A Female Dog Named Karma
Mike McConnell You know how it goes. About karma and blogging? Especially about how bad karma manages to come around and bite back 20 folds when you least expect it? Or maybe it’s one of those slow, bad karma kind of thing where it just drags you down slowly while you beg, scratch and scream to your readers for mercy and help followed by countless more whines? But this doesn’t happe...
Wed, Jan 09 2008 · Moved from DeafRead Extra

SG Announces A New Member!
Welcome to ... Seek Geo! For YouTubers: Click here SG's note: I am pleased to announce a new member of the SeekGeo's team! Her name is Fairlady, she will be an interviewer for SeekGeo.com, so she will interview many interesting people and videos will be posted on here. She will share with you who she'll be interviewing first, watch the video! [...]
Wed, Jan 09 2008 · Moved from DeafRead Extra

Dogs, too, support the ADA Restoration Act!
ReunifyGally Support for the ADA Restoration Act is growing–among dogs! (See below for details!) But Deaf humans (and American humans with disabilities in general) are still needed to help advocate for the ADA Restoration Act. Follow the links to the latest posts from the ADA Restoration blog below to learn how you can [...]
Wed, Jan 09 2008

Life Lessons 101
Mountain Mama Since having to shop on a really tight budget, I've learned what we can live without and what becomes a necessity. I remember back in high school, in my Career Education class, they taught us how to create a resume and other life skills for the future and they touched briefly on finance. The teacher was saying something along the lines of figuring out what is a luxu...
Wed, Jan 09 2008

The DeafRead Controversy
CHRONICLES OF A BIONIC WOMAN DeafRead collects deaf related content and videos from deaf or hard of hearing bloggers and places it on their site. Human editors approve each posts to ensure that it is in fact deaf related. It really is a great site for deaf diversity, read a blog or watch people sign through vLogs (video blogs.) I am deaf and a blogger, I've clearly met the minimum requirements...
Wed, Jan 09 2008

Wanna Earn an Easy $150?
Mike McConnell Got the post-holiday bills haunting you? Need a little extra cash? I was asked to put this piece out by a market research company after they came across my blog and contacted me about the upcoming online study and need deaf people to answer some questions on deaf communication needs. This is where you can help provide valuable information that is a win-win situation. ...
Wed, Jan 09 2008

Foster Home Needed For This Sweetie in PA!
Deaf Animal Row Rajah Rajah is a Deaf white pit bull. She is 1 year old up to date on shots; She will be spayed in a few weeks. Rajah's situation is EXTREMELY URGENT. Rajah and one of the other dogs in the house do not get along. The other dog is an alpha female and 10 years old and Rajah is too much for her. Being playful, Rajah wants to play more and has no idea this othe...
Wed, Jan 09 2008 · Moved from DeafRead Extra

Hamill vs Bonnar, April 2nd.
Mike McConnell Matt made the confirmation to me (via my daughter who is a big fan of him who told her of the upcoming event) that he is scheduled to fight against Stephen Bonnar (11-4) on April 2, 2008. This puts to rest the rumor about his upcoming fight against Bonnar. Seems like Matt is an odds on favorite to win this one provided that his knee has healed and strengthened giving...
Wed, Jan 09 2008 · Moved from DeafRead Extra

Trudy Suggs - Biting the Hand that Feeds Them
i711.com : Deaf News This Week Last summer, a colleague at a video relay services (VRS) provider contacted me to get names of local key contacts...
Wed, Jan 09 2008

Karina Chupina - Considering Hearing Loss In Canada
i711.com : Deaf News This Week In my international work, I have regularly met with Ruth Warick, General Secretary of the International Federation of Hard of Hearing People...
Wed, Jan 09 2008

Will Bone-Conducting Headphones Protect Hearing?
Jamie Berke (About.com) Dodogird asks on the forum if bone-conducting headphones will protect hearing. Dodogird already has a hearing loss from otosclerosis, and is also a musician. (He) is afraid that (his) music...
Wed, Jan 09 2008

Looking Back on 2007
DeafMom Glenda, the Left Thumb Blogger, is encouraging Disaboomers to look back on 2007 and share some accomplishments. The idea comes from a book that Glenda is reading called "Life Makeovers." Glenda lists 17 impressive accomplishments, which is spurring me to set greater goals this year so that I can look back in 2009 with something to write.&...
Wed, Jan 09 2008

WOW!! Gallaudet's Other Tent City!
The Deaf Sherlock G'day everyone!I thought I would make a special post today because it grabbed my interest.Everyone remembers how the Deaf Tent Cities popped up around the country in support of the Protest at Gallaudet University in 2006.But lo and behold. Here's an article: [link] that article please!Going on, I was kind of surprised to hear that. A homeless camp right near Gallaud...
Wed, Jan 09 2008

