Taking it to the next level
A Radical Sabbatical Well, two more days and my sabbatical is truly over and done with.  Thursday I return to work and a new office.  Should be interesting as I also return for my last semester in College on Wednesday evening to complete the certificate program. If I said I wasn't anxious, it would be a lie.  I'm worried [...]
Art and Storytelling Tech Mon, Aug 25 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf Horse Used as a Model
Deaf Animal Row A wonderful article on how Cali, the deaf horse, have contributed to the understanding of disabilities and how they can function equally if allowed and given the opportunity. The emphasis is on the abilities of each individual as everyone has their own limits. Even hearnig animals and people have limits and we are not quick to call them as someone with disabilites. At...
Media Culture Mon, Aug 25 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

How Do You Sign "Obama?"
Jamie Berke (About.com) This fall, the signing community will be discussing politics along with the rest of the nation. Naturally, we need a sign for "Obama," and another sign for "McCain." Already, discussion...
Language Culture Mon, Aug 25 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

World Federation of the DeafBlind 9th Helen Keller World...
We Can Do Note that this includes a call for abstracts for proposed presentations and workshops, the deadline for which is February 1, 2009. FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT World Federation of the DeafBlind, WFDB 9th Helen Keller World Conference and WFDB 3rd General Assembly Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala, Uganda, October 22 - 27, 2009. Hosting organisation: The National Association of D...
Language Culture Mon, Aug 25 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

A Letter From My Father - Part 3
Laurie's Dance with Sound My father's letter continues. . .Laurie's mother should be given the majority of the credit for ensuring Laurie's speech training and for spending hours and hours listening to her and her problems and for encouraging her to "never give up" on being able to "get along" in a hearing world.She taught Laurie how to be organized and to get tasks done in a timely manner. F...
Higher Education Language Education Mon, Aug 25 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Gallaudet students plunging into the political process
Inside Gallaudet Students taking part in The Washington Center's Presidential Academic Seminar Series are plunging into the political process and sharing insights and inspiration with the deaf community.
Media Higher Education Culture Mon, Aug 25 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Oil Can Henry's
Lantana's Latitude A few years back, Hubby and I were thrilled when we read that Oil Can Henry's was building a brand new site just a few blocks from our beach home. We formerly had to go all the way to Astoria to have an oil change, so this big news made us feel warm and fuzzy inside. What an improvement for our town!!I was thrilled to death the first time I used these new facilities, ...
Art and Storytelling Culture Mon, Aug 25 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

UnReasonable Access ?
At The Rim The British DDA Act.The DDA requires employers and providers of goods and services to the public to make reasonable adjustments to assist disabled people in recruitment, employment and to enable them to access goods and services. For deaf people, reasonable adjustments might include providing communication aids or services, such as sign language interpreting.The Probl...
Legal Culture Mon, Aug 25 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf Democrats....down?
Deaf Republicans Obama/Biden Ticket ResponseSeems like the Deaf Democrats blogsite is "down" and has not been active since May 11, 2008. I wonder why? Not happy that Hillary was selected? Though right now 1 in 5 Hillary voters support McCain. That's 20% of the 18 million voters or about 3.5 million to John McCain's side. Or even more unnerving to Democrats is that more than half of Hi...
Mon, Aug 25 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Reflections
The Rebuttal The Rebuttal is two years old in October. It started in 2006, just before the Australian Association of the Deaf National Conference. Our first piece attacked Deaf sector organisations for not making enough effort to promote and encourage deaf people into leadership and management roles. The message was clear, employing deaf people is not enough. [...]
Language Audism Culture Education Mon, Aug 25 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

We Should Have Deaf Delegates!
The Deaf Perspective Everyday at work, we have discussions with our co-workers. These discussions range from anything from wildly speculative “What-if-Hillary-Clinton-stole-the-nomination?” to more serious subjects such as Bobby Kennedy’s legacy. Today, we talked about delegates. During the primaries, the super-delegates got an enormous amount of attention from the press because of t...
Culture Sun, Aug 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

"200" Brought to Deaf Gaza School Lately
RLMDEAF The New York Time's latest article (8/23/08) reported more than 40 international human right advocates in two boats recently landed in Gaza in defy of the Israel government and brought 200 hearing aid devices for deaf Gaza youngsters. *rolling eyes in --- in the world for the international human rights advocates brought hearing aids, instead of money for lack of dies...
Audism Culture Tech Sun, Aug 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Unity in Duality ~
The Ear of My Heart Photo by: Danny Lakeboy I’ve always enjoyed the ancient Chinese symbol of Yin - Yang as it helps my understanding of how things work. The outer circle represents “everything” or “truth,” while the black and white shapes within the circle represents the interaction of two energies, called “yin” (black) and “yang” (white). They are n...
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Epilogue
Lantana's Latitude "It is always something that happens to someone else". Don't you believe it.Luckily for me I have always been well-read, from the time I went deaf at age 10 until the present, I read everything I could get my hands on including "Death and Dying". 'Losing a spouse cannot be compared with other family deaths, such as those of your parents or a cherished child. My b...
Language Art and Storytelling Sun, Aug 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

