NTID at RIT Turns 40
Jamie Berke (About.com) As I write this I am in line to enter the Panara theatre for the closing ceremonies of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)'s 40th anniversary reunion. (The Democrat...
Higher Education Sat, Jun 28 2008 hide this blog

Support ASL? Sign this!
Der Sankt Speaks... [link] (To sign the petition) There is a movement for Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia to adopt ASL as a foreign language as part of their curriculum. As of right now, ODU will not recognize ASL as a foreign language for credit towards graduation. Not only that, ODU is not providing ASL classes to its [...]
Higher Education Language Audism Sat, Jun 28 2008 hide this blog

A Challenge for DBC and AGB
Drolz Uncensored A challenge for the Deaf Bilingual Coalition and Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf to find common ground
Media Language Audism Culture Sat, Jun 28 2008 hide this blog

Interview with Meg Burden, author of Northlander-a fantasy...
Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature Northlander (Tales of the Borderlands) by Meg Burden Paperback: 252 pages Reading Age: 12 and older Publisher: Brown Barn Books (October 24, 2007) ISBN-10: 0976812681 In Tales of the Borderlands: Book One, readers learn that the land is divided into two areas-- the Northlands and the Southlands. Main character, Ellin is a young girl with distinctive hair that indicat...
Art and Storytelling Sat, Jun 28 2008 hide this blog

Finishing up the NTID's Final Reunion Day.
The Deaf Sherlock G'day Everyone! I've hidden away again from the crowd and took a break to post this topic today. It's a rainy day here in Rochester, NY. Humid and warm. UGH. Typical Rochester weather. We've been having a blast here at the reunion! Friday was in TOTAL FULL SWING. Lots to see, lots to do. And meet an awful lot of people!! I missed my chance to sit in the discussions ...
Higher Education Sat, Jun 28 2008 hide this blog

Scathing Words Against Gally
Der Sankt Speaks... I received just now, from Gally Net-L, and I thought this would be worth sharing with the rest of you. Before you get upset with these words, do take them into serious consideration: it is a perspective we need to understand and perhaps take it into account the next time a protest occurs. Have you read [...]
Media Higher Education Sat, Jun 28 2008 hide this blog

To close caption or not to close caption, who will rule?
A Radical Sabbatical New legislation is being put on the table which will require closed captioning on some internet videos.  Reading various sites, I see that many technology people are against closed captioning on the internet.  They feel the government will now get their hands on regulating and setting fines for videos not captioned.  At first, I was very [...]
Tech Legal Sat, Jun 28 2008 hide this blog

Boys And Music Of Summer
Life In a Cone of Silence My love of music was contagious enough to be caught by my Dan, my son, many years ago. The car was the classroom of musical history in the formative years, as we crossed roads and highways of musical eras and genre. Likes and dislikes were determined and discussed. Preferences of mine were offered up as choices to fit in Dan's newly explored world. I had and have a v...
Tech Sat, Jun 28 2008 hide this blog

Sylmar!
SURROUND SOUND Several months ago, when we started getting serious about our plans to go to Reno, I mentioned to my friend Gloria Garner, who is a Web education specialist at Advanced Bionics, that while I was out west, I would love to travel just a little FURTHER west and visit the Advanced Bionics production facility in Sylmar, California. I knew that the plant did tours and basic...
Tech Sat, Jun 28 2008 hide this blog

Friday Evening Opening Ceremony
Deaf Bilingual Coalition Open Ceremony today opened with Jason Altman welcoming the audience, then introducing NAD President Bobbie Beth Scoggins. The room was packed...
Language Education Culture Sat, Jun 28 2008 hide this blog

Decline
At The Rim An American blogger Anon ! recently asked what is the current state of British deaf activity these days ? (These Anons occcasionaly ask a sensible question), so here is a personal overview. I'm pretty sure someone won't agree but.... British deaf do not seem to have any sort of campaigning voice these days at all sadly. The BDA (British Deaf Association) is in trou...
Audism Culture Sat, Jun 28 2008 hide this blog

Congress Trying to Make Internet Accessible to the Deaf
Don's Blog I was reading the news when I saw a mention of Congress in the process of legislation that would substantially enhance accessibility for the deaf and the disabled for the internet. Naturally, this got my attention. Here’s the link if you’d like to read the bill for yourself: [link] For those who’re wondering, the bill has just [...]
Legal Fri, Jun 27 2008 hide this blog

Hellllooooo California!
SURROUND SOUND So....I got checked out of the hotel, which was an ordeal, because I had packed one of my bags incorrectly and couldn't carry it but was running behind and couldn't redo it. Finally straggled out to the curb and had missed the shuttle by five minutes, and the next one wasn't due for another 20 m9inutes. Rather than wait with all my bags I decided to just pay for a tax...
Tech Fri, Jun 27 2008 hide this blog

