Damned for my difference!
Third Eye Nothing I am Deaf, and yes it means i m disabled. But i dont see myself separated from society by that medical condition if you would call it. I use American Sign Language in my daily life and often read or write. Deaf Culture history shows we went through imperialsim, evolutionsim, and eugenicism, it s really amazing how we re still alive today and thriving!! I see alliance...
Language Tech Culture Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

RT Newsletter
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. RT Newsletter Summer 2008. This will be my last RT Newsletter as a PUC employee. RT NL 2008 By the way, the STAP Coordinator position has been filled to replace Kristen (she works for Viable now). The Relay Texas Administrator has yet to be filled, but likely will be filled by next week. eyes open & thumbs ...
Language Tech Culture Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Stuff Deaf People Like #5: Vibrating Devices
Stuff Deaf People Like There is nothing more useless to a deaf person than a device that does not vibrate, but chirps, beeps, or emits other kinds of more melodious noise.  You will find blog posts, ASL vlog rants, and other kinds of complaints about your device if it does not give a vibrating option in lieu of sound. Putting [...]
Tech Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

The Lore of the ASL Dragon and the Wizard
Kalalau's Korner The ASL Dragon and the Wizard are representative of a special kind of the "magic" (for lack of a better term) that can enhance our thoughts and ideas about the world around us, but they do not attain their magical touch all at once. As soon as we begin to inquire how the ASL Dragon and the Wizard came into our imagination in the first place, we need to remind ourselve...
Language Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

A leg up on Gallaudet life
Inside Gallaudet The four weeks of classes and activities in the JumpStart program give students a running start for their first year.
Higher Education Language Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Captioned Movies in Kentucky-A Success Story in the Making?
Thumpaflash Readers:Just a quick update to my fight to get captioned movies in theaters in the state of Kentucky. As you may recall from previous postings here on my blog, I contacted my representatives regarding the lack of access to captioned movies in Kentucky after I attempted several times to contact the local theater owners to get them to work with me on th...
Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

CI-Related Articles Published In The Last Three Months
found in blank After reading a few powerful articles about the hearing agenda, the eradication of the deaf-world, the rise of the CIs and so on for my EDS 125 class (History, Theories, and Politics of Bilingual Education), I was inspired to see what was going on with today's research into cochlear implants. So I went to EBSCO [...]
Language Education Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Some frigging people…..
I look so I can hear.... Following on from my recent post, Changing the way you see disABILITY, I was thinking that it's not only about how disability is perceived. It's also about the follow through, how people with disabilities are treated. I am amazed at what some people think they can get away with. Let me give you an example.... Jean [...]
Audism Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf children have gripes too…
I look so I can hear.... Check out Ian's blog Campaigning for deaf children and bookmark it if you have, know or work with deaf children! Ian works for NDCS (National Deaf Children's Society) and is a fount of knowledge on issues for deaf children. A very useful person to have around! I suspect he has been blackmailed (with the key [...]
Education Culture Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

My Last Part of Speech Teacher, My Voice, and ASL
TAZ W0LF Hey All again!So I am back here...Ready??? for back to my story (last part)aii!So, about my speech teacher, in my high school, no more for my speech teacher, and dnt worry bout my voice to speaks. I was excited to be freshman in my high school and then I really dnt learn ASL but I only learned is English sign from elem to high school. So, then three years later....My ...
Language Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Knowledge is Power, are you getting your share ?
At The Rim Gratuitous Image above warning.Should all information from groups across the country representing deaf and HoH people be in the Public domain ? Last year I attended an RNID event in the UK, and gave an overview online of impressions and what was said and by whom. It was virtually the first time this was seen in any sort of depth for years. When we looked up the RNI...
Language Audism Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

For the Deaf People: How to Get Involved in the Political...
The Deaf Perspective Many of you might think that politicians do not help us or ignore our issues. That might be true but what is the REAL reason behind it? Well, answer these questions yourself: How many of you meet your senators, your house of representatives, your elected officials? How many of you vote?It is very important for you as an American citizen to have a basic understanding o...
Legal Culture Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

