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Language Tue, May 13 2008 · 1 hour ago hide this blog

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...
Language Audism Culture Tue, May 13 2008 · 7 hours ago hide this blog

Parliament: Assistance for Deaf People into Employment
Grumpy Old Deafies A question around deaf people and employment: Sandra Gidley (Shadow Minister, Health; Romsey, Liberal Democrat) To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what mechanisms are in place to help deaf people into employment. Stephen Timms (Minister of State (Employment and Welfare Reform), Department for Work and Pensions; East Ham, Labour) We are committed t...
Language Legal Culture Tue, May 13 2008 · 7 hours ago hide this blog

Deaf Can
The Chronicles of Gilberto Since I was born with some hearing and able to pick up speech, I was able to fit in with the world of hearing. Sometimes, my identity of who I am was a constant struggle. Fitting in with the world that depended on voices to be heard was hard. I could hear a bit with the assistance of hearing aids. Since I was 2 years old, wearing hearing aids made me be able to grow u...
Language Education Culture Tue, May 13 2008 · 12 hours ago hide this blog

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 · 12 hours ago hide this blog

My First Blog
The Chronicles of Gilberto So, for my first blog I have decided to tell you a little about myself. My Name is Gilberto. I am in the credential program at UCI. I would like to be a high school English teacher which is weird since I am Deaf. If you don't know, American Sign Language (ASL) is NOT English. I am currently writing a persuasive essay arguing that ASL is in fact a language. Believe it ...
Language Culture Tue, May 13 2008 · 12 hours ago hide this blog

“ASL is a three-dimensional language”
Disabled in the Digital Age This is an interview with Bracken Gott. He is a Ph.D student at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology in Chicago. He learned American Sign Language, or ASL, when he was an undergrad at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Language Culture Tue, May 13 2008 · 12 hours ago hide this blog

Sign writing in ASL
Sign Write Greetings readers,I created this blog before I was able to obtain another blogspot titled Aslian. Below is similar to Aslian blog. Here, we can discuss the importance and implementation of sign writing of ASL.RWASign writing in ASLUp for anything new? How about writing in ASL? Can ASL become a written language on paper? Should ASL have a written form? I don't mean GLO...
Language Tech Tue, May 13 2008 · 12 hours ago hide this blog

My Hands - A Poem
The Chronicles of Gilberto To be able to comprehend the notion of ASL for Deaf people, we must be able to express ourselves through ASL and that is itself a visual language. This is why vlogs (video blogs) are catching up in the Deaf-World. With the idea of sign language and video, Deaf people are able to share ideas with the world. The idea of the Internet has caught up with vlogs, and this is...
Language Art and Storytelling Tue, May 13 2008 · 12 hours ago hide this blog

Listserv on Deaf Studies, Sign Linguistics in Africa
We Can Do Dr Victoria Nyst at Leiden University and Shane Gilchrist ÓhEorpa at the University of Amsterdam have set up a new yahoogroups (listserv) for scholars and researchers in Deaf Studies, Sign Linguistics, and related studies in Africa. The group is open to people who have some expertise/knowledge about the Deaf Community in Africa. In order to join the [...]
Media Language Tech Culture Mon, May 12 2008 · 17 hours ago hide this blog

the Problem of Listening and Speaking
Kalalau's Korner The philosopher Epictetus advises: "First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak."A few weeks ago there was a little schoolgirl with cochlear implants speaking some French. I would not want to disagree with her as to the meaning of her speaking ability, but we do not always extend the same courtesy to amateurs. Al I can say from my French courses at Gallaud...
Language Tech Mon, May 12 2008 · 21 hours ago hide this blog

Other News Highlights
NAD Advocacy “CaptionsON” Campaign and Viewer Relations Bureau VITAC announced the launch of “CaptionsON” awareness campaign and “Viewer Relations Bureau” (VRB). At the online VRB, TV viewers can submit feedback about captioning to the appropriate network, local station/affiliate, and cable or satellite provider. The CaptionsON VRB provides an easy way to report great captions, m...
Media Language Tech Mon, May 12 2008 · 21 hours ago hide this blog

"The Flower and weeds"
Oh I See.. ASL hands story.
Language Art and Storytelling Mon, May 12 2008 · hide this blog

New Glove Speaks for the Deaf
submit by: Daniel The new HandTalk device is worn on the hands of a user and motions are translated into a text message which can be sent via mobile phone.
Language Tech Mon, May 12 2008 · hide this blog

