Should the Deaf/HOH Customer Be Handed a Pen and Paper?
Jamie Berke (About.com) Janisko1 has a challenging question on the forum asking how to handle a deaf or hard of hearing customer whose speech is not understandable. I can understand her trepidation as...
Language Culture Sat, Nov 08 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Argentine Journal (Fragments)
We Cue! Refracted thoughts on Argentina, communication, empathy for Ben and his deafness: (1) Can you ever really blend in when you are an outsider? Should you? In the first day or two of our journey to Argentina, my daughter Maddie seemed oddly out of sorts when I cued to my son Ben, especially in [...]
Language Education Culture Sat, Nov 08 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

African Journal #25: Vision Today, Gone Tomorrow
Tactile The World African Journal # : Vision Today, Gone Tomorrow November 5, 2008   At eight years old, I first learnt I had a retinal condition that would eventually deteroriate my vision as I got older. Usher Syndrome, to me, was not an issue I’d cared to remind myself of in my teens, until it became a problem in college. [...]
Art and Storytelling Education Sat, Nov 08 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

"Disgruntled"
Glenn's Story Book Glenn wrote:I went to the meeting I had with the associate VP at Student Affairs on Wednesday, and I was correct in my guess that it was about emails I sent to Troy, the new coordinator. What a surprise.My first impression of this guy was that he was pretty low-key and easier to talk with than the other associate in that office that I've had earlier dealings with. H...
Higher Education Audism Legal Sat, Nov 08 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

The Mapping That Wasn’t
Sudden Silence When I first got my cochlear implants activated at the end of August, I was seeing my audiologist once a week for a mapping.  A mapping is basically an adjustment of the software program in each of my implants.  In the beginning, I was mainly getting more volume at each mapping.  My brain was still [...]
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Day 10
The Caretaker Governor Baxter's mansion is planted on Mackworth Island where we are shooting our production on. Former President Bush Sr. once slept in the mansion. The main character, Clem, has his own bedroom in the mansion. No one would dare to roam in the house alone when it gets dark at night as there [...]
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Day 11
The Caretaker
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Day 9
The Caretaker If I were to choose which state is the most friendliest, it is without doubt nor hesitation that I would say Maine. Everywhere we go, we are greeted with friendliness and generousness. This has been mentioned several times here on this blog and this cannot be emphasized enough. “Vacationland” is the word [...]
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Day 7
The Caretaker DJ Kurs was here to help out with some scenes and coached some sign language to make them believable rather than staged. He has been a huge help and we all could feel his absence from the set. On the other hand, we got another help on the set with the arrival of [...]
Media Language Art and Storytelling Sat, Nov 08 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Why does this assumption dominate the society?
Jean Boutcher's Collection of Quotations It is presumed that teaching (deaf) people how to sign will influence speech negatively. Our data do not support this assumption. Yet this assumption still dominates the educational approach of many older teachers and it still inhibits the practice of manual communication in teacher training establishments.Of course the earth is flat -- we can believe our own eyes, ca...
Language Audism Art and Storytelling Education Sat, Nov 08 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

NAD, Spaghetti Dinner, Deaf Bikers…
Der Sankt Speaks... Hello everybody! How do you like my new layout for my website? I believe this is the first time I've really combined my blog with my website in a same layout and making it seem like a fully cohesive site. Make your comments below and let me know what you think!! Be honest I can [...]
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Quotation of Veditz
Jean Boutcher's Collection of Quotations They are facing not a theory but a condition, for they are first, last, and all the time the people of the eye. George W. Veditz, NAD President, 1910Visit the vlog of the day :: Only if Bathroom Walls Could Sign
Language Culture Sat, Nov 08 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Philippines celebrate Deaf Awareness Week 2008
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Today marks the opening of annual Deaf Awareness Week (DAW) Celebration. This year's theme: “Ano DAW? Deaf Ako, Walang Hadlang!” (What? I'm Deaf, No barriers!). The different members of the Metro Manila Federation of Agencies for the Deaf (MMFAD) — a 35-member organization composed of public and private schools for the deaf, and government and...
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Day 8
The Caretaker Italian Day is what we would call this production day. Kurt and Kye stormed a delicious Baked Penne for lunch and to-die-for homemade pizza for dinner. Those meals were definitely our energy booster and we had a very good production.
Art and Storytelling Sat, Nov 08 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

