Children Stories On Video
I'm adopting a deaf child with Ushers, now wh I found this awesome video about a month ago and I have been meaning to share it. It's the only website I have found like this and my children absolutely love it. If you know of more sites like this, please share. [link] You PBS!!
Media Art and Storytelling Sat, Aug 23 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deafess and Photography
The Ambling Rambler Someone asked me recently whether I would be so keen on photography if I had perfect hearing. I found it rather hard to answer that question as I've been deaf all my life and have never had perfect hearing. We all do things in life, the things that shape us, through our own experiences, some that aren't of our choosing, and we all tend to bend towards those that we ...
Art and Storytelling Culture Fri, Aug 22 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

Weekend at Abbie's! :)
SURROUND SOUND I took a little trip over the weekend...to New Jersey! I had been really missing Abbie and my hubby kindly suggested that I go visit her. He didn't have to ask me twice :). We started planning this trip about a month ago but it took this long to find the right weekend...we had church activities, Katie's birthday, the beginning of the school year, and the Nashville HLA...
Art and Storytelling Tech Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

My bionic belle comes to vist!
CHRONICLES OF A BIONIC WOMAN Every hour of this past weekend felt happy hour because my wonderful friend, CI mentor, fellow blogger and mother of five adorable kiddies Jennifer flew in from Tennessee and stayed the weekend with me! When we met in Reno for the first time, it didn’t feel like it was the first time we met. We clicked, we really clicked. The fun does not falter between us. The th...
Art and Storytelling Tech Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Please Say It Isn’t So!
The Rebuttal I woke up from a bad dream last night. I dreamt that I was watching television. Bolt had just run like lightening and secured the 200m sprint. In my dream he ran it it in 3.4 seconds. Dreams are like that you know. He had celebrated by shaking his thang as only a Jamaican can [...]
Media Language Art and Storytelling Wed, Aug 20 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Not Black and White
At The Rim Hoi've got a lo-ve-ly bunch o' coconuts. There they are a-standin' in a row. Big ones, small ones, some as big as yer 'ead! Give 'em a twist, a flick o' the wrist, That's what the showman said. Hoi've got a lo-ve-ly bunch o' coconuts. Hevery ball yer throw will make me rich. There stands me wife, the idol of me life, Singin' "roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch! OK Th...
Language Art and Storytelling Culture Wed, Aug 20 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf Anthology # 98: "Deadread"
Deaf Anthology The internet have expanded beyond the graves, now it's possible to contact anyone in the spirit world on Deadread. Deaf Anthology had an opportunity to chat with a few so here are the messages we recieved so far:Gallaudet: "Bell, he's not here, try contacting Hell."Clerc: "I withdrawn my application to be reincarnated as I don't want to take the risks of being CI in t...
Art and Storytelling Tech Wed, Aug 20 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf ASL Story of Matrix
DeafJoke.tv Deaf ASL Story of Matrix by Damon Banks A great, longtime friend of mine, Damon Banks, performed a brief ASL story of Matrix in the year of 2002 at a NTID's fraternity, Sigma Nu, dinner dance event. Hope y'all like it. Video provided by CutieActress Tags: ASL-Story, Damon-Banks, deaf, Matrix, movie, NTID
Art and Storytelling Wed, Aug 20 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

The Death Of A Spouse
Lantana's Latitude (I took some time off to drive up to the Hood Canal and attend a 100th birthday celebration of my former childhood housemother. Yes, she turned 100, and I turned 75 on the same weekend!) (Part 6) Soon after we moved to the Coast, some 17 years ago we met a new friend. Actually, he worked in our yard and did the heavy stuff for us, and it was a long time before we actu...
Language Art and Storytelling Culture Tue, Aug 19 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

DEAF CHILD WON NATIONAL SPELLING BEE CHAMPIONSHIP
Deaf Anthology A Deaf fifth grader from the American School for the Deaf have just won the National Spelling Bee competition in Louisville, Kentucky. Charlie, Jeffrey, a resident of Old Greenfield, Connecticut correctly spelled hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, which mean a fear of long words. As a winner, he gets a full scholarship to a college of his choice. His Deaf parents, ...
Higher Education Language Art and Storytelling Mon, Aug 18 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

