Jerry Nelson Named 2012 Distinguished Alumnus for NTID
NTID News Jerry Nelson, a former student leader who continues to make an impact benefitting students, has received this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award for Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
Wed, Apr 25 2012

Closed Captions Can Help Improve Children's Reading Skills
Xpressive Handz When my daughter was in school and living at home, her friends quickly found that watching TV at our house was a little different from what they were used to.I had very tall speakers set up on each side of my chair so I could turn the sound up very loud to hear. Back then, I didn't have neighbors on the other side of the wall to worry about and I could really crank th...
Tue, Apr 24 2012

Quiz: What kind of deaf person are you?
The Limping Chicken What kind of deaf person are YOU? Work out if your answers are mostly a, b, c, d. Your answers will help you find out... 1. When you can't understand someone at a party do you: a. Smile. b. Ask them to repeat what they have said, and say: “Sorry, please could you say that [...]
Tue, Apr 24 2012

Elmfield deaf school, parents not reassured.
At The Rim Should we keep a deaf school open with only EIGHT local deaf pupils in it and 17 not ? co-location, a new terminology for inclusion, or a way of justifying deaf school eradication ?Parents of pupils at Elmfield School for Deaf Children in Bristol are seeking further assurances about the school's future.The city council announced last month that the school, which...
Tue, Apr 24 2012

D is for..... DOLL
At The Rim Deaf children at California School for the Deaf in Riverside recently received the first-ever signing doll for the deaf as a gift from the local Lions Club.The dolls have hearing aids and fingers that can be manipulated for sign language.A member of the Lions Club in Long Beach, Rob Hartley, saw the dolls about six months ago and thought it would be wonderful if they ...
Tue, Apr 24 2012

That Deaf Guy: A visit to the doctors
The Limping Chicken That Deaf Guy is the creation of Matt and Kay Daigle. Go to www.thatdeafguy.com to see more comic strips, and don't forget to like their Facebook page! You can also read an interview with Matt here: [link]
Tue, Apr 24 2012

Perfect Take Out for Deafies
Xpressive Handz How many times have you been disconnected trying to make a relay call to order take out? Restaurants often haven't a clue what a relay call is. While I was reading "The Secret Deafie: The Rude Text Relay Operator " post, someone added this link [link] a genius! There is also an app. No more relay or communication problems, no more hangups, and Y...
Mon, Apr 23 2012

The not so secret deafie
At The Rim Or, things I never told Limping Chicken. I was approached to do the low-down for Limping chicken on one of the UK's most despised Deaf/deaf/part hearie/part satan/UK and thrice banned, bloggers, but was shocked when Limping Chicken suggested it was to be my own autobiography. I've heard of economy drives, but it was like asking me if I would ...
Mon, Apr 23 2012

FREE Filipino Sign Language Class from GVSP + A Short Story
submit by: Geff Chang Geff Chang tells how he found out and learned about Filipino Sign Language (FSL) from the Gualandi Volunteer Service Programme (GVSP). He is now inviting other people in Cebu, Philippines to another FREE session to be conducted by GVSP.
Mon, Apr 23 2012

VRS case: Larry Berke’s prison reporting date change
clercjr On April 13, 2012, Larry Berke's lawyer Hal K. Haveson (of law firm Haveson & Otis) submitted a request to the court asking for a third delay in reporting to prison. Originally, Mr. Berke was scheduled to report to prison in Florence, Colorado no later than today (April 23, 2012) at noon Colorado time. He [...]
Mon, Apr 23 2012

Caring for your input shoes, attaching and removing them...
Liz's Deaf Blog Your input shoes are delicate, but with care they can last you along time. Store them in their original packaging and place them somewhere where nothing will be placed on them that's heavy, or where you will knock them on the floor. Or if you are a regular user of your input shoes, then keep them safe with your hearing aids, in your hearing aid boxes. I thou...
Mon, Apr 23 2012

MAPping today!
CD's Ear Blog Had a MAPping appointment with the audie from Denver today. She makes 2 trips up to Wyoming each year to do MAPping appointments with her Wyoming clients, once in the spring, and again in the fall. It's really great she does this.My grandparents drove down as they were curious about the process. They arrived at my apartment and we hung out for a bit, chattin...
Mon, Apr 23 2012

'No Church In The Wild' ASL Video Clip
Deaf YouVideo 'No Church In The Wild' ASL Video Clip: Under Fire For Major Mistake! (UPDATE) After a video publication, this article was met with a strong reaction from the ASL-speaking community. Many members of the community have objected to the video on the grounds that it features incomprehensible signs. Numerous Deaf people finds quite interesting the hot debate abo...
Mon, Apr 23 2012