Accessibility on the Internet
Going Deaf Hello all. Today marks the last day that chairman Bill Gates sits in the hot seat at Microsoft. Lots of journalists, enthusiasts, and writers have done extensive montages dedicated to BillyG, so I won't bore you with it all. So today being the day, I figured [link] would get in on the action as well. They have, and right up on the first screen is ...
Tech Fri, Jun 27 2008 hide this blog

Deaf People’s Inner Voice
Ke5ter Link “Do profoundly deaf people who learn to talk have a voice in their head?” – Heather & Allen Exby “My best answer to this,” Hauser wrote, “is that the brain has a special capacity to develop phonological representations, even when it does not have auditory input. The representations might be dramatically different from what...
Fri, Jun 27 2008 hide this blog

Obama & Captioning for the Deaf Update
Don's Blog As some of you may know, I’ve been in contact with the Obama administration regarding captioning all of their video media on their website. I got a response from them: Dear Friend, Thank you for contacting us about closed captioning of video on our website.  We appreciate your message, and work hard to make our website accessible. To [...]
Media Tech Legal Fri, Jun 27 2008 hide this blog

Gallaudet University accreditation reaffirmed
Inside Gallaudet In an email to the campus community on June 27, President Davila said, "I learned the good news this afternoon that the hard work the entire campus community has undertaken over the past 18 months has paid off."
Higher Education Fri, Jun 27 2008 hide this blog

“Does job availability influence whether Cities become...
Deaf411Online Blog [DEAF411] Jobs have big influence on where people live. Searching for a job is neither easy nor fun. This task is even more stressful for a deaf person. Employers try to avoid hiring deaf people because their knowledge is limited and they prefer to avoid something that they are not familiar with comfortable with. They may [...]
Education Culture Fri, Jun 27 2008 hide this blog

Mabel Hubbard Bell Frequently Told AGB Not to Sign ....
RLMDEAF Not many people realize that Alexander Graham Bell's own wife, Mabel Hubbard Bell, frequently reminded the hubby NOT to sign in public. She ever scolded AGB at one of the dining establishment for signing before the general public. Many deaf people found Alexander Graham Bell to be more accessible than previously thought. Alexander Graham Bell eloquently signed much...
Audism Fri, Jun 27 2008 hide this blog

Obama and Captioning
Don's Blog I noticed that most of the media on Barack Obama's website was not captioned. They did have a webpage that contained links to several captioned videos, but that's it: the rest of the website wasn't captioned with the exception of the disabilities issue page. So... I sent a message to the Obama administration: “There's a problem [...]
Media Tech Fri, Jun 27 2008 hide this blog

Gearing Up
Deaf Bilingual Coalition Here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, gearing up for this weekend's Battle of the Conferences, a drama is playing out on...
Language Audism Tech Culture Fri, Jun 27 2008 hide this blog

Parking and relaxing at the NTID Reunion.
The Deaf Sherlock G'day Everyone! Ah.. pease (peace) and quiet for a few moments. I'm hiding in a cube so I can post this today. My car's parked safely under some trees to protect it from hail in case we get a BAD thunderstorm. humm.. bad choice of words, if I don't have to worry about hail, I'll have to worry about tree branches! :-) Nearly everyone wants to talk to me, ask me abo...
Higher Education Fri, Jun 27 2008 hide this blog

A Captioning Bill That Has Got To Pass
Jamie Berke (About.com) Multiple bloggers are reporting on the introduction of a bill that will make internet video captioning (with some exceptions) required just as it is on regular television. About time, too....
Media Tech Legal Fri, Jun 27 2008 hide this blog

AGB and HR 3195 2008 ADA Amendments Restoration
The Rogue's blog You will notice the list of organizations who supports HR 3195 2008 ADA Amendments Restoration. AGB was not on the list. However,  NAD and some of deaf organizations from each states are support it.  [link] One of their statement: “The result: In 2004, plaintiffs lost 97% of ADA employment discrimination claims, often due to the interpretation of definition [....
Legal Fri, Jun 27 2008 hide this blog

H.R. 6320 - Subtitles in Internet Videos
gwallgofi There's a new legislation that have been introduced in USA which was introduced by Edward Markey and is called the (D-MA) “21st Century COmmunications and Video Accessibility Act of 2008″ H.R. 6320: To ensure that individuals with disabilities have access to emerging Internet Protocol-based communication and video programming technologies in the 21st...
Tech Fri, Jun 27 2008 hide this blog