The Cochlear Implant is here to stay!
Dr. DonG.'s Deafhood Discourses QuickTime by: vPIP Embed (copy & paste): close vPIP_setVisible("divEmbedCode233", false); The Cochlear Implant is here to stay!  So just shut up, accept it and move on!  This is a refrain that I keep seeing around Deaf Read (most recently by HarleyLady and Amy Cohen Efron).  Here is my response to this idea.
Mon, Apr 27 2009
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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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For Your Entertainment: ASL Clown
Kalalau's Korner An entertainment vlog: Carl Schroeder is an ASL clown!
Sun, Apr 19 2009
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Go HEART for ASL
Oh I See! Deaf Funnies: Early days of speech training. Subtitled.
Sat, Apr 18 2009
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Video Showing A Cop Breaking Deaf Driver’s Nose During A...
Mishka Zena To see the video clip of the cop smashing Deaf driver's face into the rear windshield,  Video On Demand: Latest News Video | WFAA.com It began with a routine traffic stop due to excessive speeding over one year ago. The Deaf driver, Christopher  Ferrell, attempted to retrieve his wallet to show the identification card showing his deafness. [...]
Thu, Apr 09 2009
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AGBell Didn't Destroy the Martha's Vineyard Island Community
Kalalau's Korner A discussion vlog: Carl Schroeder explains his understanding of Alexander Graham Bell's research of Martha's Vineyard Island that began in 1883, unbeknown of Mendelian genetics.
Thu, Apr 09 2009
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Only one we are hungry for the better for ourselves in...
Pah-ASL-Site
Thu, Apr 09 2009
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ASL Joke: Rain
Oh I See!
Tue, Apr 07 2009
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DeafRead as platform for activism
DeafRead Team It's been amazing to watch traffic over the last few days. Traffic rose. It is clear to me why it did—the Audism Free America (AFA) protests. Because DeafRead, the site, is neutral, this post wasn't written in support or opposition of the recent AFA activity. The aggregator, however, is proud to serve as a platform on [...]
Tue, Apr 07 2009
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Destigmatize Deaf
Oh I See! Destigmatizing Deaf(being) leads to acceptance and coolness.
Mon, Apr 06 2009
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Language and Culture Wars
Kalalau's Korner A discussion vlog: Carl Schroeder discusses that we can't control the language and culture wind, but we can adjust our sails toward American Sign Language.
Mon, Apr 06 2009
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Kiss-Fist Magazine: April 2009 Issue
Kiss-Fist Team
Mon, Apr 06 2009
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10.06.01 - Inside Volta Bureau
The Deaf Child: A Mythology 108th Clip (19 sec. long) - Special Edition with 1992 video of inside Volt Bureau, site of the first AFA demonstration - videos and photos of presidents of AGBAD, AGBell's personal books in the library, his deaf mother, Montessori on Mabel, among others. I was about to post 6.2 part of the myth when the AFA [...]
Mon, Apr 06 2009
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Audists or Audism Behavior? (Part I of II)
Deaf Progressivism This is a part one of two vlog to discuss about my experiences encountering several ignorant hearing people who made statements that exhibit audism behavior. Discussion takes place by looking at situations on how we are to deal with these kinds of audism behavior and how are we to describe situations by identifying the behavior rather than labeling the individuals aud...
Sun, Apr 05 2009
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Public Service Announcements in China using ASL/CSL
Amy Cohen Efron I wanted to share three video links that I learned from the Gallaudet's Consumer, Family and Community Advocacy training led by Kevin Nolan, Jr. Kevin Nolan, Jr. is a dynamic instructor and he shared his passion working with Deaf people in China. He mentioned about working with these people and they [...]
Sun, Apr 05 2009
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Excuse ME! Cartoon
That Deaf Cartoonist I can see most of your deaf heads shaking and saying “YEAH!” thats happened to me many times! I don’t understand why somebody would be so impatient. Wouldn’t it be easier and demonstrate more etiquette just step around the person who is blocking the way? Sure would save some embarrassment. ‘Til next time—Matt
Sun, Apr 05 2009
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ASL ROCKS!
Jon Savage Answered to WHAT, WHY, WHO, HOW, WHERE, and WHEN about American Sign Language in 34 seconds! Tags: American Sign Language, Deaf, Community, America, Vlog, ASL
Fri, Apr 03 2009
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Spread the Word to End the Word
CSD, Riverside Students' Perspectives [See post to watch Flash video] Spread the Word to End the Word is a National Awareness Day to raise the consciousness of society  about dehumanizing  and hurtful effects of the word “retard(ed)' and encourage people to pledge to stop using the R-word. For more information, visit www.r-word.org Check out our previous vLogs
Tue, Mar 31 2009
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Vermont Maple Syrup
Musings from Trebo Road... Vermont is the largest producer of maple syrup. It comes in different grades. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup, The video on the right shows how maple syrup is produced.
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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WE SKYDIVED!!
ABC JohnABC, Jill and CODA son Johnnie skydived!!
Sun, Mar 29 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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Fr4-ever
Hildaholics Merk je iets wat het zo juist speciaal is? :-)Leve Fr4
Thu, Mar 26 2009
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The CODA BROTHERS Show - 2
LAUGH. LEARN. SIGN.
Sun, Mar 22 2009 · Moved from DeafRead Extra
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