Deaf Occupations
The DEAFinite Resource Online I was recently introduced to the No Worker Left Behind program in Michigan, where they will pay up to $5,000 a year for 2 years to help you go back to school. I thought, "This is great!" But then I started thinking of the jobs that interest me. One of them is a dog groomer. I mean, just write down what you want and I'll do it. Problem? I need school. I'm afraid the Pa...
Language Education Tech Legal Culture Thu, Jul 02 2009 · 5 hours ago

Being deaf shortens theif’s jail term
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers It seems that the judge is in a quandary as to how to deal with the accused. She has been languishing in jail for more than two years and her case hasn't been arraigned because of their difficulty in communicating with her. So the only legal solution is to set her free.
Language Legal Culture Thu, Jul 02 2009 · 5 hours ago

Snap!VRS comments on the FCC.
The Deaf Sherlock G'day Everyone!Yesterday I was doing this post: [link] today, scot who is a user on blogspot, sent me this link about SNAP!VRS comments: [link] I decided to bring it out of the comments area and post it here so that you'd see what's happening out there.Meanwhile, the world is watching on North Korea. They are still "testing" missiles and they hope some nation is goi...
Media Language Tech Legal Culture Thu, Jul 02 2009 · 8 hours ago

JTC Week 1 Day 5
Miss Kat's Deaf journey Fridays are short days, we get done with class at noon, so we only had one class and our support group meeting (have I talked about support group yet? Almost everyday we have a group meeting with psychologists and we air our issues and talk about our feelings and struggles as parents of children with a hearing loss. It is a really great element of the program and very...
Language Education Tech Thu, Jul 02 2009 · 10 hours ago

Contact Numbers and Email Addresses to the 4th Power
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl In these days, it seems many of us are getting multiple assigned device numbers and email addresses - how can one possibly memorize them all? Yet this all seems ironic given that many deaf and hard of hearing consumers may not utilize voice services, and actually end up having more phone numbers than hearing consumers. This article will illustrate some ex...
Media Language Tech Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009 · 23 hours ago

ASLIE Students Step Up to the Plate
NTID News Several of NTID's American Sign Language and Interpreting Education students are volunteering to interpret portions of the Red Wings baseball games this season to make the experience more accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing fans.
Higher Education Language Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009 · 23 hours ago

CNET Reviews Offer CC!
Welcome to ... Seek Geo!     CNET is a website where they review technology stuff so it helps you to decide whether or not things are the right equipment for you to buy. They review such things as cell phones, TV, cameras, etc, definitely a great site to check if you are unsure which one(s) to buy. Well, good news is [...]
Media Language Tech Wed, Jul 01 2009 · 23 hours ago

What do you do…
Say What? This is for deaf and hard of hearing people out there who speak as their form of communication with their hearing counterparts. What do you do if you get interrupted by a hearing person who does not realize you are speaking to another hearing person? For example, I'm talking to my hearing co-worker who sits [...]
Language Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

Toddler's ASL at Village Inn
Waving With My Deaf Hands I want a hamburger, fries, and catsup. Hmmm. I want a pop.
Language Wed, Jul 01 2009
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Court Complaint Filed on Behalf of Pharmacist
News The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the law firm of White Arnold & Dowd, P.C., filed a complaint in federal court against the Alabama Board of Pharmacy, alleging that the pharmacy board refused to permit Barbara Jane Howard, a deaf pharmacist, to accept prescription orders through telecommunications relay services. The complaint was filed in the U...
Language Tech Legal Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

New NAD Website is Forward Looking
News Silver Spring, MD—It is with great excitement that the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) announces the launch of a new and improved website. We invite you to take a look, give it a try, and test it out. Do visit often, because we will be adding a lot more features and news. It's a new look, but the same familiar address: www.nad.org. How is the new ...
Language Tech Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

U.S. Senate Confirms FCC Nominations
News On June 25, the United States Senate confirmed Julius Genachowski as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He is a former FCC staffer and entrepreneur, and has spent the last decade in the private sector. The U.S. Senate also approved the nomination of Robert McDowell for another term as an FCC commissioner. That same day, President Barack...
Language Tech Legal Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

JTC Week 1 Day 4
Miss Kat's Deaf journey Today was an interesting day. I have been a little concerned because Miss Kat is in a class with all (but one) VERY beginning learners. Two have been adopted in the last year and the last has no language at all. None of them respond to their names or have any receptive or expressive language. They are not even able to understand environmental noises yet. The kids are ...
Language Education Tech Wed, Jul 01 2009

