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An Interview With The Author On His First Day Back At...
Adam Stone Q: When you got to Matara Thursday night, did you go visit the school the next morning? A: Yes. I wasn't sure at first what time I should visit. I got to thinking I didn't want to disrupt classes. They don't get out until 1:30. I imagined this scenario where the children would come pouring [...]
Audism Education Culture Sun, May 18 2008 hide this blog
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Bells are ringing for AG Bell
People of the Eye For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee. Facts: 1. Oralism: AG Bell was the chief architect and advocate of the oral / aural only exclusive method in Deaf education in the US. Bell never tolerated sign language as part of the deaf child’s educational experience however deaf and hearing leaders advocated for a bilingual education for [...]
Language Audism Culture Sun, May 18 2008 hide this blog
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The Truth about Me: A personal letter.
Der Sankt Speaks... Response to the Observer I'm going to open myself up. Yep, I'm going to get personal about myself. You say I have anger, angry outbursts, and my venomous diatribes. Well, this is my own personal feelings–I believe it is more of frustration. The Deaf community, in all its glory and respect, isn't all that. I cannot [...]
Language Audism Education Culture Sun, May 18 2008 hide this blog
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Societal attitudes toward the disabled?
Oh I See.. This story came from "Living in The State of Stuck: How Assistive Technology Impacts The Lives of People with Disabilities" book by Marcia J. Scherer (4th ed., 2005). This excerpt came from a 1992 article in the New York Times that according to Scherer: "shows the public's apparent lack of sympathy for an individual with a disability who was innocently injured in an a...
Audism Culture Sat, May 17 2008 hide this blog
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NTID President Reaches Decision on Bell Dorm
Orange Brown Coalition O & B received permission from Dr. Hurwitz to reprint the materials below in this website.From: Alan Hurwitz Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 11:08:40 -0400To: NTID - AllCc: Bill Destler , Don Beil , Gerard Buckley , Christine Licata , Ellie Rosenfield , Al Smith , Alan Hurwitz (note email addresses have been removed to prevent spam)Conversation: Decisions regarding AGBel...
Higher Education Audism Fri, May 16 2008 hide this blog
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The Human Fertilisation And Embrology Bill
All The Young Dudes As I was writing the last post in the Human Fertilisation And Embryology Bill, I realised eradicating deaf people would have far greater consequences than most people realise. It would be in the interests of the Cochlear Industries, and hearing aid manufacturers, and other firms specialising in assistive listening technologies to get their fat arses behind [...]
Audism Tech Fri, May 16 2008 hide this blog
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Oh Lord! Praise Be They That Drag Their Knuckles…..
All The Young Dudes Oh Lord! Praise Be They That Drag Their Knuckles and Lag Their Brains. For theirs is the nadir of human progression. Exactly what I thought when I read the latest media report on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, Couples Could Win Right To Select Deaf Baby, by Richard Gray, The Telegraph's Science Correspondent, but more [...]
Audism Fri, May 16 2008 hide this blog
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Cultral Barriers or Disunity?
All The Young Dudes People often remark on the disunity exhibited by Deaf and deaf people, but at the same time, remain blind to the reasons for this. Anonymous Deaf Law Student brings up this issue in their post Cultural Barriers? The blog post also touches on networking in the hearing world, which is of particular interest, due to the [...]
Audism Culture Fri, May 16 2008 hide this blog
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2008 Deaf Employment in USA? Pros and Cons
The Rogue's blog We need to have open discussion about Deaf Employment in United States. I noticed some of deaf people are frustrating to find a decent employment  through Vocational Rehabilitation and Department of Health and Human Services. Are DVR/ DHHS very reliable services for any deaf people to find a job? I am just expressing my theory. I noticed things got [...]
Audism Thu, May 15 2008 hide this blog
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Tinnitus Causes Hard of Hearing Man to Lose Job
Jamie Berke (About.com) An About.com visitor wrote: I was born with a hearing defect but over the last few years it has become worse. In 2001 I started to get tinnitus in both my...
Audism Legal Thu, May 15 2008 hide this blog
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Deaf Stress Video
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Guys please watch this amateur video made by our deaf students at Manila Christian Computer Institute for the Deaf (MCCID). This ten-minute drama story in Closed Caption showing the Deaf Person's life after graduating in college and having difficulty finding job. It has been uploaded only a few months ago yet almost 10,000 have already [...]
Media Audism Culture Thu, May 15 2008 hide this blog
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Hurdles: Facing Them, Jumping Them
Sudden Silence We went over to my mom’s house on Mother’s Day. It’s kind of funny, this ‘holiday’. On the one hand, I’m a mom so in the back of my mind I feel like it’s my day to be pampered. On the other hand, I don’t want to ignore my own mother so [...]
Language Audism Wed, May 14 2008 hide this blog
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Orange n Brown Rally:Check it out: [link] ARE ASL AND...
Orange Brown Coalition Orange n Brown Rally:Check it out: [link] ARE ASL AND ENGLISH EQUALLY RESPECTED AT NTID/RIT?? NO... STUDENTS DEMAND THE RIGHT TO BE SEEN/HEARD 1. Lack of ASL interpreters 2. Lack of ASL/English language development as part of the curriculum 3. Lack of valuing ASL skills when hiring new professors 4. ASL is not in the Strategic 2010 plan while English and Spo...
