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Housework is Dangerous!
 Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother I know people have said "I hate housework". But have you ever heard someone say that "Housework is dangerous"? I'm not even being sarcastic, as a legally blind person it can get dangerous! For example, my #1 enemy - the vacuum. This contraption that's saved many housewives time and energy actually causes dread in me. Thoughts of "what am I going to break today ...Thu, Jan 19 2012 Cool...and Not-So-Cool Products for People with Disabilities
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother I was wandering around the Internet and came across some inventions and products that I thought were cool....and a few that weren't.Cool1. Credit Card for the Blind: Interactive Braille display as well as audio to tell you what's being purchased. Fingerprint I.D. instead of signature. - Good idea! Feel the braille for the purchase list and prices while scanning so no...Thu, Oct 06 2011 Are you THAT Clueless??
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother This is a list of stuff I've heard over the years regarding my Deaf/Blindness...* "Oh you must really miss hearing things" - How can I miss something I've never had in the first place??* "You don't look Deaf or Blind" - Uhh how am I supposed to look? Have a freaking sign around my neck?* (Asked to my Mother) "How is your daughter doing?" (Mom's snapback) "Ask her she'...Wed, Jun 29 2011 Keep it "Eye-Friendly"
 Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother About reading blogs and websites or watching vlogs. Subtitles are available by selecting the "CC" button on YouTube's siteMon, Feb 21 2011 Braille on Soda lids
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Notice the Braille on the top of your Soda Cap??Sun, Oct 31 2010 Deaf & Sports
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Noticed something about Deaf and Sports :)Wed, Oct 27 2010 I Wonder....
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother I've noticed somthing that's happened through the years and wondered if it happens to you too.Thu, Oct 21 2010 DeafBlindness is Expensive!!!
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Just compared the prices of different Accessibility Equipment between Deaf, Blind Only, and for DeafBlind.Thu, Oct 14 2010 "-ism"
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother So many -isms these days....I'm not talking about "mannerism", "atheism", or "terrorism".I'm talking about "racism", "sexism", "audism" or "ableism". This type of -ism is any kind of attitude of prejudice against a given group. Why do we need to make up words to separate and identify the different aspects of the same instance?It's just called prejudice, discriminati...Fri, Mar 26 2010 Where didja get that??
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother We went to the Grove Home Show last weekend. A lot of booths were giving away stuff: free pens, magazines, goodie bags, etc.I was standing alongside a booth while Randy chatted one of the guys in it. I'm just standing and leaning on the top of my white cane.A lady comes by me and says something but I missed it."I'm Deaf, I missed that""Where did you get the cane?"(con...Tue, Feb 16 2010 Update!
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother It's Friday and I'm back at school. I was notified Wednesday afternoon if I could come in and meet an interpreter.Thursday I go in to the Accommodations office and meet the interpreter. She's an older student like myself who's attending classes here too. Her son is also taking classes too.She has been interpreting on and off for the last 20 years. We got off to a good...Fri, Jan 15 2010 What a Wild Week!
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother It all started late Friday...I was notified by the "Accommodations for students with Disabilities" office that they found a Video Remote Interpreter (VRI) service for me in my classes. I would need to setup Skype and a webcam on a laptop.I have a "hand me down" laptop that my folks brought down over the Christmas holidays. I loaded Skype on with no problems. But then ...Wed, Jan 13 2010 Vlog Bloopers
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother I had so much trouble with just ONE vlog!!Thu, Sep 24 2009 Oral Deaf and Foreign Languages
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Transcript:I grew up orally in a French Canadian family. My grandparents and older relatives speak French. They tried teaching me some French."You have to rrrrroolll your r's""But that HURTS!"One time at a family gathering, my mom and aunts were making tort...tour....."tourtiere" or meat pies. My Papa was teasing them and they were yellin...Wed, Jun 17 2009 My White Cane Stories
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Stories about having a White Cane.Select "CC" in the lower right corner for subtitles.Wed, Jun 17 2009 Researching Cell Phones/Pagers
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother It never really bothered me that I was one of the very (emphasis on very) few Deaf without a pager/texter/cellphone/PDA, whatever y'all call it!That is, until this past weekend. Our Pastor from the Deaf Church invited us all to his place for a BBQ Cookout. He e-mailed me directions to his place, looked easy to understand and follow, except he used the old highway name...Wed, May 27 2009 The Disabled are being left OUT of Simulus!
