Bilingual for all Deaf Children

Please Support Jeannette Johnson’s Cause – MSU Deaf Ed
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Jeannette Johnson's blog, [link] , asking us to write letters and spread the word about MSU's closure of the Deaf Education program. Deaf Bilingual Coalition fully supports this and urge you all to write  or copy this letter with some changes and email to those at MSU. The email addresses are in Jeannette's blog and please [...]
Thu, Dec 10 2009

Message From John Egbert
Bilingual for all Deaf Children I have come to realize that I need to stop labeling people and also stop using quotes such as “Enough is Enough”, “Walk the Talk”, etc I have come to understand that I am wasting a lot energy away from my mission to seek betterment for babies and children in schools. And I am still a strong [...]
Thu, Oct 22 2009

It is Time to Say Good Bye to Deafread
Bilingual for all Deaf Children I think that it is time to leave Deafread now because it is not what it used to be and many, many good Bloggers and Vloggers have left Deafread due to the loss with integrity as a Deaf aggregator. Many Deaf people who practice the “Walk the Walk” are no longer interesting doing the V/Blogs anymore [...]
Mon, Sep 21 2009

Psychopathy and the Characteristics of a Cult Leader
Bilingual for all Deaf Children A well known “Deaf Guru” said that Deafhood is a cult in DVTV(a video aggregator part of Deafread. com) and this is unbelievable one would say that Deafhood is a cult group. And this person said, “Go and look it up in the dictionary”. And maybe you should also look it up in google as [...]
Sun, Sep 13 2009

Parent Blast LA Times and Shari Roan
Bilingual for all Deaf Children 8/24/09 Dear Los Angeles Times: When the Propaganda mirrors Hitler’s… I find it interesting that the Los Angeles (LA) Times and other media publications would continue to participate in spreading propaganda about the cochlear implant in deaf babies and children (Cochlear implants open deaf kids’ ears to the world, 8-3-09, Los Angeles Times by Shari Roan).  I hope [......
Wed, Aug 26 2009

AGBell supports Audism Propaganda Movement?
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Before we answer to the question if AGBell supports the Audism Propaganda Movement, let’s find out about these two people, Nico van der Merwe snr and Dr. Morag Clark, Pretoria that was involved with in audistic article published in The Times media news in South Africa on August 22, 2009. When you click on this; The Times You will read [...]
Sun, Aug 23 2009

Teachers/Deaf Communication Skills
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Having and using effective communication skills is all about conveying your messages to other people clearly and unambiguously. It's also about receiving information that others are communicating to you, with as little distortion as possible. This is the reason why those who have full fluency in American Sign Language know in their hearts and minds [...]
Tue, Aug 11 2009

Our Deaf Grandchildren are NOT Deafless!
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Why should we teach our Deaf grandchildren to devaluate of who they are? What is wrong with being Deaf? My grandchildren are more happy than some others that are being told that they are Deafless by people like this lunatic person below which looks like the Burger King Holy Guru or whatever This is how our three Deaf [...]
Wed, Jul 29 2009

I am Proud of Deafhood!
Bilingual for all Deaf Children I love my Deafhood T shirt and wear it many times at Texas School for the Deaf. My name is Xavier Egbert from Austin, Texas, I am not Deafless and very proud being Deaf. I am going fishing with my Grandpa, John Egbert now at Babbitt, Minnesota where our cabin is.
Mon, Jul 27 2009

A Silent Epidemic-The Effects of Child Neglect
Bilingual for all Deaf Children “From a functional perspective for the developing child, neglect is the absence of necessary stimulation required to build a certain part of the brain so it can function normally.”...Dr Bruce Perry. I have heard many different stories from Deaf people about how they were treated by their family. There are many more stories that we haven't [...]
Thu, Jul 09 2009

AGBell: The MOB?
Bilingual for all Deaf Children AGBell: The MOB? I read the book: The M.O.B. This is a book that everyone should read. It is for you decide who is part of the “MOB” and why they do what they do. The “MOB” has been around for over 100 years! And they have been gaining recruits and growing in numbers, and it is still growing [...]
Mon, Jun 29 2009

Should We Educate the Deaf Child’s Mind First?
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Many parents have asked for this presentation at Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Conference, March 10, 2009 at Dallas, Texas.  The transcript below is from a presentation by John F. Egbert, founder of Deaf Bilingual Coalition, being provided in answer to requests from conference attendees, including parents and professionals.   JOHN EGBERT: Hello, everybody, ...
Fri, Jun 12 2009