Strange Job Experiences--The Operating Room
Musings on communication Dr. Hertz gave me the drill. He paused before the operating suite, and wrote, "Don't touch anything. Don't touch the staff. Don't even touch the doors or anything at all. Just keep your hands on your body till I tell you what you can do." He looked at me, gauging to see if I was ready for the experience. "If you feel funny or faint or anything, tell me and I wil...
Wed, Jan 09 2008

NAD Settles Complaint Against Service Provider
via link submit The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) has settled a complaint, filed with the United States Department of Justice, against a company that provides behavioral counseling and psychological services for children with autism spectrum disorders, challenging behavior and related developmental disabilities. The complaint alleged that the company refused to provide servi...
Wed, Jan 09 2008

new posting
Deaf Anthology DA closes the case, conclusion, there is no evidence whatsoever of neglect, even if it is a suicide, state legislation efforts to deal with the emotional-abuse issues, as this case here, but the bill was tabled, it was too late to save Alice. It's now past midnight, several unusual occurrences are happening at home, lights flicking on and off in the hallways, sounds o...
Wed, Jan 09 2008

Change, Change, CHANGE!!!
Deaf Democrats Ahhh, the Iowa caucuses have finally arrived, after months and months of endless speculation and punditry! The biggest news out of Iowa is that Democratic, Republican and independent voters are FED UP and that it is time for change! Now, why should we Deaf voters be concerned about what happens in Iowa and the rest [...]
Wed, Jan 09 2008

New Feature: Newsletter!
Welcome to ... Seek Geo! Hi loyal readers! Many of you have requested for a feature to notify you once a new post is published, well.. great news! I set up this cool feature: SG's Newsletter where I can notify you when I post something new. And not only that, I may also share exclusive stuff, info... etc that I [...]
Wed, Jan 09 2008 · Moved from DeafRead Extra

More Thoughts on the Deaf Blogosphere
Mr. Sandman In my last post on the Deaf Blogosphere, all of my commenters were optimistic about the future of our online community. But if you look at DeafRead lately, there seems to be a different tone. While some people are indeed touting the message that we can work together towards common goals, others are wondering [...]
Wed, Jan 09 2008

“Mom’s Gone Fighting The Deaf Wars” - Chpt. 23
The Deaf Edge This is a blog serial - so please read the preceding chapter if you haven’t done so yet. To see the list of characters, please refer to the Preface post. Northview called numerous witnesses to the stand but none of them were experts on ASL linguistics. Some of their own witnesses ended up helping our case [...]
Wed, Jan 09 2008

Hearies can use Closed-captioning for reading!!
Waving With My Deaf Hands I laughed when I read this newsletter from my youngest daughter's school library! I wonder if the parents would use it for their HEARING kids to read the closed-captioning on t.v. while watching. My KODA kids always read while watching T.V. and read books! Their reading level on the standardized test is very high. So, I guess that it explains that? In the newspaper...
Wed, Jan 09 2008

Weird tinnitus
I look so I can hear.... I've had a cold since Saturday (5 days now) and the lack of sleep and proper nutrition is starting to show. In a weird way. I was kept awake all last night by the worst tinnitus I have ever experienced. I had a very loud aircraft engine drone from somewhere deep inside my brain. If [...]
Wed, Jan 09 2008

THE DEAF COMMUNITY NEEDS TO LISTEN TO ITS KIDS
An American Mom in Tuscany: Jordan's Cochlear The following was a comment on Rita's Expressive Blog WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE NOT ACCEPTING OF THEIR DEAFNESS? As for people who were born Deaf, their acceptance really pans out to how their parents treat them and look at them. If a parent refuses to allow the child to learn ASL, the child will feel something is missing, especially when the child meets a group of Deaf pe...
Wed, Jan 09 2008

Tinnitus: a new approach
Grumpy Old Deafies Tonight there is a programme on BBC Radio 4 - Longing For Silence - at 21:00, which looks at the issue of tinnitus. Kate Cook goes on a deeply emotional journey to explore what hope there is for a cure for the chronic tinnitus she has suffered for a quarter of a century. It suggests cause plus form of treatment: Berthold Langguth, a neurologist in Germany, believ...
Wed, Jan 09 2008

Parliament: Emergency SMS Trial, 2008
Grumpy Old Deafies The ability to use SMS to contact emergency services in the UK is thin on the ground, and depends on area provision. If you travel to another area, you might need to source another number or perhaps you cannot register with other local services. Yesterday an answer was published in parliament over any government plans over a national scheme: Simon Burns (West Chelm...
Wed, Jan 09 2008