Silent Magic: Carmel's book on Deaf Magicians
Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature If you're interested in magic or simply want to learn about Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals who have been involved with magic, Silent Magic is the book for you. To describe magic and magicians, You would probably use such words as visual, patter, sound and music. But what if three of those items were gone? Poof! Vanished! Would there—could there—still be magic...
Sun, Apr 06 2008

Silcon Valley--Access on the Light Rail
DeafMom The hubby and I are in Silcon Valley, CA--the home of Yahoo, Google and other giants. Last night, we hopped on the Light Rail to head to Mountain View for dinner. I haven't been on a train in a while, but riding the trains in Chicago used to be a nightmare for me years ago, as there was no way to know which stop was mine unless I memorized the su...
Sun, Apr 06 2008

Visor Communication Card Program for the Deaf & Hard of...
Jim's DEEP Thoughts Over the years, there were cases in other states when police officers shot deaf men due to an alledged communication breakdown. The card is such a simple tool and pro-active in its protection similar to the medical alert bracelets people wear. Many states have similar Visor Communication Card Program for the Deaf. I live in Ohio and I don't know or aware of any simila...
Sun, Apr 06 2008

Deaf Woman's Dog to escape fast moving fire
Jim's DEEP Thoughts Elizabeth Harrison and her daughter who is also deaf escaped the burning building safely. Read more from Phoenix, AZ news.
Sun, Apr 06 2008

Once Again...
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Sun, Apr 06 2008

Open Minds and Closed Hearts
Signs of the Times Some of you may feel that I write about the same old same old and I wouldn't disagree with you. It does get old and tiring to see the same idea or the same thing over and over yet persistence does pay off. You can't tear down a brick wall with just the one smash of a sledgehammer. You have to hit it again and again and again.Over and Over.Again and Again.Until you...
Sun, Apr 06 2008

Islington Deaf Campaign and Liberty
Islington Deaf Campaign (IDC) Islington Deaf Campaign received 11 pages from Liberty Human Rights about Eugenics and deaf genes. Please read all 11 pages (not few pages), which explains about human rights about Clause 14 of HFEB. We believe that all should access to the information.PLEASE PRESS HEREPlease feedback or leave a comment.Please all support the march on 12 April to remove Clause 14.
Sun, Apr 06 2008

Darkest Silence
Bbdqsony's journal For Five Traumatic Hours, Former Miss Scotland Nicola Mclean Experiences The World Of 5000 Deafblind Scots HAVE you ever imagined what it would be like to live in a dark, silent world where you can neither see nor hear? It is reality for 5000 visually and hearing-impaired adults. Now Deafblind Scotland want people to share that [...]
Sun, Apr 06 2008

ASL Version of Domestic Violence and Deaf People
Butterfly, like me...Deaf's v/blog Here is the video for you who prefers to watch over to read, smile! Go to this link for the transcript!
Sun, Apr 06 2008

We, Deafies have equal access to today's techology. NOT!
DolphiaV's Deaf World
Sun, Apr 06 2008

This Song’s For You
SayWhatClub Weblog Do you often hear music in your head since you lost your hearing?  Dr. Oliver Sachs explains the relationship between hearing and neurology in his latest book called, Musicophilia.  I was so interested in learning more about it that I bought a transcript of his interview with NPR radio.  If you want the full transcript, go to npr.org and [...]
Sun, Apr 06 2008

Traveling With a Disability
Lantana's Latitude Our dear friend, Geo recently brought up the "hazards" facing deaf folks who are traveling. Geo was mainly referring to flying, but I myself have bumped into some serious irritations while using other modes of travel!Several years ago we joined a two-week long escorted train trip across Canada, from Vancouver, BC to Nova Scotia. It was a wonderful "fall foilage" trip,...
Sun, Apr 06 2008

Don't Give Up!
Random Thoughts and Musings I've had a really, really rough 6 weeks, and there have been times when I've been ready to completely throw in the towel and just do nothing but my job, my family and friends, and my personal interests. No more community involvement. No more caring. I've had to deal with people who do not value the Deaf community, who are willing to tear down leaders to further their ...
Sun, Apr 06 2008

The deaf people and music
The deaf boy in the world I was looking through youtube.com when I stumbled across the awesome music video. Even if I am not fan of Marilyn Manson (I am more of Madonna type) But how the person interpret this song is very amazing! While I was watching the clip, it brought back some good memories of when I was younger. I would watch MTV while they feature many good music videos instead of garba...
Sat, Apr 05 2008

