Deaf Music Videos?
DeafDC.com A Deaf music video? Worthy of air time on MTV? No way. Never. Never say never. Some of you DeafDCers may recognize Rosie as a former DCer herself, and also former Miss Deaf Michigan. A beautiful girl, talented in many ways, and now a MTV star. Maybe. www.d-pan.com THE DEAF PERFORMING ARTISTS [...]
Thu, Sep 21 2006

School Plays - A Growing Up Deaf Memory
Jamie Berke (About.com) When I was a small child in a private hearing school, I was not allowed to have speaking parts in plays. I remember being a tree in a play, and...
Wed, Sep 20 2006

Hearing World Rejects: Deafness and Religion
DeafDC.com Ok, insert all the qualifiers- this is my view, some of what I’ve grown up seeing, and what some of my experiences have been. And it’s something I just have to vent about. Can someone tell me why weird hearing people are so attracted to Deaf people? I can rattle off ten people that [...]
Tue, Sep 19 2006

DeafRead accepting donations
DeafRead Team As of last Saturday, DeafRead became a “Donation-ware” which means we’ll be supporting ourselves through donations. Since then, we have received two anonymous donations. Because of this, DeafRead will no longer display ads provided by Google. We would really like to thank the donors. Thank you, it was very much appreciated. Jared and I have poured [...]
Tue, Sep 19 2006

Common Sense Solution to Drive-ins?
Jamie Berke (About.com) Last week, there was an article in the news about a protest against fast-food restaurants by the Fort Wayne, Indiana Deaf Advocacy Coalition. They were protesting the inaccessibility of the... [...]
Mon, Sep 18 2006

One Laptop Per Child? Possible?
DeafDC.com Some folks at MIT thought it would be worthwhile to create and mass-produce a cheap and durable laptop that could be distributed to children in developing countries. This project, OLPC, is a couple of years in the making but seems to be making a bit of buzz lately, probably because it's coming closer to its [...]
Sat, Sep 16 2006

An Over-Lipread Comment
Jamie Berke (About.com) Long ago, when I was still in my early teens (at most), I had a hearing test at the local center for people with disabilities. After the test, I watched... [...]
Sat, Sep 16 2006

RelayReview.com
Jamie Berke (About.com) Tayler left a comment about his RelayReview.com website. I checked it out and I feel it definitely meets a need. Now that we have more and more competing relay services... [...]
Sat, Sep 16 2006

Deafhood Demystified - sorta.
DeafDC.com Run, do not walk, do not pass Go, do not collect $200. Just run over to Deaf in the City’s most recent entry about Deafhood. Unlike the balderdash that has come from certain blogs that-shall-not-be-named, Rainmound is actually taking the time to break it down and keep it real. Which pretty much means: instead of [...]
Fri, Sep 15 2006

DeafDC.com Blogger in the Washington Post
DeafDC.com Over the last year or so, DeafDC.com has been mentioned in several publications including the Washington Post Express and the Washington Times Examiner. A DeafDC.com blogger was included in last Sunday’s Washington Post Magazine! Way to go, Swetha, and lay off the lattes! ;) [...]
Fri, Sep 15 2006

Deaf writers Unleashed
DeafRead Team Announcing DeafRead Guest Bloggers! We at DeafRead.com like to do things a bit differently and continue to push the boundaries of the Deaf voice on the Internet. DeafRead.com is proud to announce the next expansion where anyone can write. We like to call it DeafRead Guest Blog (DGB) which was a team effort for a new blog, [...]
Thu, Sep 14 2006

American Parents are Not the Only Ones
Jamie Berke (About.com) American parents of deaf/hard of hearing children are not the only ones who sometimes must battle for their children to receive the type of schooling best suited to them. Here... [...]
Thu, Sep 14 2006

Significant announcement about DeafRead tomorrow
DeafRead Team Tomorrow, we will be making a significant announcement about DeafRead.com. We think that this is something that will make many heads turn in regard to the presence of Deaf people on the Internet. Stay tuned! [...]
Wed, Sep 13 2006

Daphne Wright Goes to Trial
Jamie Berke (About.com) Remember last year's big deaf murder story, about Daphne Wright, who allegedly murdered another deaf woman? Her case is now in trial. In today's news, Wright's lawyers are trying to... [...]
Tue, Sep 12 2006

Relay Services Blog Posts
Jamie Berke (About.com) Deaf people who can not talk on the phone depend on relay services to help them communicate with hearing people, but there are often issues. Scam Artists Threatening IP... [...]
Tue, Sep 12 2006

A fictional documentary
DeafDC.com Someone, named Gabriel Range decided to write a ficitional documentary that is about the assassination of President Bush, who just so happened to be very much alive. I’m not even certain what to think about that. I do think it’s the craziest idea ever simply because he’s still president & he’s very much alive. Despite [...]
Tue, Sep 12 2006

Parenting - Social Immaturity
Jamie Berke (About.com) Not surprisingly, a frequent challenge for parents of deaf and hard of hearing children is social immaturity. ... [...]
Tue, Sep 12 2006

Parenting Blog Posts
Jamie Berke (About.com) Parents of deaf/hoh children often face challenges with issues related to the hearing loss. Daughter Diagnosed HOH 3 Month Old, What Next? For Hearing People Only: Would... [...]
Tue, Sep 12 2006

DeafRead Widget (for Macs)
DeafRead Team Someone requested for a Dashboard widget showing recent DeafRead posts. Here it is. [...]
Mon, Sep 11 2006

Launches, Departures, Goodbyes, and More
NAD CEO Blog Things are as hot as ever at the NAD, it almost feels like we brought Palm Desert out east. In all seriousness, we are in the midst of several items of note… Blog Central Launch Watch for the formal launch of our new NAD Blog ?look? ? we are transitioning our Blog Central (Home > Newsroom > [...]
Mon, Sep 11 2006

First NAD President Blog!
NAD President Long-time WFD General Secretary, Dr. Cesare Magarotto Passes Away Dr. Cesare Magarotto, one of the founders of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), passed away on August 24, 2006 at the age of 89. Dr. Magarotto served as the first General Secretary of the WFD from 1951 to 1987. He was fluent in international sign [...]
Mon, Sep 11 2006

DeafRead gets a new look
DeafRead Team If you were with us from the beginning of DeafRead, you’d know that DeafRead was built in 7 days before its official launch, just like Genesis. In fact, while chatting online with Jared, a short 14 minutes passed from the time I presented the idea of DeafRead until I purchased the domain name. For a site [...]
Mon, Sep 11 2006

New DeafDC.com Management
DeafDC.com I am thrilled to announce Mr. Shane Feldman as the new DeafDC.com manager. At DeafDC.com, Shane will be responsible for all aspects of the website and will also have editorial control of our popular blog. In addition to managing DeafDC.com, he will also serve as a full-time BayFirst consultant and work on client projects elsewhere [...]
Mon, Sep 11 2006

Hearing Loss Blog Posts
Jamie Berke (About.com) Hearing loss - particularly accepting it - is a frequent theme in hearing loss-related blog posts. Teen in Denial About Hearing Loss Just Discovered Hearing Loss Hidden... [...]
Sun, Sep 10 2006

Hearing Aids and CIs Blog Posts
Jamie Berke (About.com) Cost of, and paying for, hearing aids and cochlear implants and their care are frequent topics. High cost of cochlear implants Why High Cost of Hearing Aids? ... [...]
Sun, Sep 10 2006