Who has the MOST influence over Gallaudet?
Amy Cohen Efron Due to Gallaudet University's recent announcement of two newest members of the Board of Trustees, and watch Amy Cohen Efron's commentary on this issue. The question remains, who may have the MOST influence over Gallaudet University? Play Quicktime version 3.42 minutes long Source: Gallaudet University's Board of Trustees website. Names a...
Higher Education Education Tech Thu, Jun 19 2008 hide this blog

Melody = ASL
Sojourner I learned something new today. I never knew that there were significant specifics within music. At my poetry workshop this evening, a fellow poet wrote a piece about Melody with beautiful details. I had the chance to “taste” this sensory that I have/will never fully comprehend. To use Wikipedia, melody is described as, “tune, voice, or line, is a series of linear even...
Language Education Culture Thu, Jun 19 2008 hide this blog

3 Part Drama Video on Deaf Abuse - Part 3
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers This is the final part of the three-part subtitled dramatization of a true story about a Filipina who was physically abused by her uncle when she was still in high school. On this part, the uncle was confronted by her mother which he vehemently denied. This video also explains the current situation of the deaf. To [...]
Education Culture Wed, Jun 18 2008 hide this blog

From the eyes of a 4-years-old Deaf child…
PANY Lighthouse A Day in Kindergarten Oh, I remember. The school was Loma Vista Elementary School. The year was Fall 1970. I was four years old. I was placed in a Hearing kindergarten class. Along with two other children who were Hard of Hearing. I remembered the Hearing Impaired teacher Escorting me to the kindergarten room. I saw the children running around And doing the routine th...
Language Education Wed, Jun 18 2008 hide this blog

COME ON TO MILWAUKEE AND SUPPORT DBC!
Jack's eyes Produced by Jack Barr   Edited by Darrell Roby [link]
Language Audism Education Culture Tue, Jun 17 2008 hide this blog

Symposium on African Sign Languages
We Can Do The first Symposium on African Sign Languages (SAfSL) will be held in Cologne, Germany from August 17 to 19, 2009. The symposium, hosted by Dany Adone, Claudia Becker, and Thomas Kaul from the University of Cologne, is being held within a wider conference on African languages, the 6th World Congress of African Lingustics (WOCAL [...]
Language Education Tue, Jun 17 2008 hide this blog

Quit Trying to Make Our Deaf Youth into Sissies!
Leaning on the Fence There's a vlog on DeafRead that talks about how a No Cut policy is a good thing. If you haven't seen it yet, go. Here's the link: [link] There's also some links to some written material as well. Basically, they're saying that competition is bad, bad, bad and we need to protect the fragile minds of our deaf youth.Our deaf youth already have en...
Education Culture Tue, Jun 17 2008 hide this blog

3 Part Drama Video on Deaf Abuse - Part 2
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers This is the continuation of the three-part subtitled dramatization of a true story about a Filipina who was physically abused by her uncle when she was still in high school. If you have not watched the first part, please go to this blog entry first.
Education Culture Tue, Jun 17 2008 hide this blog

No Cut Policy for Sports in Deaf Schools
Alternative Solutions Center Part One Part Two Vlog Summary: New research findings related to sports psychology and child development have resulted in more progressive-thinking schools adopting no-cut policies when it comes to their athletic programs. Deaf schools, with their unique responsibility of providing academic and athletic education opportunities to Deaf students, should follow sui...
Education Mon, Jun 16 2008 hide this blog

Rwanda: Deaf And Mute Children Are Not Stupid Kids
At The Rim Children at Kigali deaf-schoolRwanda: Deaf And Mute Children Are Not Stupid KidsWhen Sister Angela Casciaro visited Rwanda in 1987, she paid special attention to the situation of the deaf and speech impaired. She found it was not good. Back in Italy, she started working on a program to set up a school for the deaf-mute in the country. This became reality, when the Ins...
Language Education Mon, Jun 16 2008 hide this blog

Cue Camps 2008
We Cue! Three Cue Camps take place this summer in New York, Maine, and Virginia. Each camp provides opportunities for parents, professionals, and deaf or hard of hearing individuals to learn and practice Cued Speech. Cue Camp New York (CCNY) Taking place June 12 to 15, Cue Camp New York will take place at Nazareth College in Rochester [...]
Language Education Mon, Jun 16 2008 hide this blog

June Bugging
The Deaf Sherlock G'day everone!It's June 2008. It's summer already (whatever or not they say Summer offically arrives Friday night at 8pm, HA!). We've had the hot days, stormy days (and still got them stormy wrecking days presently), and we're still hurricane watching.I haven't seen my june bugs yet. But trust the Lord, they'll come out soon. Seen the fire flies in the night and watch...
Higher Education Education Culture Mon, Jun 16 2008 hide this blog

Giving Back: Ten Years Later
We Cue! Ten years ago, I was asked to meet a family with a daughter who had been diagnosed with a profound bilateral hearing loss. This was a first for me. By no means did I know what the role of a deaf model meant. After all, I grew up in a rural town 20 miles north [...]
Education Mon, Jun 16 2008 hide this blog