Delani, Hearing Parent of Two Deaf Children
Bilingual for all Deaf Children From Delani Huntoon, Parent of Two Deaf Children  How I wish I had found you 2 1/2yrs ago... We are parents of 5 children,  2 of which are Deaf. I stumbled upon the speech that you gave in March while I was googling for how to teach a deaf child to read.  Our 2 deaf children [...]
Thu, Apr 30 2009

EHDI: John Egbert’s Presentation
Bilingual for all Deaf Children On March 10, 2009, DBC founder John Egbert gave an inspirational presentation at the national Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Conference (EHDI) in Dallas, TX. The response from the attendees at John's lecture was highly favorable, and many remarked that he had found a way to communicate his message in a way that nearly brought [...]
Thu, Apr 23 2009

AGBell: Define Apology and Reparation
Bilingual for all Deaf Children APOLOGY: An apology is a justification or defense of an act or idea. An apology can also be an expression of contrition and remorse for something done wrong. REPARATION: the act of making amends, offering expiation, or giving satisfaction for a wrong or injury b: something done or given as amends or satisfaction Many people demand apology from [...]
Sun, Mar 29 2009

Why Those Deaf Schools Closing?
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Should we look at the root of the problem why those Deaf Schools closing and why those other Deaf School are still open? Is it the system? What kind of people are running the system in Deaf Schools? Are the Deaf students the problem? Are most of the Deaf students transfered from “failed” mainstreaming school the reason the Deaf [...]
Sat, Feb 14 2009

AGBell’s Favorite Word: Hearing Impaired
Bilingual for all Deaf Children After viewing Jack's Eyes Vlog about hearing impaired terminology. How true that if Black culture(NAACP) can tell media, organizations and everyone else, not to use the word ‘negro' anymore and start using the word Black back around 1960's, so can we to tell everyone to stop using the word, ‘hearing impaired'. Look up on [link] an...
Wed, Feb 04 2009

NAD and AG Bell Desperate for Money Now
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Lately both associations have been asking for money to promote their philosophy of why they need to exists. You might ask why they are not getting enough donations or membership drive to be successful. Well, maybe it's the the simple common sense is that their ideology is no longer believable. So what is the problem about what they [...]
Tue, Feb 03 2009

AGBell’s Tactics, about Parents’s Informed Decisions
Bilingual for all Deaf Children When a Deaf baby is born, naturally the hearing parents would be devastated to due the fact that “Deafness”(medical term) is the most misunderstood and least known terminology in the society around the world. The parents will start to ask what to do after several days of grieves of having a “DEAF” looking normal baby, and [...]
Fri, Dec 12 2008

Are you Between a Rock and a Hard Place?
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Meaning: (1) In difficulty, faced with a choice between two unsatisfactory options. (2) Faced with two equally difficult choices or circumstances My perspective of “Between a rock and a hard place” is related to who and how I was put in that position is the Hearing culture and the Deaf culture, or should we say, Hearing reality and [...]
Sun, Dec 07 2008

Please Focus on Deaf Babies and Children in Schools
Bilingual for all Deaf Children MZ’s  Schizophrenic! Psychopathic! Where Does it End? Yes!, where does it end? Lately, we, the Deaf community seems to start in the direction towards focusing on Deaf Babies and Children in school to be recognized of their needs to be educated rather than learn how to do speech which seems not productive for Deaf people that the [...]
Sat, Nov 15 2008

My Comment for Schizophrenic! Psychopathic! Where Does it...
Bilingual for all Deaf Children I made a comment which I feel that will not be posted so I made this blog as I do not want people to miss my comment as it has in the past. I feel that you need to know the truth and we need to start working on a direction of getting this big issue [...]
Fri, Nov 14 2008

Are you a Mac or IBM minded person?
Bilingual for all Deaf Children This is my analogy about how Deaf and Hearing adults or children or babies are created differently just like a Mac or IBM. They, hearing and deaf people are the same in very way just like a Mac or IBM. But the only difference is the software program. The software disc that you put in [...]
Sat, Jul 26 2008

DBC to Speak at NAD Convention in New Orleans
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Friends, David Reynolds and I will speak at the NAD convention next week in New Orleans on Friday, July 11th, 2008 at 8:30 am. Please come to New Orleans and see for yourself about DBC and its mission. Our topic will be Deaf babies as well as the topic of state associations working with DBC state chapters across [...]
Tue, Jul 01 2008

More People Learning More About Deaf Culture Now
Bilingual for all Deaf Children The main reason why many people in the world do not know much about Deaf culture is because of the wall that needs to be torn down. Please read Deaf Chipmunk’s Vlog about “Tear down this wall” [link] All the people in the Deaf community need to do their part to educate the society about American Sign Language [...]
Mon, Apr 28 2008