Deaf Anthology # 281: "Michael Jackson"
Deaf Anthology Just a few comments:- now frozen alongside Disney- glove sold on ebay to pay off debts- his son is actually a clone- wasn't one of the 144,000- NASA trademark the moonwalk- Paul McCarthy acquires rights to his songs- 6 Flags taken over Neverland- "That Was It!" inscription on his tombstone- Johnny Depp set to star in "Bedtime with Bubbles"- tabloids filed for bankrupt...
Language Art and Storytelling Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

Ebonics and ASL Are Here to Stay
Kalalau's Korner A discussion vlog: Carl Schroeer explains how African-American people denied the Oakland School Board's decision to recognize Ebonics as a valid linguistic system in 1996. Ebonics was not in a dictionary, they said. There exists striking similarities between rejecting Ebonics and denying American Sign Language: hostile criticism, misinformation, and avoidance.
Language Education Wed, Jul 01 2009

Cultural Competency Through Captioning
National Association of the Deaf blogs As a Deaf Community activist, I'm required to exhibit knowledge about the issues I'm advocating for, just like any professional, but one skill that's often overlooked is exhibiting cultural competence. This is something that many people take for granted, unless you do international business. Deaf culture and hearing culture are two very different cultures, ...
Media Language Tech Legal Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

What’s the Latest With Internet Captioning?
National Association of the Deaf blogs Internet captioning has come a long way since I initially wrote about it on Dailykos yet we still have a long way to go in making internet media accessible to all deaf and hard of hearing Americans. read more
Media Language Tech Legal Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

NAD Announcement on Budget Threats to Schools for the Deaf
National Association of the Deaf blogs Video: In these troubling economic times, many states are struggling to contain costs and are looking at cutting the funding to schools for the deaf. The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) values schools for the deaf and cherishes their contributions to the education and development of deaf and hard of...
Language Education Legal Wed, Jul 01 2009

(NL-0039) Chinese Lessons and CI Vertigo
Not Listening I have a cold right now. First time I've had any ills in about 5 years. Not the piggy flu though, just a regular, but quite bad, cold. The interesting thing is that the day before I started hacking, I had a wicked case of vertigo. I couldn't walk 10 feet with out looking like a drunk guy. It's not as bad as it was right after the CI surgery, but still, enough to...
Language Art and Storytelling Tech Tue, Jun 30 2009

Story of the First Caption Action
Jamie Berke (About.com) If you were born after 1975, you probably never heard of the first Caption Action. Caption Action was a national grassroots campaign to get closed captions on home video. And...
Media Language Tech Culture Tue, Jun 30 2009

Aprende ASL: El deletreo manual
Intérpretes de ASL/Español Éste es el primero de una serie de artículos que formarán parte una nueva sección en "Intérpretes de ASL / Español" dedicada a enseñar a la comunidad en general algo básico sobre lenguaje de señas americano (ASL) y la cultura sorda. Esta nueva sección se llamará APRENDE ASL, y los visitantes que deseen aprender algunas cositas básicas de ASL podrán ir directamente a ...
Language Culture Tue, Jun 30 2009

High Hope for our Future National Broadband Plan
SSW Blog Lately there is a firestorm over how to draft some specifics into a national broadband policy as well as there is ongoing debate about how to advance broadband deployment, how to define broadband as “service” or “infrastructure” and other concerns like unserved and underserved rural areas. The plan will be due by February 17, [...]
Media Language Tech Legal Culture Tue, Jun 30 2009

The Sweet Taste of Technology
DeafNation The recent "Taste of Technology" event in Austin, Texas on June 26, 2009, sponsored by Relay Texas and attended by 40 people, has broadened my experiences relating to technology-themed issues, and after grabbing the opportunity to listen to a parade of speakers...
Media Higher Education Language Tech Legal Tue, Jun 30 2009

OMG! Text Talk and Metalinguistic Awareness
Reading Right Side Up According to my literacy dictionary, the definition of metalinguistic awareness is “a conscious awareness on the part of a language user of language as an object in itself.”  Metalinguistic awareness is somewhat related to metacognition, which is thinking about thinking.  Therefore, it is knowing when and how to use thinking strategies in order to learn [...]
Language Education Tue, Jun 30 2009

ASL Literature Conference by Deafmom3ASL
Kalalau's Korner A guest vlog. See what was found here! In 1991, I was a co-presenter with Rachel Crain. Our topic was about poetic aspects in American Sign Language. We should rekindle this type of conference.
Language Culture Tue, Jun 30 2009