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother I can't believe the various news stories I'm reading across the Internet.In my previous post I mentioned that:* $13 billion for special education programs* $4 billion dollar expansion of Supplemental Security Income (SSI)* $4.6 billion dollars for Job Training* $5 billion dollars in Community developmentThis will help people with disabilities, but I'm reading news sto...Fri, Mar 06 2009 New Blind Character
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother The British Soap Opera "Emmerdale" will have a new regular character.This will be the first UK soap with a regular blind character. Next month, "Lizzie Lakely" (Kitty McGreever) will arrive in Emmerdale to do Community Service after a conviction for petty crime.Kitty McGreever lost her sight at age 33 due to illness. She has previously been on &quo...Tue, Mar 03 2009 Famous CODAs
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Decided to take a break for myself while kiddies are at day camp and surf the internet. I was originally looking up famous Oklahomans and found one famous actor who's also a CODA (Child of a Deaf Adult) and decided to compile a list of other CODAs. - Lon Chaney - "The Man of a Thousand Faces", well known as the Phantom in "Phantom of the Opera" (1...Fri, Jul 18 2008 Nothing Lost - Nothing Gained
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother This has been my mantra all afternoon last Friday and a good part of last weekend. I was at the eye doctor last Friday in the hope of improving my eyesight like I researched in my last posting. Turns out he wouldn't recommend implanted lens for me because: 1) too nearsighted for help (my prescription for glasses is -7.00 and -5.00) 2) retinas are too long and thin 3...Fri, Jun 13 2008 Scam Artists and Disabilities
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother For as long as time itself, people have taken advantage of various disabilities to gain monies, things, or "just for a good laugh". From the classic person on the street corner with sunglasses and a cup of pencils or "fingerspelling cards" for money; to "kids" calling themselves on relay so they can make up the stupidest calls to hear th...Mon, May 19 2008 What to do???
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Been a busy couple of months here in Oklahoma! Finally got my Permanent Resident card from Immigrations back in January. Then went to get my SSN # (thats SIN # for you canucks). Started job hunting with hardly any luck, living in a town of 5,000 people with the big companies being WalMart, Lowe's and Walgreen's. Got a call from Walgreen's to come in and finish th...Mon, May 12 2008 The CI Debate
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother It's been awhile since I posted last. Been busy being Mommy. I survived March Break and hung up my Referee shirt. After separating arguing kids all week I go online to DeafRead and see "arguing" about CIs, ASL, "CI people treated differently" etc. etc. So I'm putting on my Referee shirt again and jumping in the middle (snickering). Here's my &quo...Fri, Mar 28 2008 DeafBlind Access - Where??? (Part 2)
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother (Rod Sterling's Voice) "..... This is the dimension of imagination. It is the area which we call....The Twilight Zone" (Spooky music) In an apartment, a DB person is watching TV via her "CaptionBrailler", finds out the weather will be sunny all day. She collects her "CommuniBraille" and her computerized white cane and heads out on her er...Sat, Mar 01 2008 The Natural Urge to "Gawk"
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Being a person with two disabilities I've grown up with "gawkers". You know the type, people that just have to stop what they're doing and stare at you. It's a fact of life for people with different disabilities. Whether you're Deaf, Blind, in a wheelchair, a little person, missing a limb, or have scars - you've lived with being stared at. The majority...Fri, Feb 29 2008 DeafBlind Communication - Addedum
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Adding one more form of communication: 4. Oral method. There are "DB" people who do learn to speak. Even Helen Keller learned how to speak and gave oral presentations all across the country. I am oral too, spoken English was my first language. I've been oral since I got my hearing aids at 2 years old (and my father would say that I haven't shut up since). Do...Fri, Feb 29 2008 DeafBlind Access - Where??? (Part One)
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother The other day I did an internet search for DeafBlind Accessibility products I was suprised to find it amazingly limited! On one Accessibility Products "Vendor" site, there's about 200 products for "Deaf or Hard of Hearing" such as: ttys, videophones, visual alerts, pagers, volume controls, amplifiers, closed captioned televisions, captioned phones...Tue, Feb 26 2008 DeafBlind Communication
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother There are approximately 10 million blind and visually impaired people in the US (according to the National Federation of the Blind). There are approximately 1 million "functionally deaf" people and 8 million "hard of hearing" people in the US (according to a Gallaudet study). There are approximately 70,000 DeafBlind people in the US (according to t...Mon, Feb 25 2008 What's with the Nick??
