Rehab Center
DeafNation And nearly four weeks later, I place the book down, finishing up the last pages of Frey’s memoir just outside of Wisconsin. I contemplated what I just read – the book, in short, was a memoir of a drug addict’s stint in a drug rehabilitation center...
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ALDA Convention Fundraiser Update!!!
CHRONICLES OF A BIONIC WOMAN Well! I am dubiously impressed with all you folks out there!THANK YOU!!!!I have managed to raise $685 TOTAL in just ten days! I want to thank you all for your support! Even though I didn't reach my goal, I have raised enough money to cover the air fare and hotel which is a feat in itself! So thank you all, thank you for having faith in me! The support means the wor...
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Are TDD Transcripts Allowed in Court?
Jamie Berke (About.com) Ticklerkid has a legal question on the forum: "Does anyone know if TDD transcripts are admissible in court or where I can find this out?" Ticklerkid is asking because...
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Update with Sorenson VRS: Local Number and 866 issue
submit by: LChaim2007 I did call SVRS today and make sure to ask different SVRS agent about Local Number and 866 issue. Got clarify from there. My request for 866 back on my screen.
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Respond to DEAFOIC's Deaf Cyberbully
Aslpride My respond to DEAFOIC's Deaf Cyberbully from deafvideo.tv. I want to give another perspective to make deaf community using their brain and ponder. This discussion need a serious consideration for our deaf community. Thank you.Here's DEAFOIC's Deaf Cyberbully link... [link]
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Guardian Deaf Issue
Bionic Ear “More than 8 million Britons have impaired hearing, ranging from the 6 million older people who are mildly or moderately deaf, to the 700,000 whose deafness is more profound. In this special issue, we explore how it feels to be...
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Captions, Mozilla Firefox, and Xiph’s Theora Codec
The Rosa Lee Show Wanted to take a moment to point out some additional movement to support captioning on the web: just read an article over at linux.com about a new mailing list and effort to bring captioning support to the free video codec Theora (which will be natively supported by Firefox in version 3.1). This is important because Theora [...]
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SEX
An American Mom in Tuscany: Jordan's Cochlear Hmm. Fell asleep with Sofia and had sweet dreams. Woke up to a nightmare of an email from an old friend. Raise your hand if you were molested as a child. Lovely topic of conversation, isn't it? I almost think that being molested as a little girl is a birthright, it happens so often. Sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex...start saying the word over and over again if it scares ...
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Gallaudet International Work Group Luncheon Hosted by CIPS
CPSO at Gallaudet University On October 3, 2008, the Center for International Programs and Services hosted a luncheon meeting for the Gallaudet International Work Group.  This a group for Gallaudet's faculty and staff members who are interested and are involved in doing international work. They met to share each others' work and interests and also to discuss and provide feedback on [....
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Im right, you wrong!
Deaf Flower Im right, you r wrong
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The Language of Connection
DeafMom Over at Pipecleaner Dreams, Ashley's Mom shares a recent experience while dining out with her daughter who is deaf blind: I decided to take the kids out to lunch at one of their favorite places, the River City Diner. It’s a restaurant that strives to be like the diners of old, and for the most part, it succeeds. The menu is filled with diner staples such as meat...
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How to deal with cyber bullies and bullies?
Rita's expressive vlog Bully Willy: picking on Chillygurlz, you have 4 eyes, ur a nerd, i don't care hahaha, “picking on her more” I'm cool, i'm better then you. Chillygurlz: knock it off, no i'm not 4 eyes, Ur such a bully said to Willy. Hello... what you just saw, [...]
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14 Hours Until Surgery
Five String Guitar It is getting close. Close enough to count in hours at this point.This is my third cochlear implant surgery, so at this juncture I have nothing profound to say or write.I thought I would re-post my blog posting from April of this year, when I was on the morning of my first CI surgery.This is from April Change It is just after five am here. I have been awake since f...