Post-Lingually Deaf (Choices part 1)
We Cue! To understand how our family came to choose Cued Speech, you should probably understand a little bit of my son's history. He was not born with a hearing impairment, but to say that he's medically complicated is a bit of an understatement. He seemed like the perfect child at birth, but what no one knew [...]
Education Mon, Jun 16 2008 hide this blog

The Cued Speech Program in Fairfax County, Virginia
We Cue! There is a large population of deaf children in the DC region, and Fairfax County Public Schools have created programs to accommodate the different communication modes for those children. One such program is the Cued Speech Program, which consists of Canterbury Woods Elementary School, Frost Middle School, and Woodson High School. My friend [...]
Education Tech Mon, Jun 16 2008 hide this blog

Another Deaf Teen Graduates High School
Jamie Berke (About.com) This article from the Progress-Index about Marcel Waters started off typically, but as I read further, it revealed something else. Waters had received a cochlear implant when he was a...
Media Education Tech Sun, Jun 15 2008 hide this blog

Comparing On-Line ASL Resources
Living The Questions I don't believe American Sign Language (or any language) is best learned on-line, but it's a fact of life that many of us who are late-deafened are extremely busy. Sometimes we cannot find any ASL classes nearby, and often when we do, class schedules conflict with work hours. In the past few years I have discovered a few on-line ASL resources for those who don't have ...
Language Education Tech Sun, Jun 15 2008 hide this blog

True Funny story: Careless Signing
submit by: LChaim2007 I got mistake on my signing in my math class at high school when I taught the deaf student, but careless signed "F bleep" instead of reduces which I was supposed to sign. The deaf students got laughing so hard. My favorite teacher asked us what is signing (F...) so we all got embrassed with my teacher. That is funny history!
Language Art and Storytelling Education Sat, Jun 14 2008 hide this blog

Perspective of a Child of Hearing Parents: A Response
Shel: A Deaf Canadian's Thoughts Readers, this is my response to a comment made by the author of A Weeping ASL Deaf User on the Cochlear Implant Online blog. ( [link] OpenMinded Deaf Observer,This is in response to your comment (#59)I’m sorry for your pain of feeling “subhuman” in your family of hearing people.I am a Child Of Hearing Parents like you. However, you and I differ in our perspectives of...
Language Audism Education Tech Culture Fri, Jun 13 2008 hide this blog

Inspiration generated from her frustration
submit by: Bobby By Melissa Patterson | Tribune reporter 11:05 PM CDT, June 12, 2008 Karen Alkoby remembers intimately the frustration of being unable to speak her mind. Growing up deaf in Chicago schools at a time when sign language was seen as an inferior and forbidden way to communicate, she recalls being tapped on the head with chalk if she signed.
Media Language Education Tech Fri, Jun 13 2008 hide this blog

Can We Find Common Ground?
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community If there is a more passionate group of diverse people than the D/deaf community, I have not met them. Not only is hearing loss a very personal issue, it expands into every aspect of one’s interactions with other people. Each person has found their own balance and method of coping with the world. Some people sign, some people cue, some people lip read, some use hear...
Language Audism Education Tech Culture Fri, Jun 13 2008 hide this blog

AG Bell Convention 2008
Aaron Cues Going to the AG Bell Convention in Milwaukee next weekend? I sure am. I'll be coming up from Chicago for Friday and Saturday to attend one short session and to sit at the National Cued Speech Association exhibit. I'll also be attending the D/HOH social Saturday Night. Be sure to keep your eyes open for me if you want to chat with me. I'll most likely be wearing a &quo...
Education Culture Thu, Jun 12 2008 hide this blog

Preschool Programs for the D/HOH – Merging Different...
Aaron Cues Recently there has been talk of Fairfax County schools in Virginia possibly combining the different preschool programs for the deaf and hard of hearing together into one, which has resulted in a lot of agitated parents who believe their children should only be exposed to what they are using, whether it is Cued Speech, American Sign Language, or spoken language. I r...
Language Education Thu, Jun 12 2008 hide this blog

I am so scared now!
icedpinkchampagne ---Sorry this is so long. I hope you all read it anyway.---I went to this annual "deaf picnic" on Friday which is something the Sertoma Club has been doing for at least as long as I've been in kindergarten- perhaps even before then. But essentially, that is around at least 13 years!! So these great folks gather money or solicit donations for the delicious burgers, ple...
Language Education Tech Culture Wed, Jun 11 2008 hide this blog

CDI Explained: Part Four-- My Advice
gnarlydorkette CDI Explained: Part four"Advice for Test-takers"*****Synopsis*****My Advice to You, a Prospective CDI: Throw out your already-established notions of ethics, common sense, and whatnot when it comes to Deaf Interpreting... because it might not match RID's definitions. Remember, it is their test, so make sure you understand RID's viewpoint on ethics or common sense (even...
Language Education Wed, Jun 11 2008 hide this blog