All About Me!
TAZ W0LF That video is for my project in my American Government class so I thought why not put in here so I did.
Art and Storytelling Mon, Aug 18 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Twins “Our Lips Are Sealed” Cover in Sign Language
DeafJoke.tv Twins “Our Lips Are Sealed” Cover in Sign Language (for our Deaf friends by Camille and Kennerly) HQ ASL Funny Spot Identical Twins Camille & Kennerly use Sign Language to sign Our Lips Are Sealed (Hilary and Haylie Duff) Camille&Kennerly are known collectively as HarpReflections and HarpTwins. [link] [link] [link] Tags: "I Love Lucy", ...
Art and Storytelling Sun, Aug 17 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Why deaf people can (and should) love to travel
Tania Says I'm writing this from Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey. I have an hour to kill before my flight to Athens. Greece, so I'm reflecting on the past 6 weeks I spent studying abroad at Bilgi University in Istanbul. One of my greatest challenges in Turkey was the communication barrier. My dorm was not located in [...]
Language Art and Storytelling Culture Sun, Aug 17 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

DEAFHOOD NOW ON SALE
Deaf Anthology Deafhood gave us a sense of our identity, recognizable everywhere since its debut, an import from London, the source of our pride. Deafhood protects us from extreme elements, from the biter arctic to the barren desert. It is our status symbol, designed with us Deafies in mind. Our goal is to make a statement that our culture is not just a language, that we are like an...
Art and Storytelling Sat, Aug 16 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

258 News : ASL/MTV Political Song! MUST SEE!
Amy Cohen Efron Last night, I posted the blog called: ACTION ALERT from NAD about proposed changes to ADA! IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Please visit NAD's blogsite: blogs.nad.org/advocacy to learn about ADA Amendments Act of 2008, and submit your comments AT Department of Justice's official website, *NOT* on the NAD's blogsite's comments area. [...]
Media Language Art and Storytelling Education Tech Culture Sat, Aug 16 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Understanding Deaf Culture: in search of Deafhood
The deaf boy in the world I decided to read Understanding Deaf Culture: In search of Deafhood by Paddy Ladd. I got that book about 5-6 months ago at Deaf Studies at Utah Valley University. I got it autographed by Paddy Ladd himself. It has been sitting on my shelf for few months because I basically have no motivation to read it in the first place. But after reading or viewing various discussio...
Audism Art and Storytelling Culture Sat, Aug 16 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

258 NEWS EPISODE #1!
258 NEWS: VERY INTERESTING. This is the .flv format. For the MUCH better-quality video in .mov format, right-click your mouse and choose “Open with Quicktime Player”, which also lets you resize the screen (drag a corner).  Or, click on this link  for crystal-clear .mov quality with a fixed size.
Media Art and Storytelling Culture Fri, Aug 15 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

WE NEED LOCAL/NATIONAL WRITERS FOR ‘258 NEWS’ !
258 NEWS: VERY INTERESTING. Hi Ya'll, Wanna become part of an e-team of writers for ‘258 News'?   We are looking for deaf/hard of hearing writers with mad-hot writin' skills and a twisted sense of satirical humor!  We -Anne Tomasetti and Alexandria Wailes–news anchors and co-producers of ‘258 News'- will be your visibly creative outlets! ‘258 News&...
Media Art and Storytelling Fri, Aug 15 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Taiwan Videos
DeafNation No Barriers with Joel Barish: Check out the latest video clip updates with some fantastic video clips of Joel’s journey to Taiwan.
Media Language Art and Storytelling Culture Fri, Aug 15 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

DEAF FAMILY DURING WORLD WAR II
Deaf Anthology Commentary: Just researched the history of the Deaf during World War II and thought the Heilman family of Poland was interesting. A Deaf Jewish family whose daughter, Anna, is one of the "Unlikely Heroes", and was featured in a film of the same title. Also she wrote "Never Far Away" about her experiences in the Jewish resistance during World War II.Anna Heilman, is on...
Art and Storytelling Culture Fri, Aug 15 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Ladd Humor
At The Rim
Art and Storytelling Culture Fri, Aug 15 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Blatant reprise
At The Rim This is more via response, (despair even), at 'Biblical' suggestions of deafhood, and almost of some deaf taking the John 14:6 approach to Paddy Ladd, so here's the perspective to balance that was shown before as a warning via satire. To anchor at least this idea, and the more rabid deafhood adherents, to planet earth. So many 'Lost' and deaf Eleanor Rigby's in Amer...
Art and Storytelling Culture Fri, Aug 15 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

My magical deaf hands…
Rita's expressive vlog I just express by showing how beautiful signing is!!!
Language Art and Storytelling Thu, Aug 14 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Slowly RETURNING
Jim's DEEP Thoughts I am not sure if I decided enough was enough and that I had to give this blog some attention now. Being so busy with work, moving into new house, looking for a new home church and trying to spent more time with God. This is probably one of the most difficult to do for me as a blogger to do after straying off-schedule. I need to focus what my future topics would be. 1....
Audism Art and Storytelling Thu, Aug 14 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post