Obscene Oppressive Behavior in Khar Mumbai Against Deaf...
Silent Grapevine A man in Khar, Mumbai (Khar a suburb of Mumbai, north of Bandra and south of Santa Cruz) has been granted divorce because his wife didn't tell him that she was Deaf. This is happening seven months after they got married. They married in November of 2009 but his wife had returned to her parents house a couple days later after the rituals were complete. She did not move...
Mon, Apr 14 2014

Board votes to close school
Deaf News Today The Austine School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing will close in June. The Vermont Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Board of Directors voted 8-1 to shut down the Brattleboro, Vermont school. The vote also closes the Williams Center which provides emotional support for deaf children. The decision is expected to cause 50 people to lose their jobs. You can read m...
Mon, Apr 14 2014

MSSD wins National Academic Bowl for Deaf and Hard of...
Gallaudet News MSSD won the 18th Annual National Academic Bowl for Deaf and Hard of Hearing High School Students hosted by Gallaudet University April 5 through 7. The school has now won a total of three National Championship Titles in 2000, 2001, and 2014 and five regional titles in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2014.
Mon, Apr 14 2014

Magnetic CI Implants..
At The Rim Hospitals in the Midlands are amongst some of the first in the country to fit new magnetic implants to help patients with hearing loss. Traditional cochlear implants mean people have a titanium screw protruding from their heads. But new technology is changing that..  VIDEO LINK
Mon, Apr 14 2014

Princess Alice: The Deaf schizophrenic..
At The Rim Princess Alice of Battenburg, the Queen's mother in law, had always been a little bit different.  She was born in Windsor castle to Princess Victoria of Hesse and her husband, Prince Louis. Her grandmother, Queen Victoria, was present at her birth.  After she had difficulties learning to speak, it became evident that Alice had been born deaf.Despite this, she grew t...
Mon, Apr 14 2014

"I'm Deaf and I'm Totally Cool With it, Thanks"
Rethinking Deaf rights, education, cochlear i Check out founding editor Sara's xoJane article, "I'm Deaf and I'm Totally Cool With it, Thanks," for a personal perspective on the things wacky hearing people think about deafness (and for some reason can't help but say to her face!) Click to read "I'm Deaf and I'm Totally Cool With It, Thanks" on xoJane.
Mon, Apr 14 2014

99-year-old Mollie gets a CI..
At The Rim Last week we saw the UK's youngest CI Implantee, today, we see the oldest. So its never too late to get one..... Have you booked yours yet ?    99-year-old Mollie becomes oldest in Europe to be given a life-changing hearing implant after 30 years of silence.  Warwickshire great-gran looking forward to a new lease of life after record-breaking cochlear implant.  ...
Mon, Apr 14 2014

Of course there are dialects of ASL. Why wouldn’t there...
Daniel Greene Someone on Google+ today asked me what I thought of the article All Things Linguistic — Dialects of Sign Language: Black ASL. I responded with the following comment, which I felt should be shared here: Yes, I’m familiar with this. The segregation of black Deaf children in black Deaf schools, and the segregation of black and […]
Mon, Apr 14 2014

Seeking Baltimore County Residents
NAD News The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is concerned about information not being readily accessible for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in case of an emergency; the NAD is interested in learning about Baltimore County residents who have experience with emergencies. 

Examples of good emergency planning include qualified interpreters during app...
Mon, Apr 14 2014

10 Ways to Rock Your Blog
doozeedad My opinion is that blogging is over-saturated in general. The market is full – everyone has a blog these days and the competition to gain readers is pretty intense. I am too off-colour and thoroughly non-inspirational to ever be a raring commercial success – but I have learned a lot in the 6 years I’ve […]         Related Stories Stairway to Heaven:...
Mon, Apr 14 2014

International Institute for Sign Language and Deaf Studies...
Silent Grapevine Sam Lutalo-Kiingi (credit: Sign Language Projects) April 14, 2014 - International Institute for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies (iSLanDS) has made a formal announcement about their graudate, Sam Lutalo-Kiingi from Uganda. He has successfully become the first Deaf African to achieve a PhD in Linguistics. His thesis is entitled ‘A Descriptive Grammar of Morphosynta...
Mon, Apr 14 2014

Shame on You For Tolerating No Captioning On Public...
Silent Grapevine Tom Willard wrote a letter to the Democrat and Chronicle editor following their article that gives Wegmans (a supermarket chain predominately in the northeastern part of the United States.) thumbs up for captioning their Television commercials. April 13, 2014Dear D&C Editor:I was disturbed by the "thumbs up" you gave Wegmans for captioning their TV commercials. Closed...
Mon, Apr 14 2014

