Damned for my difference!
Third Eye Nothing I am Deaf, and yes it means i m disabled. But i dont see myself separated from society by that medical condition if you would call it. I use American Sign Language in my daily life and often read or write. Deaf Culture history shows we went through imperialsim, evolutionsim, and eugenicism, it s really amazing how we re still alive today and thriving!! I see alliance...
Language Tech Culture Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

RT Newsletter
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. RT Newsletter Summer 2008. This will be my last RT Newsletter as a PUC employee. RT NL 2008 By the way, the STAP Coordinator position has been filled to replace Kristen (she works for Viable now). The Relay Texas Administrator has yet to be filled, but likely will be filled by next week. eyes open & thumbs ...
Language Tech Culture Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Stuff Deaf People Like #5: Vibrating Devices
Stuff Deaf People Like There is nothing more useless to a deaf person than a device that does not vibrate, but chirps, beeps, or emits other kinds of more melodious noise.  You will find blog posts, ASL vlog rants, and other kinds of complaints about your device if it does not give a vibrating option in lieu of sound. Putting [...]
Tech Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

The Lore of the ASL Dragon and the Wizard
Kalalau's Korner The ASL Dragon and the Wizard are representative of a special kind of the "magic" (for lack of a better term) that can enhance our thoughts and ideas about the world around us, but they do not attain their magical touch all at once. As soon as we begin to inquire how the ASL Dragon and the Wizard came into our imagination in the first place, we need to remind ourselve...
Language Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

A leg up on Gallaudet life
Inside Gallaudet The four weeks of classes and activities in the JumpStart program give students a running start for their first year.
Higher Education Language Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Vlogs: integral part of deaf online community
Tayler Mayer This comic illustrates how quickly blogs have come (and, for some, gone) in today's age of technology where everything seems to change so quickly. Look at how smaller and faster our mobile phones are. Vlogs may have replaced blogs for some–but only for a brief time. While blogs is remaining more mainstream, vlogs may have [...]
Media Tech Culture Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Captioned Movies in Kentucky-A Success Story in the Making?
Thumpaflash Readers:Just a quick update to my fight to get captioned movies in theaters in the state of Kentucky. As you may recall from previous postings here on my blog, I contacted my representatives regarding the lack of access to captioned movies in Kentucky after I attempted several times to contact the local theater owners to get them to work with me on th...
Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Leave or Stay DeafRead?
Welch's ASL Juice! Toby explains about his v/blog leaves or stays DeafRead. He also explains about being a professional as v/blogger and encourage to stay together as one unity to help with correct information giving out to all people about Deaf Culture, ASL and Linguistics, etc. Enjoy it! If you are not able to view Windows Media, click [...]
Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

IMPORTANT: DeafCampaign2008's Status on Deafread
The Deaf Perspective IMPORTANT VLOGI explain in ASL about DeafCampaign2008's status on DeafRead, why it's important for you to get the deaf perspective information on DNC 2008, and how you can visit it on your own.Sorry, I'll post up transcript tomorrow because tonight I have to sleep early.DEAFCAMPAIGN2008.BLOGSPOT.COM
Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

CI-Related Articles Published In The Last Three Months
found in blank After reading a few powerful articles about the hearing agenda, the eradication of the deaf-world, the rise of the CIs and so on for my EDS 125 class (History, Theories, and Politics of Bilingual Education), I was inspired to see what was going on with today's research into cochlear implants. So I went to EBSCO [...]
Language Education Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Why did I choose the word of Jack’s Eyes for my vlog?
Jack's eyes [link]
Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Some frigging people…..
I look so I can hear.... Following on from my recent post, Changing the way you see disABILITY, I was thinking that it's not only about how disability is perceived. It's also about the follow through, how people with disabilities are treated. I am amazed at what some people think they can get away with. Let me give you an example.... Jean [...]
Audism Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf children have gripes too…
I look so I can hear.... Check out Ian's blog Campaigning for deaf children and bookmark it if you have, know or work with deaf children! Ian works for NDCS (National Deaf Children's Society) and is a fount of knowledge on issues for deaf children. A very useful person to have around! I suspect he has been blackmailed (with the key [...]
Education Culture Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