Sign Language Police assist the UK Deaf
At The Rim Police Here are helping UK-BSL users out, nice one Paula !
Language Legal Mon, May 12 2008 · hide this blog

The 3Ps… and friends
Becoming Deaf in Norway 2007 Thanks to Sam “Blitzer” for a reminder of the key to endurance: “The 3Ps”. His post on Michael from Minnesota who has trouble with getting approval of CI served as an inspiration to me today. The 3Ps: Persistence Perseverance Patience I want to use this opportunity to thank everyone around me in my life who helps me keeping my spirits up:...
Language Tech Legal Mon, May 12 2008 · hide this blog

Merci Beaucoup Sign Language and Thanks To Our Soldiers
CodaDiva I have Skype and have joined a couple of chat boxes. In one of my business chats, we were discussing American Sign Language. One of the gals had asked if I'd seen this video. The Gratitude Campaign. I had not, I saw it as a youtube link. So while watching the video I was [...]
Media Language Mon, May 12 2008 · hide this blog

Fascist Thugs at the AGBell Conference!
RLMDEAF Someone deaf told me few weeks ago about the Alexander Graham Bell Association of the Deaf (AGBAD) hired the security firm. ex. security guards to keep the peaceful rally participants within the Deaf Bilingual Coalition (DBC) from entering the conference site and AGB HQ hotel (Jack Barr's own term). The ABAD did post their official announcement about hiring the securi...
Language Culture Sun, May 11 2008 · hide this blog

Myron Uhlberg shared tales of his Deaf Heroes (his Parents)...
Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature Myron Uhlberg has a self-deprecating nature that is both humbling and humorous. During his presentation, I laughed, got teary-eyed, and felt nostalgic as I watched the 75-year-old CODA discuss his life and the legacy of his parents, Sarah and Lou Uhlberg. It was an absolute honor to attend his presentation and to meet with him afterwards. Myron was born in 1933 to pa...
Media Language Art and Storytelling Culture Sun, May 11 2008 · hide this blog

More Photos from Fulton, MO
The Rosa Lee Show Greetings! My friend just sent me a dvd full of pictures that one of her co-workers took during my performance at William Woods University last month. Here they are for your viewing pleasure.
Language Art and Storytelling Sun, May 11 2008 · hide this blog

African Journal #13: The Sands Of Time
Tactile The World May 11, 2008   Baring The Essentials         It was time to bid Abuja adieu, its luxury traded for the rugged inferno of the desert I called home. My organization had agreed to have one of their drivers drive me home, amid concerns that as a Deaf Blind white woman I would not fare so well traveling alone [...]
Language Sun, May 11 2008 · hide this blog

Acute shortages of Sign Interpreters in the UK
At The Rim Cirencester, United Kingdom, May 11, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Aware of the acute shortage of British Sign Language interpreters - Andiamo took the opportunity to find out more about the issues surrounding this problem. Project Controller, Kate Stansfield reports:"In April 2007, CACDP reported that 469 BSL-English Interpreters were registered with them in England and Wales: t...
Language Culture Sun, May 11 2008 · hide this blog

ASL Champ!: The Testimony of the Hoos.
Signs of the Times Two of my hoo friends ran up to me the other day with great news:" Jeff! Jeff! *waving hands* "I look across the street and notice my two good friends, Alwyne and Evan. They are hoos, yes, but signing hoos. They're a special kind of hoos because they are first of the heart before they are of the mind. I take that note as a criterion for who of hoos that are capable of...
Language Sun, May 11 2008 · hide this blog

Lily's Story
Deaf Animal Row Been waiting for a home that I yawn! Lily became my friend when I first met her last year. She was my landlady's cat, and she was sweet. She used to try and play with me every time I came home from school. I though it was cute that she was on a leash, and it wasn't until Bev, her owner told me she was deaf, and that's why she could only go outside on a leash. I used ...
Language Culture Sat, May 10 2008 · hide this blog

Is the 10-Digit Numbering System enough?
CHAT WITH BRYEN I was just reading NAD's article about participating in the FCC's 10-Digit Numbering System and couldn't help but wonder if we're not looking at this issue in a more global way.  Videophones have not only enabled us to use a better form of relay interpreting service, but also to better connect with loved ones who [...]
Media Language Tech Sat, May 10 2008 · hide this blog