ASLfilms – “Gerald” Coming in Fall 2009
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Media Art and Storytelling Sat, Jul 04 2009 · 1 hour ago

NAD stop talking start DOING-then I will believe you !
Deaf Special Needs Attention Barb Raimondo and Bobbie Beth Scoggins I would not expect you to say anything less than "we value all deaf children" And people should not kick dogs, harm animals, beat their kids and drink and drive. But human beings do what they know they will get away with and do whatever it is that makes them feel empowered. Same with deaf education. I have written b...
Education Legal Culture Fri, Jul 03 2009 · 12 hours ago

JTC Week 2 Day 1
Miss Kat's Deaf journey Boy oh boy, what a week-end! But now we are back to school and back to work! (Miss Kat woke up this morning, turned over, smiled and signed "Disneyland?")Our first class this week was about FM systems. The first thing we learned is they key to everything. Signal to Noise Ratio. When we are in a very quiet environment the speech of an individual (the signal) is much lo...
Language Education Tech Fri, Jul 03 2009 · 17 hours ago

Cable Channel's Attitude on Internet Captioning
Caption Action 2 A member of the Facebook cause Caption Action 2 contacted a Popular Cable Channel that we can not name publicly. That member was told that Popular Cable Channel is aware of the "demand" for captioning online but that they haven't heard much at all from deaf and hard of hearing people. Popular Cable Channel makes its decisions based upon "mass" appeal and "maximized" p...
Media Language Tech Legal Fri, Jul 03 2009 · 19 hours ago

More on SayWhatClub: by Jan Christensen
SayWhatClub Weblog More than 36 million people in America alone have a hearing loss, with an estimated 278 million worldwide according to a World Health Organization (WHO) survey in 2005, ranging from moderate to profound. Hearing loss is the third most common health problem in America, behind only arthritis and heart disease. A small group of people [...]
Culture Fri, Jul 03 2009 · 20 hours ago

Military Eligibity, Disability, and Social Programs
The Deaf Perspective Before I begin this post, I apologize sincerely for opening up such a can of worms. I am not sure about what kind of role SSDI plays in the life of people with disabilities outside the deaf community but I will write based on my knowledge of the issue within the deaf community.What propelled me to think about this issue critically and through the lens of disability ri...
Higher Education Audism Legal Culture Fri, Jul 03 2009 · 20 hours ago
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Tweeps Posting on the Act
Caption Action 2 The following people on Twitter (tweeps) have tweeted about the need to support the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 and if they wrote to their Congressional representatives/senators:bgramer bgramerBravebellows BravebellowsCaptionfish Captionfishcatroy catroydamontimm damontimmDeafCode DeafCodefoundinblank foundinblank wrote!FriarTech Fr...
Media Language Tech Legal Culture Fri, Jul 03 2009 · 24 hours ago

Slideshow: Wine & Cheese Event
Welcome to ... Seek Geo! BVlog Symposium event Buy me a cup of coffee
Art and Storytelling Culture Fri, Jul 03 2009

Deaf Teachers Losing Jobs Because of English
Jamie Berke (About.com) Nobody likes to see deaf people lose jobs, particularly teachers. However, in Massachusetts, deaf teachers who can not pass the state's English competency test for teachers are at risk of...
Legal Education Fri, Jul 03 2009

What we will blog (Intro final part)
Caption Action 2 What We Will Be BloggingHere on this blog, we will report what is happening on Capitol Hill with the Act (e.g., is it coming up for a hearing? are there any new co-sponsors?), and what is happening on Facebook where we have two groups, an Internet Captioning Group and a Cause, Caption Action 2. The reason for having two groups is that the Cause will allow us to do fun...
Tech Legal Fri, Jul 03 2009

Actual Language (Intro part 2)
Caption Action 2 Actual Language from the ActThe text of H.R. 3101 is on Thomas.gov. The important part is Title II, Section 203. The key language from that is reproduced below: (b) Closed Captioning on Video Programming Distributed Over the Internet- Section 713 of such Act is further amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: `(c) Deadlines for Captioning- `(...
Tech Legal Fri, Jul 03 2009

Introduction to Caption Action 2
Caption Action 2 Welcome to the Caption Action 2 blog. Caption Action 2 is the name of the grassroots Internet-based movement to get Congress to pass the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 (hereafter referred to as the 21st Century Act, or H.R. 3101) introduced on June 26, 2009 that will make captioning on the Internet mandatory for certain types of broadc...
Tech Legal Fri, Jul 03 2009