My Last Part of Speech Teacher, My Voice, and ASL
TAZ W0LF Hey All again!So I am back here...Ready??? for back to my story (last part)aii!So, about my speech teacher, in my high school, no more for my speech teacher, and dnt worry bout my voice to speaks. I was excited to be freshman in my high school and then I really dnt learn ASL but I only learned is English sign from elem to high school. So, then three years later....My ...
Language Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Knowledge is Power, are you getting your share ?
At The Rim Gratuitous Image above warning.Should all information from groups across the country representing deaf and HoH people be in the Public domain ? Last year I attended an RNID event in the UK, and gave an overview online of impressions and what was said and by whom. It was virtually the first time this was seen in any sort of depth for years. When we looked up the RNI...
Language Audism Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

UFC 88: Matt Hamill In A Familiar Role from SPIKE UFC...
submit by: Anthony UFC Light Heavyweight Matt 'The Hammer' Hamill is playing the underdog once again. How he plans to counter Rich Franklin's striking and why you will see the best Matt Hamill Sept. 6th at UFC 88: BREAKTHROUGH. Catch UFC 88 Live only on PPV Sat. Sept. 6th. Runtime: 00 hrs 01 min 56 sec
Fri, Aug 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

For the Deaf People: How to Get Involved in the Political...
The Deaf Perspective Many of you might think that politicians do not help us or ignore our issues. That might be true but what is the REAL reason behind it? Well, answer these questions yourself: How many of you meet your senators, your house of representatives, your elected officials? How many of you vote?It is very important for you as an American citizen to have a basic understanding o...
Legal Culture Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

How Can Volunteer Help Deaf Orphan?
Jamie Berke (About.com) Tkane2000 is a volunteer at an orphanage in the Philippines where there is a deaf child. Take2000 states on the forum that he/she wants to help this child, who does...
Media Language Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Sticky Rice, I’m Stuck on You
DeafDC.com In DC, is there a place you can go where everyone knows your name in sign? (Okay, sorry for the lame attempt at trying to re-create the spirit of the theme song from “Cheers” ... Where everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came. You wanna be where you can see, our [...]
Language Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Mike (Oh I See) and Dino from Deafvideo TV
Waving With My Deaf Hands Photo by Malla MiIf you're not sure what I'm talking about, please check it out. (Copy and paste it) [link] guess I’m too shy to be in Deaf Video T.V. I watched all of Dino and Mike’s videos including the comments in the videos. I’m so impressed with people like Mike, Barb, and Aidan. They supported Dino, not because of what happened in the signing circle and the ...
Culture Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Wireless Systems Sucks
Musings on communication The email was very much to the point. The tech support guy who was coming to network my computer had been trying my doorbell and giving up, had left. In a huff."I'm not too happy about spending 45 minutes of driving to get stiffed on an appointment."The wireless doorbell flasher system that I had bought three years ago on moving to this home was devilishly i...
Tech Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

I.O.U.S.A - Captioned Trailer
bill creswell This movie is probably not available in captioned format anywhere. A documentary film exploring the rapidly growing federal debt and its implication for the United States and its citizens. America is faced with the challenges of an ever-expanding government and military, increased foreign competition, and obligations it is finding more and more difficult to honor. As ...
Media Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Gallaudet Vs. Bell, Common Ground?
Deaf Anthology Believe it or not, there is only one thing that both Gallaudet and Bell have in common after studying thousands of documents from various archives, in a frustrating, time-consuming effort to discover, if any, what they have in common, despite their conflicting viewpoints which are well known. In summary, Gallaudet is support of sign language, whoever coined ASL, unkno...
Language Culture Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

A Letter From My Father - Part 2
Laurie's Dance with Sound Dad went on and talked about my early "school" years. . . my notes/comments are in red. . . just reading my father's letter brought back many memories for me.(Dad's letter continues. . . )At age 3, Laurie was enrolled in Pre-school for 3-5 days a week at our church, North Broadway Methodist Church in Columbus, Ohio.At age 5, she started kindergarten at a "special scho...
Language Education Tech Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Back to School, my new job and today!
Let's Reminisce with Tiff Abby's first day back to school after one year of homeschooling. She's enrolled in a private school where they have only 9 kids in her class. I don't know what she's doing here...my sister took all these pictures. I couldn't be there for her first day of school cuz I was at my new job at the time. Being silly, I guess! Abby sitting outside with her cousins - ready to...
Language Education Thu, Aug 21 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post