Amy Cohen Efron lit the “fire”
Bilingual for all Deaf Children It was Amy Cohen Efron that lit the “fire” in the Deaf Community with her vlog “The Greatest Irony” last year in DeafRead.com
Sun, Apr 27 2008

AGBell, TEAR DOWN THAT WALL!
Bilingual for all Deaf Children For 128 years, it is time to Tear Down “BERLIN” Wall If Hearing babies can learn sign language at the age of 4/6 months to 18 months to build their cognitive development while waiting for their vocal chord to be fully developed to be able to learn speech…so can Deaf Babies. But AGBell/AVT and its associates [...]
Sun, Apr 27 2008

Do Deaf and Hearing Babies Learn Alike?
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Do Deaf and Hearing Babies Learn Alike? This is my analogy about how Deaf and Hearing adults or children or babies are created differently just like a Mac or PC. They, hearing and deaf people are the same in very way just like a Mac or PC. But the only difference is the software program. The [...]
Fri, Apr 25 2008

Pope sees Deaf Choir Singing in ASL
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Oh My God, I wonder if AGBell/AVT and its associates will write a letter to the Pope to complain about having Deaf Choir on TV  signing to the Pope similar about Pepsi commercial on Super Bowl.   What do you Bill Maher have to say about the Deaf Choir?   [link]
Sun, Apr 20 2008

Another ASL Student Going to Milwaukee!
Bilingual for all Deaf Children ASL 3705 Guest Speaker/Visitor Paper SheXXX    XXXXXX April 16th, 2008 Guest Speaker/Visitor Paper I thought the guest speaker, John Egbert was absolutely amazing!  I personally felt that he kept the audiences attention the whole entire time, which is obviously really important when speaking to people.  When John started talking about his life, and when he was gro...
Fri, Apr 18 2008

ASL Students From University
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Many are concerning about some inconsiderate group of people coming into Deafread.com to prove that ASL is not necessary and they are doing just fine without using sign language.   It is their right to enter any blogsphere if they feel that they can have their opinions made if they are “welcome”. These people are the very [...]
Thu, Apr 17 2008

4th Grade Reading and Writing Skills?
Bilingual for all Deaf Children I wrote a novel. The novel that I wrote, MindField, needed to be checked for grammatical errors, so I obtained a ghostwriter.  This assistance helped in achieving my goal of spreading the message of the book. Some people with “excellent” skills in the English language have criticized the book, despite them NOT understanding what the [...]
Mon, Feb 11 2008

Pepsi: ASL commercial has resonated so positively
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Today, I got this email and I am sure that many of you have too. Here is what the email from Pepsi said; Subject: A Message from Consumer Relations 011498154A A Message from Consumer Relations 011498154A Dear John Egbert, Thank you so much for taking the time to contact us at Pepsi-Cola and for your kind words about our [...]
Fri, Feb 01 2008

Should DeafRead Respect ASL People?
Bilingual for all Deaf Children When DeafRead came out last year, it was the first world-wide means of empowerment, a type of media for Deaf people that enabled us to interact, communicate, empower, and support one another. DeafRead was the “voice” to the world of Deaf people–as we really are.This reality is just like what happened when the hearing world [...]
Tue, Jan 22 2008

Learning Sign Language and Deaf People
Bilingual for all Deaf Children I would like to tell you my experience learning sign language and living with deaf people starting back in 1966. My name is John Egbert, some of you may know me as a founder of DBC(Deaf Bilingual Coalition). This post has nothing to do with DBC and I am not representing DBC. This is about [...]
Mon, Jan 14 2008

Steppuhns Speech In Germany About Sign Language
Bilingual for all Deaf Children   A good hearing friend of mine contacted me about this interesting information from a book Our Attitude Toward the Sign Language at the library.   It is a very interesting speech by Mr. Steppuhn, A German teacher of the deaf in Essen, Germany.  It indicates some of the challenges we face in the U.S. - Today [...]
Fri, Jan 04 2008

My Predictions for 2008
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Since I entered the DeafRead.com Blog/Vlog world last January 2007 of  not having my confidence in vlogging experience with about 30 or so Bloggers and Vloggers that grew to more than 500 by the end of 2007, I wondered   What will the Year of 2008 will be like?   2,000 or more B/Vloggers?   More empowered Deaf leaders to inspire [...]
Mon, Dec 31 2007