RNID leans on BBC ?
At The Rim Why is the BBC suppressing an government report, criticizing the RNID's 'Typetalk' text system ? My last blog which gave links and an insight to what is, an official report, is deemed too 'hot' for the BBC ? Surely deaf people have a right to be informed, when they have been validated for their criticism of this system and abandoned it day one ? Sour grapes from th...
Audism Tech Culture Fri, Jul 03 2009

After Nearly Dying, Autoimmune Hearing Loss
Jamie Berke (About.com) Rebecca on the forum describes how she nearly died, and was diagnosed with an autoimmune hearing loss. Her story, which she posted in hopes of helping someone else, is...
Art and Storytelling Education Thu, Jul 02 2009

Seeing Sounds
deafmac.org Did you know that your system beeps when you receive an incoming email or when someone is trying to send you a video invitation through iChat? Only if you could hear the beeps, you would be able to reply in a timely manner. Fret not, with OS X's Universal Access, you are now able to [...]
Tech Thu, Jul 02 2009

Deaf Occupations
The DEAFinite Resource Online I was recently introduced to the No Worker Left Behind program in Michigan, where they will pay up to $5,000 a year for 2 years to help you go back to school. I thought, "This is great!" But then I started thinking of the jobs that interest me. One of them is a dog groomer. I mean, just write down what you want and I'll do it. Problem? I need school. I'm afraid the Pa...
Language Education Tech Legal Culture Thu, Jul 02 2009

Being deaf shortens theif’s jail term
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers It seems that the judge is in a quandary as to how to deal with the accused. She has been languishing in jail for more than two years and her case hasn't been arraigned because of their difficulty in communicating with her. So the only legal solution is to set her free.
Language Legal Culture Thu, Jul 02 2009

Submission Deadline
Kiss-Fist Team Greetings, Fans! Preparation is now underway into launching KISSFIST's sixth issue set to be released in September! We are always looking for more submissions so if you got something you wanna share with us, just be sure to send it over to submissions (at) kiss-fist (dot) com before August 1st, 2009. We are especially excited about our [...]
Media Art and Storytelling Culture Thu, Jul 02 2009

stuff
CD's Ear Blog Still waiting on SSI. My friend and former interpreter for so many years at school, she also received paperwork to fill out on my behalf from SSI (as did my grandmother, and perhaps some other people as well). She told me she read on the paperwork that once the office got her paperwork back, that they would expediate the process. Hopefully, this means something! We ne...
Tech Thu, Jul 02 2009

Schools for the Deaf do not have to educate deaf students
Deaf Special Needs This is a true schools for the deaf have never had to teach any deaf student. They have had to demonstrate that they have a curriculum but the success of failure of any deaf student did not prevent them from receiving accredidation from CEASD. CEASD only wants to see that the schools are fiscally sound not educationally sound.In fact, to date, there is not a liter...
Education Thu, Jul 02 2009

What Does Forest Grove Really Mean?
National Association of the Deaf blogs In Forest Grove, the child had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, and substance abuse problems. The parents wanted special education services for the child, but the school refused to provide the services. The parents placed the child in a private school. The parents sued the school district for reimbursement of the private school tuition. The...
Education Legal Thu, Jul 02 2009

JTC Week 1 Day 5
Miss Kat's Deaf journey Fridays are short days, we get done with class at noon, so we only had one class and our support group meeting (have I talked about support group yet? Almost everyday we have a group meeting with psychologists and we air our issues and talk about our feelings and struggles as parents of children with a hearing loss. It is a really great element of the program and very...
Language Education Tech Thu, Jul 02 2009

Deaf Sports Fan Files Complaint against Ohio State...
News The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the law firm Willis & Willis Co., L.P.A., filed a lawsuit on behalf of Vincent Sabino against Ohio State University (OSU). Mr. Sabino, an OSU sports fan who is deaf, wants OSU to provide captioning for announcements made over public address systems before, during, and after OSU events, such as basketball and football...
Tech Legal Thu, Jul 02 2009

Unique machine deepens understanding of how brains process...
I look so I can hear.... Taken from news at UCL Researchers at UCL's Ear Institute are using a unique machine to deepen their understanding of how the brain processes sound. This is important for deafness as the brain deciphers soundwaves and an improvement in understanding this process has the potential to improve how deafness is treated or managed. The Ear [...]
Higher Education Tech Thu, Jul 02 2009

Today I am sad about being deaf…
Deafinitely girly Well, it’s a bee-yoooo-tee-ful day today in London. Hot, sunny and a sky so blue even Wise Friend couldn’t fault it!I am currently feeling a bit tired as Miss K and I celebrated her moving in officially last night with bubbly followed by wine.*sniffCoupled with a complete forgetfulness to drink any water, it would seem I have a mild dosage of a hangover!I don’t like h...
Art and Storytelling Thu, Jul 02 2009