My visit to NAD
Southside7's Weblog Posted in Deafread, ASL
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In the Queue of my life, no 44 - (Part 2 of 7)
Becoming Deaf in Norway 2007 article continues... Psychological burden Ulf is a part time dad for an 8 year old boy.- It is demanding for me as near deaf to be single dad for an active toddler which is very communicative. For me it developed in an unhealthy direction where I problematized the whole situation and got psychological problems. I “buried” myself [...]
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In the Queue of my life, no 44 - (1 of 7)
Becoming Deaf in Norway 2007 Hard of hearing Ulf N. has been in line for eligibility-examination for CI (Cochlea Implant) for 18 months. That is very expensive for the state. The IT-expert burdens the welfare services approximately 30.000 euros per year. In the 18 months he has waited the welfare costs are the equivalent of a simultaneous CI surgery on [...]
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NAD meeting yesterday
Southside7's Weblog Hello everyone I am writing to give you an update of my meeting with NAD yesterday. I met with Rosaline Crawford, Director of Law Center and Nancy Bloch, Director of NAD. We all sat down and addressed many issues and concerns that you and I have presented under several of my vlogs in DVTV and [...]
Media Legal Language Audism Culture Education Tech Sat, Nov 08 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Disclosure
Please face me, I read lips Esme's awesome pink hearing aids Originally uploaded by Grayfamilia As someone who identifies with being hard-of-hearing, late-deafened, and/or little-d deaf I have learned it matters little what words I use to label my hearing loss. The important thing is getting others to understand I don't communicate like they do. This is probably the single biggest i...
Tech Culture Fri, Nov 07 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf People with Balance Challenges
Jamie Berke (About.com) When I say "balance," I am not referring to balancing your checkbook. I am referring to balance as in being able to stand up and walk comfortably. When I first...
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Coping with hearing loss
SayWhatClub Weblog Most recently on one of our lists, a lengthy discussion became somewhat of a battle as to the use of the word “COPING.”  Many people felt that coping was an important part of accepting our hearing loss.  Others believed that the word coping is a cop out that focuses on acceptance of being less of a person. Personally, [...]
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The Last Lecture–And the Deaf Connection
A Deaf Mom Shares Her World “For the next BookHands meeting, we're going to read The Last Lecture by Jeffrey Zaslow,” announced Tanya Hammersmith.  We had gathered at Patti Phadke's house during the recent Sunday and had just finished a discussion of Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks.   I was really excited about Tanya's pick, because it was a book on my [...]
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Explaining my poem: "Deborah, My Lynne"
IntensorPoet's World of Poems You might wonder what "Iambic Pentameter" is all about and why "Deborah, My Lynne" meant a lot to me. I have been on eternal expedition into the world of poetry, its rules, its design and all. Poem, to me, is a medium where I can vent my inner desires, frustrations and to understand and enjoy other poems as well. I learned to redefine how I do poetry and realized what...
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Cogan's Syndrome
CHRONICLES OF A BIONIC WOMAN There are many reasons a person can lose their hearing. Some people lose it gradually and some loss is sudden. My inbox is littered with people that go from one extreme to the other - perfect hearing to sudden deafness. Many personal tales have words like Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease, Meniere's disease and Meningitis are duplicated several times over. I've seen the...
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Federal Order Stay of a FCC Ruling
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. On this one I will remain neutral. This one is really critical because it has a far-reaching impact on what VRS providers can and cannot do. When the FCC ruled that TRS providers (actually specifically VRS providers) are not allowed to use Call Database - of which folks sign in to get video phone and Video [...]
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