Hospitals and the Deaf Patient - Part 2
RSGeo-007 In Part 1, I mention in the last paragraph:"In this day of high tech and the Internet, there's no excuse for anyone to claim it's difficult to contact the deaf person when there's also email, texting, and instant messaging besides the relay. A little low tech like keeping paper and pen around goes a long way as well."When I had home health care, rather than use the re...
Mon, Apr 14 2014

"Let It Go" by Idina Menzel
All Sign Language Frozen is one of the newest animation films from Disney and of course songs are a part of it. This is the song "Let It Go" and now also the little ones can follow the lyrics in their own language. The videos is made and the song is interpreted by Ren and Keely, two deaf teenagers who love signing songs, and it is no surprise as their hobbies include thetra, performin...
Mon, Apr 14 2014

Specific Emotions that Weaken Organs in the Body
Xpressive Handz I had just come through one of the healthiest years if my life. While everyone around me had caught colds and flu last year, I breezed through with good health. My mother passed away in December, and I came down with a mild cold in February. My mother was more than my mother, she was also my closest friend. It  has been difficult adjusting to her not being here. Wh...
Mon, Apr 14 2014

A deaf wedding in 1940
Deaf News Today This video is a British news reel, which was shown in movie theaters during 1940 (no captions). Read More at DeafNewsToday.com
Mon, Apr 14 2014

Dumb child gets CI..
At The Rim They don't care for Political Correctness  in Lahore.  Doctors at Shalamar Hospital on Sunday carried out a successful Cochlear Implant Surgery of a dumb child, raising hopes that he would be able to hear and speak. Cochlear implants may help provide hearing in patients who are deaf because of damage to sensory hair cells in their cochleas. In such patients, the i...
Mon, Apr 14 2014

Gallaudet Museum Opening Video
At The Rim Gallaudet University Museum Grand Opening with Captions from i DEAF NEWS on Vimeo.Supplied with captions....
Mon, Apr 14 2014

CAB raising money for deaf access...
At The Rim The CAB will be raising money for the British Sign Language (BSL) project, which will help Citizens Advice Bureau support members of the public who are Deaf or hard of hearing to access advice. Deaf people can experience huge barriers when trying to access the services, advice and support they need to deal with everyday problems. We want to make sure they can get the ...
Mon, Apr 14 2014

I'm deaf can't you read ?
At The Rim Deaf woman in 1937, solving the problem of identification from behind.
Mon, Apr 14 2014

Deaf and Dumb Weddding (1940)
At The Rim Not quite PC, but an old video of historical value.
Mon, Apr 14 2014

Blast from the Past ?
At The Rim Blimey, if they think 1974 is history....  (That reminds me I have stuff from the 1970s and Carlise, where the first sign lesson went to VHS), possibly the first book too.     I recall the first 'learn sign..' vid, the terp looked frightened to death.)   This picture of Doncaster mother-of-two Helen Todhunter was taken 40 years ago - but is now set to appear on...
Mon, Apr 14 2014

Anne Sullivan e Helen Keller
Cultura Surda Categoria: Eventos País: Brasil Línguas: Português e Língua de Sinais Brasileira (Libras/LSB) Site oficial:  [link] Em cartaz no Teatro Ruth Escobar (São Paulo) desde o dia 21 de março, a peça “Anne Sullivan e Helen Keller: a luta pela inclusão social”  retrata a história de Helen Keller- escritora, conferencista, ativista e uma das mais proeminentes s...
Mon, Apr 14 2014

John Walker: 10 things deaf children learn at mainstream...
The Limping Chicken Did you go to a mainstream school? I did. This type of education is called ‘inclusive education’, and it is anything but. Here are 10 things I really learnt, when I went to mainstream secondary school from 1983 to 1990. 1. I’m different I am told that I went to a ‘normal school,’ but when […]
Mon, Apr 14 2014

ITV Signed Stories
Cultura Surda Categoria: Dicionários e Apps País: Estados Unidos Línguas: Inglês e American Sign Language (ASL) Site oficial:  [link] Signed Stories é um conjunto de aplicativos com histórias infanto-juvenis sinalizadas em American Sign Language (ASL). Os vídeos contam com ilustrações, efeitos sonoros, músicas, narrações e legendas (com ajustes de cores, formas e tam...
Mon, Apr 14 2014