About DeafCampaign2008's The Deaf Perspective
The Deaf Perspective I will now talk about the DeafCampaign2008's blog "DNC 2008: The Deaf Perspective."This blog is not news-reporting blog, like CNN or NBC. It is about our experience at the DNC 2008 as Gallaudet University students. This blog is important because it enables you to watch and understand the convention through deaf eyes and our unique perspective. The information that you...
Higher Education Sun, Aug 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

A Demonstration in Patience
Deaf - Hearing Relationship The required reading for my second ASL class at the Salt Lake Community College is When the Mind Hears: A History of the Deaf by Harlan Lane. The first chapter is the story of Laurent Clerc’s early childhood. His parents, after discovering he is deaf and not knowing what to do with him, send him [...]
Higher Education Language Culture Education Sun, Aug 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

12: Many Things To Talk About
The Countdown To The Resurrection PThe Wilkinsons: IN the last week of June, my Great Aunt Mary Wilkinson died at the age of 85 in Clinton, Tennessee. Then 15 days later, my Great Uncle Arthur Wilkinson also passed away at the age of 89. Both are Deaf. Mary was the sister of my Drandma, Virginia Pool Duncan. I [...]
Language Education Culture Sun, Aug 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Impulsive generation
Oh I See.. Do we "click click click" on our mouse or Enter button and expect people in the real physical world to function immediately the same way we expect from our computers or communication device? This is something to think about. How can we achieve goals in the real world more effectively and most importantly, realistically? I had an interesting discussion with a friend so...
Audism Culture Tech Sun, Aug 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

More Activation Observations
Sudden Silence The first thing that popped into my head when my CI’s went “live” was, “How am I going to describe this?!” It was a sound I’ve never heard before and didn’t seem to fit any of the previous activation descriptions I’d read. Now that a few days have passed, things are (thankfully) much easier to [...]
Art and Storytelling Tech Sun, Aug 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

What Happen to "ACCEPTING" reasonable accommodation?
Jim's DEEP Thoughts I will probably get alot of deaf and hearing people mad about this comment. In this recent article deaf couple seeking more than $50,000, plus punitive damages. Even though the Deputy Sheriff offered "reasonable accomendation" to communicate and was rejected by the couple. In the article, "Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher contends that Bahl was offered use of a text...
Media Legal Culture Education Sun, Aug 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Honduran Child Getting a Cochlear Implant, But What About...
Jamie Berke (About.com) I understand the need for a cochlear implant for the deaf Honduran child mentioned in this article. What I do not understand, is the fact that he is not in...
Culture Education Tech Sun, Aug 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf Gay Model Joins Reality TV Show Cast
Deaf Queer News Openly deaf gay model Martin Ritchie of Austin, Texas, is one of the new models joining the cast of The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. The reality show airs on Tuesday nights on the Oxygen channel. Don't miss the new season premiere on August 26! More about Martin Ritchie Video Interview on Oxygen
Media Culture Sun, Aug 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Leah Katz-Hernandez: The Benefits of Volunteering
The Deaf Perspective TRANSCRIPTHi. Now we are at the Pepsi Center. It's where the whole convention will happen at. See all this! I want to emphasize, THAT is the reason why you should get involved with the political campaigns, volunteer, and more -- because you will get ACCESS. Whoa -- see, all these people are bustling about; it's pretty busy here with all the preparation for the BIG con...
Media Education Sun, Aug 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Captioning the world and speaking of politics….
SayWhatClub Weblog I don't know about your town but even here in NYC, I can't find enough theatres that have the most recent films with closed captioning.  Usually the most recent films will be shown in Manhattan.  Not exactly the most convenient place for me to get to.  I realize we're suppose to be grateful that there [...]
Tech Sat, Aug 23 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

New research into hearing aid stigma
deafness and hearing aids A researcher at the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol wants to meet people diagnosed with impaired hearing but avoid wearing their aids. The Royal National Institute for the Deaf estimates nine million people in the UK have some degree of hearing loss but only 1.4 million use aids. Psychology student, Claire [...]
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