MAC and IBM Computer Same? Different?
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Deaf and Hearing people Same? Different?This is my analogy about how Deaf and Hearing adults or children or babies are created differently just like a Mac or IBM. They, hearing and deaf people are the same in very way just like a Mac or IBM. But the only difference is the software program. [...]
Sun, Dec 23 2007

PEOPLE ASK ME TO RE-POST MY VLOGS AGAIN
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Click on one of the two links to visit my Vlog   [link]   [link]   Enjoy, John Egbert
Sat, Dec 22 2007

John Egbert, Are you willing to listen to a crit??
Bilingual for all Deaf Children This question is from a commenter last night on my post, [link]   Ann_C. on December 21st, 2007 at 10:09 pm   Im going to use an analogy of a sorts, so bear with me here: Some years ago I took up a class in portrait painting, and I thought I was progressing along rather nicely, as my fellow students and [...]
Sat, Dec 22 2007

Please Use Constructive Dialogue in DeafRead.com
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Some people need to stop using stupidity one-liner just to misinform the hearing and deaf readers about what kind of people we have in the Deaf community. This is an example that came in DeafRead.com this morning. See this post, [link] # *laughs* Gawrsh! No wonder DBC sucks. :o) Paotie Comment by Paotie December 21, 2007 @ 8:36 am This needs to be stopped [...]
Fri, Dec 21 2007 · Moved from DeafRead Extra

Our 2008 Resolution
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Publicize the importance of all babies to have access to language from the start/birth. How to Teach the Baby* to Communicate Infants are born with an instinctive need to communicate. But learning to talk takes time plus it requires the type of motor skills that babies only begin to master around their first birthday. Studies have [...]
Fri, Dec 21 2007

NO CENSORSHIP
Bilingual for all Deaf Children There will not be any censorship in DeafRead. Com I have not named anyone who are the deficit thinkers but many of  you knew and a couple of bloggers seems got panic and posted their blog about it. But nonetheless, dont assume that I will pursue this effort to censor any bloggers. And my opinion, this feedback has [...]
Mon, Dec 17 2007

Heres What AGBell/AVT Should Say to Parents
Bilingual for all Deaf Children When parents ask this. Should I teach my Deaf child speech/oralism or American Sign Language? .AGBell/AVT should say this to the parents Say this to yourself and think about it. It is not what the deaf child can do for you, It is what you can do for your deaf child.
Fri, Dec 14 2007

My Respond to Hearing Exchange Blog
Bilingual for all Deaf Children 5 Tips to Help Your Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child Enjoy the Holidays Holidays are often a difficult time for people with hearing loss, especially young children who have not yet learned or become proficient at coping skills. I have concise these tips and you can look at the website to read all what I [...]
Fri, Dec 14 2007

Another Invented Sign Language?
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Watch this video, [link] What is that sign?... admit? or willing? Contact: scott@gratitudecampaign.org .........if you think that this sign language is WRONG. We have over 100,000 ASL students from Universities in USA that learned ASL and they will not even understand that sign language! Please, John [...]
Tue, Dec 11 2007

Biased against oral????
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Two misguided deaf men have been saying that I am against oralism. And that I have no right to educate parents of deaf babies the potential of using ASL starting at the age of 6 months. Thousands of hearing babies across America now are being taught Signs at the age of 6 months because their vocal [...]
Tue, Oct 30 2007

AGBell´s Right to Advocate Oralism
Bilingual for all Deaf Children I am one of those successful oral persons that still use oral communication in the society and ALSO I am bilingual. I am fluent in American Sign Language. I realize that the vast majority of the Deaf people started oral methods at very young age and failed to achieve the ability to speak well enough be understood in the hearing society. Not only that, but the majority...
Tue, Sep 25 2007

MINNESOTA.....ARE YOU READY TO RUMMBBLLLLLE?
Bilingual for all Deaf Children On September 29th from 2pm to 4pm, we will march somewhere downtown Minneapolis or St Paul as part of the International Sign Language Day. All over the world, Deaf people will doing this on their time-zone, 2pm to 4pm. I asked MADC if they were planning on doing this but they did not have the time to organize the march and will do it starting next year. The reason is ...
Fri, Sep 21 2007

ASL Speech by David O. Reynolds
Bilingual for all Deaf Children Saturday, September 1, 2007 The following translation of a speech given in ASL by David O. Reynolds has been authorized by him for immediate release. This inspirational speech on the topic of implementing bilingual programs in the field of deaf education was made near the conclusion of an educational workshop at a conference now taking place in downtown Los Angeles: [...]
Mon, Sep 03 2007