Language Audism Wed, May 14 2008 hide this blog
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"INDIANA JONES AND THE SECRETS OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD"
Deaf Anthology Barnett College, Fairfield, New YorkIndiana: "Is Amy here, Amy?" (raising voice in crowded roomful of hopeful interns, flicking light switch, pointing to Amy, signing "You, Deaf?")Amy: "Yes, me Deaf..."Indiana: "You in my office, everyone else leave, job slot taken."Ricky: "You picked the most beautiful from the crowd..Amy: "Here's my resume, love your collection of a...
Higher Education Language Audism Tue, May 13 2008 hide this blog
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DC-Area Examiner Newspaper Took Swipe at Deaf and HOH ....
RLMDEAF According to the DC-area Examiner (The Examiner) free newspaper's 5/12/08 article took the swipe at the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Government Employment and Technology Forum and accused the federal government's so-called "colorblind" government training program(s) a JOKE! Melanie Scarborough, the DC's "The Examiner" columnist blasted the federal government's wasteful...
Audism Culture Tue, May 13 2008 hide this blog
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Petition Against 14(4)(9) Human Fertilisation and...
Grumpy Old Deafies For anyone who has been following the Stop Eugenics campaign will A petition has now been approved on the Downing Street website, relating to clause 14(4)(9). Please go and sign it (open to UK residents only). We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Keep reproductive liberty: drop clause 14/4/9 of the HFE Bill. The details are: The Human Fertilisation ...
Audism Legal Tue, May 13 2008 hide this blog
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Deaf Awareness Week: Elizabeth Foundation tops RNID
Grumpy Old Deafies The Elizabeth Foundation went one better than the RNID for Deaf Awareness Week. Instead of using hearing people to subtitle sound and make everyone cry; they used real live deaf children, and sent them off on a listening walk: The [deaf] youngsters listened out for as many different sounds as they could and recorded it on their clipboard and tape recorder. A highl...
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Parliament: Subtitling & Sign Language on Television
Grumpy Old Deafies A question in parliament around subtitling on television: Rosie Cooper (PPS (Mr Ben Bradshaw, Minister of State), Department of Health; West Lancashire, Labour) What steps are being taken to ensure that television programmes are accessible to deaf children—and deaf adults, for that matter—through more comprehensive subtitling and sign language for programmes? Andy ...
Audism Tech Culture Tue, May 13 2008 hide this blog
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Edward Miner Gallaudet’s 1881 Review of the Milan Convention
found in blank At California School for the Deaf (Fremont), there's a library bookshelf with several shelves of American Annals of the Deaf from the 1840s onward. Because of my Deafhood class, my eyes immediately searched for the 1881 volume; surely there would be some articles about the Milan Convention of 1880. Sure enough–there's several of ‘em. The [...]
Language Audism Education Tue, May 13 2008 hide this blog
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Why boycott Sorenson? And other answers
Open the Directory! I get asked this a lot. Why petition Sorenson? Why not other companies? Aren't they all in this? None of them are yet taking the bold step to fully commit to a solution bringing 10 digit phone numbers to videophones, so why did I choose Sorenson? I explain below. 1. It [...]
Audism Education Tech Mon, May 12 2008 hide this blog
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What to do???
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Been a busy couple of months here in Oklahoma! Finally got my Permanent Resident card from Immigrations back in January. Then went to get my SSN # (thats SIN # for you canucks). Started job hunting with hardly any luck, living in a town of 5,000 people with the big companies being WalMart, Lowe's and Walgreen's. Got a call from Walgreen's to come in and finish th...
Higher Education Audism Mon, May 12 2008 hide this blog
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Is Hamill Right or Wrong?
Mishka Zena When I first heard about a hearing actor being cast in a deaf leading role, my initial response was dismay.  Learning it was Hamill's decision left me astounded.   The more I ponder this, the more questions I have.   Does this mean Hamill sees himself as being more of a hearing person than a Deaf person because he grew [...]
Media Audism Culture Mon, May 12 2008 hide this blog
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First Sucessful Claim of Disability Discrimination against...
Grumpy Old Deafies The first disability discrimination case has been brought against a recruitment agency, Sales Link Services, and won. The case in hand concerned a deaf person, Pauline Alexander: "I was asked to phone in, which I did using TypeTalk [a relay telephone service for deaf people]," says Alexander. "The person I spoke to said he thought my hearing loss would be an impedim...
Audism Legal Culture Mon, May 12 2008 hide this blog
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Me? Hearing Person??
Butterfly, like me...Deaf's v/blog 7.12 minutes long videoHi, ASLpride just mentioned that he was mistakenly identified as a hearing person. Where is ASLpride?? Anyway, it was a funny story. Go to this link, if you missed his story. I would like to share this with you. It is not only one time experience, but hundreds time, uh, no, thousands time, yeah.It was no fun in the beginning. Whenever anyone ask...
Audism Culture Mon, May 12 2008 hide this blog

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