Deaf Education: Numbering our flaws
Deaf Politics BY JONATHAN HENNERThis is an article about numbers. It does not purport to be anything else. I will delineate numbers that varying researchers spent quite a bit of time gathering, and then I will discuss them briefly and draw connections to the potential political consequences of having the numbers listed define our reality. It is my personal opinion that the energy o...
Wed, Dec 29 2010
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A step closer to online captions! The bill is introduced in...
Jared's Global Microbrand Last Friday on June 26th, Congressman Edward Markey introduced the 21st Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act of 2009 to the Congress.  This is a significant step forward in a push for online captions on the Internet. This bill represents the effort of many people in to improve accessibility on the Internet. If you support this bill [...]
Mon, Jun 29 2009
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From Deafened to ASL
Oh I See! Sharing my family history of deafness (125 years) and my final cure. Rough transcript:From Deafened all the way to ASL. Long history of my family line of deafness since 100 or 125 years. My great grandfather (mother's side) became deafened through spinal meningitis. My great grandmother became ill with a severe cold and became deaf. They gave birth to my grandmother w...
Sun, May 31 2009
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Has DeafRead/DVTV Turned Into A Chess Match?
valhallian.com We often see controversies that arise in the deaf blogosphere, as well as vlogosphere, and I did not notice this until now, but it has me thinking of chess when it comes to analogies. It appears that it is usually the same people (in general, I am not saying it applies to every single reader, [...]
Tue, May 26 2009
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CI, Deafness and God.....
Jim From the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_implant website with the defintition and meaning on CI: A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. The cochlear implant is often referred to as a bionic ear.Deafness is when a person can not hear anything at al...
Mon, May 25 2009
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I'm the Owner of Ka'lalau's Korner
Kalalau's Korner A discussion vlog: Carl Schroeder explains his editorship for his own blog, Ka'lalau's Korner. The bottom line is that he is the owner of Ka'lalau's Korner.
Fri, Apr 24 2009
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NO APOLOGY HERE
Kalalau's Korner Dear DeafRead friends,Re: Kalalau's BlunderI refuse to be embarrassed about video-logging that will help you both to think critically and to understand about American Sign Language (ASL). And it would be wrong of any of you to be intimidated by snobbish bloggers who tell you that ASL is beneath a scholar's dignity, especially to worry about job security. That conceit ...
Fri, Apr 24 2009
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ASL is a Form of Speech.
Kalalau's Korner A discussion vlog: Carl Schroeder explains his understanding of ASL as his form of speech that is protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Wed, Apr 22 2009
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Introducing ASLDeafined.com!
Amy Cohen Efron Hello everyone! I was notified with this awesome website, even better than ASLPro.com! This website is called ASLDeafined.com, and that website believes educating the community one sign at a time. This website is a brainchild of two sign language interpreters, Paul Fugate and Mercy Gonzalez. According to the website source, [...]
Tue, Apr 21 2009
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ASL Vocabulary Exceeds the Unabridged Dictionary of the...
Kalalau's Korner A show-and-tell vlog: Carl Schroeder talks about his unabridged dictionary and how ASL vocabulary exceeds it. Enjoy the discussion.
Tue, Apr 21 2009 · Moved from DeafRead Extra
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Beating A Dead Horse
Amy Cohen Efron Everyone… CI = Cochlear Implant. CI people, CI babies, CI children, CI person, or CI community OR… Deaf people with CI, Deaf babies with CI, Deaf children with CI, Deaf person with CI and Deaf Community using CI. You want to look at CI as a primary identifier of the person… then it is causing problems right now. [...]
Mon, Apr 20 2009
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Alexander Graham Bell the name
Tayler Mayer First things first: AGBell = organization Dr. Bell = person I encourage AGBell to put it into writing that they no longer support the philosophy put forth by their founder. This is like kicking themselves in the nuts, but bear with me here. AGBell has a page, however small, about the option of using ASL to teach deaf [...]
Wed, Apr 15 2009
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Apple Patent: Video answering machine
Tayler Mayer “Apple”, “rumors” and “patents” are synonymous. Rumors about potential new products and features are so dominant and compelling that Apple didn't seem to hestiate when they ended their participation in the famous MacWorld conventions. Apple, armed with its top brand and repeat hot sellers, is fully confident consumers, with th...
Thu, Apr 09 2009
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How to view CC on an iPhone - Captioned
bill creswell Captioned by Sonic Spider more about "How to view CC on an iPhone - Captioned", posted with vodpod Fri, Apr 03 2009
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Grassroots Activism and Formal Membership Organization
Amy Cohen Efron Intriguing topic? I'll bet. These two things are very different from each other. Some people like to participate in an organization where they can vote on some issues. They pay dues. They like to attend meetings run fairly and effectively by using parliamentary procedure. This organization [...]
Tue, Mar 31 2009
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DeafRead VS DVTV!
via link submit Mexpurple, Jugheadit and Aslpride present "DeafRead VS DVTV!" We want to know which one you like? Please leave your vote and comment. Thank you.
Tue, Mar 31 2009
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Floating Dreams: You Get Them?
IamMine Transcript (Not exactly, but to the best of my ability, smile):Floating Dreams have been increasing in numbers over the years. Last night freaked me out because it was a different period of time and someone was trying to kill me. I could identify it being a different period of time by looking at the vehicle - it was an early Ford model vehicle. There was a sense of ur...
Tue, Mar 31 2009
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Audism or Ethnocentrism?
via link submit Questioning about ethnocentrism being practiced in Deaf community.
Fri, Mar 27 2009
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Two new DeafRead features
DeafRead Team “Hello everyone! About 2 months ago, Jared contacted the DeafRead team to meet online. We recently had the opportunity to do this a couple weeks ago. It was pretty much an open table meeting - we could talk about anything. A number of features were proposed to improve the DeafRead experience. The second feature will be explained [...]
Thu, Mar 26 2009
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Two Things as Vlogger
Welch's ASL Juice! Toby explains about the two things as vlogger: his vlog and vloggers. Enjoy it! If you are not able to view Windows Media, click at YouTube.com.
Wed, Mar 25 2009
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Collaboration, Communication, and Captioning at the...
SpeakUpLibrarian Photo creditToday was day two of my conference in Chicago. The Web Goddess and I arrived this morning in time for the complimentary breakfast- quite the spread I might add, not your usual muffin/bagel & coffee fare. We went to our first session which was on collaboration between libraries and IT departments. The Web Goddess said she will go bananas if she has to hear ...
Tue, Mar 24 2009
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