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Hi, Ever wonder what's with the Nickname Rusty_Coyote?? Well sit back and I'll tell you the tale.... Way back I was on CompuServe (Gawd do you remember that??) and my original nickname was TCB. For my initials as well as "Taking Care of Business" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive (think you can sign that one MikeSZZ??). I met a guy online by the nick of RandyCyoT....Sat, Feb 23 2008 Hearing Ear Dog Stories 2
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Transcript:Hi, I'll now talk Hearing Ear Dog Stories Part 2.The dog's now about 10 years old and my kids were 4 and 2. We decided to go to the Mall and wander around. My daughter was in the stroller and my son was running around. We were walking along when the leash tugged me back, the dog wasn't following. I looked back to see him squatting. I screamed "Not in t...Mon, Feb 18 2008 A DeafBlind's Perspective on Subtitles
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Transcript:Hi, I want to give you my perspective as a DeafBlind person on Subtitles. There have been many Vlogs on this debate. I let you know that I agree with Mike, our audience are ASL users so I'm signing straight to ASL users, simple as that. If you want to educate hearing on Culture, etc, then subtitle it and address it straight to them. But I'm signing ASL to A...Mon, Feb 18 2008 My Hearing Ear Dog Stories
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Transcript: Hi, I had a Hearing Ear dog for 11 years. I have many stories about how Hearing people react to the dog. Most Hearing Ear dogs are small like poodles or shelties. But I told the school I can't see well so I need a bigger one. They said OK and gave me a 60 lb. dog and an excitable one. When the phone rings he gets all excited and pounces on me full force. I...Mon, Jan 21 2008 3 Disabled Funerals
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Transcript: Hi, I wanted to tell you a joke but I had a gut feeling I better check "ASL Laughs" Vlogs, Dang he already told that one! Now I had to think of another one. Ok, there was a man working as a caretaker of a graveyard. He was working when he spotted a funeral, but this funeral was different. People were standing around tossing stuff into the grave. ...Thu, Dec 13 2007 Ever have one of those days....
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Last week there was one of those days where everything just goes wrong. It started off with my daughter being sick and throwing up. She's in our bed watching cartoons and weakly asks me to get her clothes. Her clothes are in the bottom drawer so I just sat down on the floor to get closer. After selecting some clothes I got up and then realized that I had just sat in s...Tue, Nov 27 2007 Being deafblind
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother There are approximately 10 million blind and visually impaired people in the US (according to the American Foundation of the Blind). There are also about 1.3 "legally blind" Americans. The term "legally blind" refers to vision of 20/200 or less or a visual field of 20 degrees or less. I have 20/200 vision myself. I wear glasses that correct my ...Fri, Nov 16 2007 Misprounced Nursery Rhyme
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Transcript:Hi, I want to share a story with you. I grew up orally as I was the only Deaf in a hearing family. When I was about 4 to 6 years old my older cousins always made me recite the nursery rhyme "Little Miss Muffet" again and again. So I would say it "Little Miss Muffet....." When I was finished they would bust up laughing and tell me "t...Fri, Nov 16 2007 |
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