Project Endeavor Releases Online Training Course “Your...
CSD The Project Endeavor website houses an established information resource center with hundreds of videos — all of them captioned, voiced and filmed with actors using American Sign Language (ASL). Today, CSD is announcing an enhancement to this resource center with the release of the online course “Your Road Trip — Destination Employment.” the Project Endeavo...
Mon, Apr 23 2012

Think Tank: How can we redefine the term deaf ?
At The Rim Another view on an age - old issue. The question is immensely important because how we answer it has a direct effect on our messages, which in turn affect Society's attitudes towards hearing care. The problem is that we are currently using the term ambiguously, which leads to mixed messages and confusion – both of which are counterproductive.The Concise Oxford...
Mon, Apr 23 2012

Supposed "ASL" Music Video Featured on HuffPost...
The hearing aid teacher When a major website published an article about an "ASL"(American Sign Language) music video, native and fluent users of this language became upset, understandably. I think we should take their complaints seriously and listen to what they have to say. Some may think they are over reacting or being too critical, when most are just pointing out the fact that the perform...
Mon, Apr 23 2012

Charlie Swinbourne: Does the word ‘deaf’ need to be...
The Limping Chicken This morning I was tweeted by Curtis Alcock, a partner in a Hearing Centre (where hearing aids and other services are provided) who has recently set up a web-based think tank called Audira – which is aimed at ‘developing an ongoing roadmap for the future of hearing care in the UK.' He sent me (along [...]
Mon, Apr 23 2012

Social Media cannot overcome apathy...
At The Rim But contribute to it. Deaf campaigns in the UK are dead. There is no will to fight any more in the UK, they have sat on their bums and this is the result. Any issue taken forward today is via charities, and charities have also been long deserted by deaf people.Social media is worthless as a campaign tool because there is no follow-up, it is ju...
Mon, Apr 23 2012

Light On
Liz's Deaf Blog I have had my Light On since 18th April now. Here it is below with my HTC CHaCha mobile phone on it.Setting it up is straight forward, unless you have the same mobile phone as me. As I mentioned on a review of my HTC CHaCHa here on Liz's Deaf Blog last year. The vibration of it was the only negativity I had of this mobile phone. And I was close to going back to m...
Mon, Apr 23 2012

Birthday Party Fun and Games
SpeakUpLibrarian Today was ALDA Chicago's birthday banquet to mark the 24th anniversary of the group. Our party theme this year was fun and games. When we arrived, we were given beaded necklaces and instructions for our ice breaker game - Don't Say or Sign "No". How it worked was if someone tricked us into answering "no" to a question, we had to give them our necklace. The object of t...
Mon, Apr 23 2012

LOcuTUS Two
Mike McConnell Spinning off of the LOcuTUS One blog piece I did recently while today I'll discuss perceived rejection from a community and identity of self.In one Star Trek:TNG show the Borg collective was able to successfully assimilate Captain Picard into their collective by capturing him and forcing him to become a part of the hive as one mind. He lost all sense of personality an...
Mon, Apr 23 2012

Rob Wilks: Can social media beat Deaf apathy?
The Limping Chicken For those of us who are associated with the Deaf community, it's a well known belief that apathy is one of the biggest barriers we face. What this means is basically this: if there are negative reforms targeted at Deaf people, whether directly or not, such as the impact of changes to Disability Living Allowance, [...]
Mon, Apr 23 2012

The Secret Deafie: The rude Text Relay operator
The Limping Chicken The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. Today’s Deafie has sent us a transcript of an actual call made on Text Relay. Recently I made a call via Text Relay, to our local Indian restaurant for a home delivery. I am a rare user, preferring to use emails or [...]
Mon, Apr 23 2012

Colombia experiencias de talleres de FENASCOL (versión en...
TigerDeafie Gracias de corazón a Paula Vargas, para la traducción al español (Heartfelt thanks to Paula Vargas for the translation to Spanish) Al llegar a Bogotá (el 24 de marzo), P y yo nos dirigimos al hostal que habíamos reservado con bastante anterioridad. Al llegar al lugar nos enteramos de que nuestra habitación había sido asignada [...]
Sun, Apr 22 2012

Wales may Adopt the 'one-stop' approach.
Byddar - Cymru It has taken me 23 years to tell them this is what we all want, but WHEN will it happen ? The time is long past to get rid of segregated access approaches and services, driven by those awful 'd' and 'D' people. However it seems this is STILL not going to happen as it has been hijacked by signing areas, who are unconcerned with other deaf access ...
Sun, Apr 22 2012