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DeafNation - Orlando
Daily Life Hey guys, I'm going to DeafNation this weekend and I'm really excited to go. I'll be meeting my friends from the Orlando deafblind retreat. I'm also hoping to meet some new people from DeafRead [and perhaps practice more of my signing ;)]. This will be my first deaf convention so [...]
Language Culture Tue, Apr 01 2008 hide this blog

First Vlog for DeafRead
Daily Life Hi everyone, my name is Tiffany and I am learning to sign and I know I sign clumsy (but that comes with time!). I describe my upbringing as an oralist and having CI since three, and reimplanted at five because it broke for some reason that not even the researchers knew why. I love doing [...]
Culture Fri, Mar 07 2008 hide this blog

Thoughts on DeafRead and DeafBlind
Daily Life After watching the blogs and comments in vlogs throwing their opinions about DeafRead and DeafBlind around, I came to this conclusion of my opinion. I want to say, “Shut up! Look around you! Can't you see what you are doing?” I think there are many of us agree that we should be inclusive. I see [...]
Culture Thu, Feb 14 2008 hide this blog

Attention C.I. Users–prohibitive costs of batteries?
Daily Life I was told that if I get a second cochlear implant, the costs would rise in caring for two processors instead of one. That is obvious to me, yes, I know it would cost twice as much. However, I am puzzled by this information I was given by the VR. Is there a processor whose [...]
Tech Thu, Feb 07 2008 hide this blog

A letter of Sacrfices
Daily Life I am blown away. Not even half hour ago, I was wondering if it was wrong of me to wish the processors I have for CI to be broken over time without renewing warranty, as neither are under warranty and never hear again. Though, I would definitely miss listening to instrumental music, especially from Titanic [...]
Language Art and Storytelling Tech Wed, Feb 06 2008 hide this blog

A place to start - Disability Lawyers
Daily Life I am now asking you, as a community, to help me point a direction where I can look for more information on how I could go about becoming a specialized lawyer for people with disabilities. After Art History II class today, my teacher asked me to come and talk with her about various topics and [...]
Audism Legal Wed, Jan 30 2008 hide this blog

Communication Breakdown - painting
Daily Life I've been meaning to share this with everyone here on DeafRead, but for one reason or another, I didn't until now. I started painting this piece on Dec. 12th, 2007, went on hiatus for almost two weeks  because I went to Michigan and then on Jan 3rd, 2008, it was completed. At first, I had [...]
Art and Storytelling Wed, Jan 30 2008 hide this blog

Hard of Hearing culture? Hah!
Daily Life Sorry if the title sounds offensive to some, but I mean no offense. I have many thoughts that are going million miles a minute and I can't sleep. I suddenly remembered reading about how hard of hearing people kick themselves in the rear when there is a communication break down. I couldn't agree with the [...]
Culture Tue, Jan 29 2008 hide this blog

Positives and Negatives of CI
Daily Life I really want to put in my two cents and I honestly didn't know how to reply to some of the blogs that talked about CI in general. I have cochlear implant, and I wish to say a few things about it. There were two blogs that were on both extremes of the spectrum, one [...]
Tech Culture Wed, Jan 23 2008 hide this blog

Deaf Blind Retreat (Orlando)
Daily Life You know, ever since around the time I got this blog and reading DeafRead and generally being an actual self-advocate recently, my life has changed. But over this past weekend of Martin Luther King, I learned many more things, and further changed my life. I cannot say enough of how happy I am to make [...]
Language Tech Culture Mon, Jan 21 2008 hide this blog

Detecting in Communications
Daily Life There were several questions I have asked about a week ago and it was not answered. I seek your experiences to see if it applies only me or it happens to general public of deaf people. Here is a revised version of what I was asking for. Questions will be in bold so if you [...]
Language Tech Culture Thu, Jan 10 2008 hide this blog

Disappointing Results
Daily Life A week ago from today, I had a meeting with the Disability Resource Center at my college and discussed different accommodations, and I repeatedly stated that CART will be the one that will help me the most. I was hesitant about getting FM system, but since it would plug directly into my Cochlear Implant, [...]
Higher Education Tech Legal Thu, Jan 10 2008 hide this blog

A Moment of Frustrations
Daily Life So, tomorrow at eleven a.m., I will be meeting with the director of Disability Resource Center to fight for CART for one of the classes, Fundamentals of Speech. I love giving speeches and I want to know what students are saying. What they are saying is the main reason why I need CART–as I am [...]
Higher Education Education Wed, Jan 02 2008 hide this blog

Dad, understand me.
Daily Life  Here's a bit of history before I show you my letter to my dad. He is, you could say, an audist. He once said that a friend of his whose son is deaf, that it was a shame that he didn't learn to speak and the only thing he could do in the hearing world [...]
Higher Education Culture Sat, Dec 29 2007 hide this blog

CART, DBC and Identities topics
Daily Life Yesterday, I pretty much came to the conclusion that I am not hearing and never will be. I understand now that all deaf people are among the hearing community, and that whatever the level of deafness we all have, we are deaf. For a long time, I considered myself to be in the hearing community, [...]
Fri, Dec 28 2007 hide this blog

Cochlear Implant User - My Side
Daily Life Well, wow, after about 5 hours worth of reading blogs about the deaf culture, I wish to say a few words of my own. I mentioned that I have cochlear implant, implanted when I was three. My dad really wanted me to hear and so that I could function well with the hearing people. I [...]
Culture Fri, Dec 07 2007 hide this blog

ADA and Audism
Daily Life You know, I will have to admit, I used to be one of those brown-nosed deafies, an audist. But that was when I was young and didn't know better, much less about the Deaf culture. I thought I knew what consisted of that culture, but as I grew up, in college, I grew to realize [...]
Audism Culture Fri, Dec 07 2007 hide this blog