Just plain tired ….. YAWN!
I look so I can hear.... I wonder how many people realise how tiring it is to not be able to hear properly? Most days I am so totally zonked when I get home from work that I'm quite happy to shut the door on my social life and veg out in front of the TV laptop. Plus, I'm blitzed all [...]
Sat, Apr 05 2008

The psychology of hearing parents for C.I.
Oh I See! Sharing some expectations of hearing parents for deaf infant before C.I. surgery as told by a seasoned MFT counselor during panel presentation at university. Most parents do not want ASL training for their infant before implantation. They only want "magic" and immediate results. Magic is deceptive and illogical. ASL is not. Parents often do not realize the magic of li...
Sat, Apr 05 2008

Open-minded Deaf person’s views
Cochlear Implant Online The other day, I received a very heartwarming comment under the entry, It's different..., from Open-minded Deaf person. His comment meant a lot to me because he, as a deaf person who was raised with ASL, understands the importance of CIs and the oral/AVT approach today for me and ...
Sat, Apr 05 2008

TYLER BERDY AND BLUETOOTH: "DEAF HOLOGRAHY RELAY SERVICES...
Deaf Anthology In the future, Deaf can chat with friends using a holography technology . Tyler daydreaming in school again! Is there a Bluetooth for Deaf, Tyler Berdy on Deafread Youth wondered. Yes, technology now exist to create holographic images. In the future, rather than going to a videophone, or text messaging, you can have a chat anywhere you are in the world, the holographi...
Sat, Apr 05 2008

Deaf wife and Hearing Husband
Jim's DEEP Thoughts Marlee Matlin will appear in the upcoming movie about the wife deaf and the husband is not just like me and my wife. I am deaf (husband) and my wife is not. Jeff Daniels will appear in TV movie called "Sweet Nothing in My Ear," which airs April 20 on CBS. When Jeff got the part, he ordered a 20-hour series of (signing) tapes and studied. More about the movie, Jeff D...
Sat, Apr 05 2008

7 - There's A Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer
1001 Books in ASL An ASL (a mixture of free and literal) translation of a children book, "There's a Nightmare in My Closet" by Mercer Mayer.This clip is posted with crossed-hands-over-heart "uncle-ly" thoughts to my nephew, Jason Katz, and niece, Breeann Katz. They were in my thoughts as I signed 23 children books into ASL in 1994 and 1995. It was with pride and joy that I gave them...
Sat, Apr 05 2008

6 - Just a Daydream by Mercer Mayer
1001 Books in ASL An ASL (a mixture of free and literal) translation of Mercer Mayer's Just a Daydream children book.This clip is posted with a two-handed sign of big thank-you to Dr. Jean Andrews, a professor exemplar at Lamar University, an author of deaf juvenile fiction, and also my good friend and former doctoral adviser. She saw my talent of signing children's books into ASL. S...
Sat, Apr 05 2008

Gallaudet. Period.
gnarlydorkette I have kept this mum because... well, I was not certain.Oftentimes, I would say "oh I might do this..." and then all suddenly it snowballed into something that I cannot stop and yell out: "WAIT! I CHANGED MY MIND!"So this time around, I decided to keep it to myself (and to my husband) to ponder what is my next step. I discussed with some friends and whatnot, but I pus...
Sat, Apr 05 2008

Deaf, Traveling, No Passport Check
Jamie Berke (About.com) Make sure you are sitting down when you read Lolypup's tale of traveling from Washington, DC to Boston, Massachusetts without having her identification checked by airport authorities. The shocking nature...
Sat, Apr 05 2008

African Journal #3: The Saharan Heat
Tactile The World April 1, 2008 Sizzling Temperatures and Ice Cold Coca Cola Sannu! My goodness, the heat is climbing upwards each day I wake up to the desert sun of Birnin Kebbi, and it even continues into the night - which isn't pleasant to bear when the electricity decides to black out and we're stuck laying in bed in the [...]
Sat, Apr 05 2008

African Journal #2: Sweet Home Sweet, Birnin-Kebbi
Tactile The World March 22, 2008 Second Week In Birnin Kebbi Sanu, friends! What an absolutely crazy week I had! Where do I start???? Last weekend, Erin, Zach and I traveled to Argungu, a small fishing village half an hour east of Birnin Kebbi in the principal's car and endured the hot desert heat to attend the annual world-famous Kebbi State Fishing [...]
Sat, Apr 05 2008