocked from posting anything NEW. 2. Again, Brianna DiGi is all right now. 3. The protest's over... For now. After handing out more flyers, more kick-outs from the booth area, more meetings w/ [...]
Media Language Audism Education Culture Sat, Jul 28 2007 · hide this blog

AGB Protest - Sheri Farinha Mutti's Thoughts
Amy Cohen Efron Sheri Farinha Mutti would like to share her thoughts on my blog. Sheri Farinha-Mutti is the Chief Executive Officer of NorCAL Center on Deafness, Inc. in Sacramento, California. Received at 1:30pm Saturday, July 28, 2007 Sheri Farinha --- you for sharing your updates about the campaign happening at the AGB Summer conference! I hope with the latest news that [...]
Media Language Audism Education Tech Legal Culture Sat, Jul 28 2007 · hide this blog

AGB Protest Report #10 - Raychelle Harris' site BLOCKED
Amy Cohen Efron Received 1:06pm Saturday, July 28, 2007 by David Eberwein ______________________________ From: Raychelle Harris Fyi I just got home...seems someone reported my blog as a spammer thingy and I gotta wait until google's human editor approves my blog as non-spam...takes 24-48 hrs! Oh boy! _____________________________ Amy Cohen Efron here: Another Deaf [...]
Media Audism Sat, Jul 28 2007 · hide this blog

AGB Protest Report # 9 and 9.1
Amy Cohen Efron Received at 12:57pm on Saturday, July 28, 2007 by David Eberwein (Report #8 is Political Cartoon) _______________________ After the agreements w/ the police, we proceeded outside to hand out flyers. More people joined us, and our celebrity, Mishkazena (Elizabeth Gillespie) joined us, too. Everybody's a star. Anyway, Patrick Rosenburg went back inside Marriott [...]
Media Audism Legal Sat, Jul 28 2007 · hide this blog

AGB Protest - Political Cartoon
Amy Cohen Efron Received at 12:40pm Saturday, July 28, 2007 by David Eberwein This is a political cartoon which describes what had happened at Crystal Gateway Marriott on Friday, July 27, 2007. Maureen Klusza is a graphic designer, web designer, illustrator and cartoonist. She is in Fremont, California. Her webpage is www.moeart.com
Media Language Audism Art and Storytelling Education Culture Sat, Jul 28 2007 · hide this blog

AGB Protest Report #8
Amy Cohen Efron Received at 11:35am Saturday, July 28, 2007 David Eberwein: Hi and good morning- welcome to Day 2! More people here, and best of all, lawyer Roselina Crawford, just joined us and is giving us legal advice. We are very very very appreciative of her assistance and for those who showed up today (so far). Ok- 3 policepeople are here and they collected reports from Barb [...]
Media Language Audism Education Legal Culture Sat, Jul 28 2007 · hide this blog

AGB Protest Report #7 cont. "A Deaf Child Harmed" -...
Amy Cohen Efron Hello fellow readers/viewers: I received a copy of transcript in this morning at 8:45 am from David Eberwein on Saturday, July 28, 2007. This transcript was composed by two people, Brian Riley and Jenny Cantrell who graciously offered their transcription services. First, let me host this video on my blog again, then the transcript will --- of Raychelle Harris being [...]
Media Language Audism Culture Sat, Jul 28 2007 · hide this blog

AGB Protest - Copy of the Flyer
Amy Cohen Efron Received at 11:55 pm on Friday, July 27th from Barbara DiGi This is a copy of the flyer which AGB Protesters are distributing for general public to help increase social awareness of what was going on, and why they are protesting...
Media Language Audism Education Culture Fri, Jul 27 2007 · hide this blog

AGB Protest Report # 7 : Deaf Child Harmed!
Amy Cohen Efron Received on 10:55 pm Friday, July 27, 2007 David Eberwein (FYI: Report #6 is Drolz' testimony) ******************************** After today's commotion (Crystal Gateway Marriott manager Jenny Botero's unprovoked attack on us) at the AG Bell convention, we debriefed each other and made more discoveries to today's attack. AG Bell convention [...]
Media Language Audism Education Legal Culture Fri, Jul 27 2007 · hide this blog

DROLZ's testimony
Amy Cohen Efron Hi all, I'm simultaneously scratching my head and feeling somewhat honored. I took my two kids up to the exhibit booths. My kids are age 8 and 5 and they found some of the stuff on display really cool (free pens and stuff). As for me, I was curious to see the materials and the overall message AGBAD is trying to promote. I was also trying to see if there was [...]
Audism Legal Fri, Jul 27 2007 · hide this blog

AG Bell Conflict - Update #5
Amy Cohen Efron Here's the update.. Sent at 3:01pm Friday, July 27, 2007 David Eberwein Drolz (Mark Drolsbagh) just got BOOTED! For just wanting to visit the AGBAD booth. Security quickly blocked him from entering the booth area. Drolz tried his best to explain that he just wanted to visit the booth. No siree. All morning, protest participants have been visiting the booths [...]
Media Language Audism Legal Culture Fri, Jul 27 2007 · hide this blog

UPDATES at AG Bell's Protest!
Amy Cohen Efron This came to my attention that David Eberwein wrote two consecutive reports what is happening at the Marriott where the AG Bell Association is having a conference. The group of people representing Deaf Bilingual Coalition are there at the lobby to distribute the flyers and trying to establish dialogue among the conference attendees, but somehow... There is a [...]
Media Language Audism Education Legal Culture Fri, Jul 27 2007 · hide this blog

The Greatest Irony / Voice Interpreted - Encore...
Amy Cohen Efron Dear readers/viewers, I am presenting the special encore presentation of "The Greatest Irony" with voiceover to make this even MORE accessible to everyone who wanted to learn a bit about the irony of two most popular language programs, Baby Signs and Auditory Verbal Therapy (AVT) for both Deaf and Hearing babies. I want to express my deepest appreciation [...]
Media Language Audism Education Tech Culture Wed, Jul 25 2007 · hide this blog

Through A.G. Bell's Eyes : The Birth of Deafhood Movement
Amy Cohen Efron I created this vlog. This is my vision. This vlog consists of several well-known video clips and powerful images composed together to make a strong point. Play Quicktime version That vlog is about one specific ideology fervently supported by Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf. This ideology was adopted by thousands, no, millions [...]
Media Language Audism Education Tech Culture Fri, Jul 13 2007 · hide this blog

Name-Dropping
Amy Cohen Efron Amy Cohen Efron discusses about 'name-dropping' among Deaf people in social situations. Amy wondered if 'name-dropping' is the same with the hearing people? Find out what Amy learned... Play Quicktime version 2:05 minutes long According to the book written by Anna Mindess, "Reading Between the Signs: Intercultural [...]
Language Culture Sat, Jun 23 2007 · hide this blog

The Sorenson Challenge - Follow Up
Amy Cohen Efron Whoa — is that interesting? One commenter pinpointed me to the specific website. The link is: NECA.org and I did little bit more digging (what else is new, eh?) and whoa... fascinating website. It is NECA, also known as National Exchange Carrier Association. Let me explain little bit about NECA, and what are their responsibilities. In 1983, The [...]
Media Tech Legal Fri, Jun 08 2007 · hide this blog