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DR. TODD SCHAIBLE NEEDS SENSITIVITY TRAINING!
Show Me Deaf Community DR. TODD SCHAIBLE NEEDS SENSITIVITY TRAINING!News Article from Springfield Newspaper [link] responded to the article in their newspaper:Deaf_Advocate wrote:I do not think Burrell CEO and President Todd Schaible is being honest about his policy decisions. I have been told that he has audistic attitude towards deaf clients. He needs sensitivity training to understand d...
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Ruling prompts Packers to review deaf fans' interest
Jim's DEEP Thoughts A federal court ruling in Maryland is prompting the Green Bay Packers to evaluate how deaf fans experience a game at Lambeau Field.Relating to captioning for announcements and provide captioning from the television broadcast play-by-play on all stadium television sets.
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Confessions of an Audist
Signs of the Times I confess that I have an English speaking ability.I confess that I speak Spanish, it is quite a luxury.I confess that I use my voice more than I can Be.I confess that I come from a hearing family.I confess that I’m profoundly deaf, you see.I confess that I am just a trained monkey.I confess that I act normally.Understanding partially….I am never free.Judgment comes fr...
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Status update IV - early autumn 2008 - part 5 of 5
Becoming Deaf in Norway 2007 The mental aspect After a continuous rise of mental health throughout 2007 and the beginning of 2008 I think it is good in one aspect to get a setback. Life contains both ups and downs and what defines people is how they deal with both. I did a good job on the upside, and now I [...]
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Black Friday in light of presidential failures
testing_the_truth A painfully glorious day of the protestAt the second anniversary of Black Friday, the painfully glorious turning point of the tides for the Unity for Gallaudet protest, we see much clearer. We know so much more now about he causes of the misery and suffering that was inflicted on Gallaudet in 2006 and the years before. It was not only the previous, disgraced president...
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about my post, “why should we have to divided deaf...
Rita's expressive vlog Hello everyone... I am sorry if you got upset. I deleted my post because i was confused, i thought i was saying we all should accept each other no matter what, that it... but i guess that was not what i was saying in my post on that topic. [...]
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DMH WASTES $539,000.00 ON INTERPRETING ALONE!?!?!
Show Me Deaf Community DMH WASTES $539,000.00 ON INTERPRETING ALONE!?!?!DMH (Department of Mental Health of Missouri) has indicated  that it spends $539,000.00 a year on interpreting services alone for the deaf and hard of hearing.   This proves that they are mishandling the funds the wrong way.  They have failed to allocate the money for deaf professionals who are available and ready to wo...
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You Tube and CBS: Full Length videos, without the captions.
bill creswell Hungry for more? YouTube now serving full-length TV dinners  [link] You Tube begins full length tv shows - sans captions. MacGyver - Love MacGyver: No Captions. (I am not sure the embed works either) Go here to Jamie Berke's article for some ways to contact them, and put your comment on the youtube blog article. We are starting to test full-length programming ...
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How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?
-Selina^Wing- Your mobile phone is very important to you, right? Normally, deaf people must bring it when you go to anywhere. They always use SMS in their daily life. If your mobile phone steal already, how? So, you need to know your mobile phone serial number on your phone before your mobile phone steal..You try to check your mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digi...
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Presentation: Deaf Comic Book Characters
Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature This presentation is for the students in Gallaudet's Art Department in preparation for my presentation at the International Reading Association Convention in February. Presentation Deaf Comic Book CharactersView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.
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Not Happy & Not Satisfy with Sorenson VRS
submit by: LChaim2007 I am not happy and not satisfy with Sorenson VRS is because of changing system since FCC ordered SVRS to set 10 digital numbers and 911 systems.
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Lance Allred and the Mad World
The Rebuttal I received an article about Lance Allred last week. Lance is apparently the first ever deaf person to be offered an NBL contract in America. His contract was for ten days. I imagine he had ten days to prove himself. He didn't and he was cut. I am not sure why he was cut. Perhaps [...]
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