How Can Volunteer Help Deaf Orphan?
Jamie Berke (About.com) Tkane2000 is a volunteer at an orphanage in the Philippines where there is a deaf child. Take2000 states on the forum that he/she wants to help this child, who does...
Media Language Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Sticky Rice, I’m Stuck on You
DeafDC.com In DC, is there a place you can go where everyone knows your name in sign? (Okay, sorry for the lame attempt at trying to re-create the spirit of the theme song from “Cheers” ... Where everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came. You wanna be where you can see, our [...]
Language Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Mike (Oh I See) and Dino from Deafvideo TV
Waving With My Deaf Hands Photo by Malla MiIf you're not sure what I'm talking about, please check it out. (Copy and paste it) [link] guess I’m too shy to be in Deaf Video T.V. I watched all of Dino and Mike’s videos including the comments in the videos. I’m so impressed with people like Mike, Barb, and Aidan. They supported Dino, not because of what happened in the signing circle and the ...
Culture Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Wireless Systems Sucks
Musings on communication The email was very much to the point. The tech support guy who was coming to network my computer had been trying my doorbell and giving up, had left. In a huff."I'm not too happy about spending 45 minutes of driving to get stiffed on an appointment."The wireless doorbell flasher system that I had bought three years ago on moving to this home was devilishly i...
Tech Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Gallaudet Vs. Bell, Common Ground?
Deaf Anthology Believe it or not, there is only one thing that both Gallaudet and Bell have in common after studying thousands of documents from various archives, in a frustrating, time-consuming effort to discover, if any, what they have in common, despite their conflicting viewpoints which are well known. In summary, Gallaudet is support of sign language, whoever coined ASL, unkno...
Language Culture Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

A Letter From My Father - Part 2
Laurie's Dance with Sound Dad went on and talked about my early "school" years. . . my notes/comments are in red. . . just reading my father's letter brought back many memories for me.(Dad's letter continues. . . )At age 3, Laurie was enrolled in Pre-school for 3-5 days a week at our church, North Broadway Methodist Church in Columbus, Ohio.At age 5, she started kindergarten at a "special scho...
Language Education Tech Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Back to School, my new job and today!
Let's Reminisce with Tiff Abby's first day back to school after one year of homeschooling. She's enrolled in a private school where they have only 9 kids in her class. I don't know what she's doing here...my sister took all these pictures. I couldn't be there for her first day of school cuz I was at my new job at the time. Being silly, I guess! Abby sitting outside with her cousins - ready to...
Language Education Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Reasonable Accomodations for Closed Captioned Televisions?
Deaf Pagan Crossroads Are employers required to assure that televisions in private residences where they employ staff to care for clients are closed captioned for any deaf or hard of hearing staff to be able to enjoy watching television the same as the hearing staff do? Would this fall under the category of “reasonable accommodations”, even if the [...]
Media Language Legal Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Change the way you see disABILITY
I look so I can hear.... Do you remember the lovable creatures from Aardman Animations? Hei sent me this link, showing adverts with subtitles, sign language and transcripts from Creature Discomforts, a campaign run by Leonard Cheshire Disability. They're different and highlight a number of prejudices and assumptions that people make. Has anyone spotted the campaign posters? There is a...
Media Language Audism Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

My white whale: fingerspelling
Inaudible Nonsense So fingerspelling is a bit frightening, a much bigger hurdle than signing words and phrases. I mean it feels like a bit like what watching foreign-language television used to when I could hear. A lot of fast attempts at communication and about zero comprehension. I've taken to practicing quite a bit in random places, especially [...]
Language Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf pubs Yahoo Group
I look so I can hear.... Join this new Yahoo Group to find out information about and notifications of meets around the UK for Deaf people in pubs. Meeting other deaf people is a great way to practise your sign language and make new friends. To all those who organise meetings, contact the group with your new fixture dates, time and full [...]
Language Culture Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Hearing the Ocean for the First Time
CHRONICLES OF A BIONIC WOMAN Later that evening, Jen and I went to Point Pleasant Beach. I grew up with some strong nautical family ties to the ocean. I grew up with the beach at my doorstep. When I lost my hearing in February of 2007, I was still hoping that my hearing was going to come back any day. I realized that it wasn’t after I went on a vacation with a couple friends to Myrtle Beach a...
Art and Storytelling Tech Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Conference in a Castle Teaches Cultural Awareness and...
National Technical Institute for the Deaf New College students with hearing loss from around the world met in England Aug. 9-16 for PEN-International's Summer Leadership Institute, a week-long event offering presentations, discussions and hands-on activities.
Higher Education Language Culture Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post