Daughters of Blessing #4
Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature Rebecca's Reward (Daughters of Blessing #4) by Lauraine Snelling Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (October 1, 2008) This is the fourth book in Snelling's Daughters of Blessing series. I love the character Grace (Deaf Character) who has appeared in Snelling's Red River Series, the Return to Red River, and plays a more significant role in the Th...
Media Language Art and Storytelling Sat, Oct 04 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Happy FOOTBALL SATURDAY!
The Deaf Sherlock G'day Everyone!What a FOOTBALL Saturday! That is you are a Galladuet University Bison football supporter and a PSU football supporter as well.The mighty Bisons have gone on the road to take on Becker College today. It was reported that the Bisons have WON on their first Road Game win! Final Score: Gallaudet 26 Becker 18 .For info: [link] win puts the Bison recor...
Higher Education Sat, Oct 04 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Snap, Crackle, Pop
Sudden Silence Yesterday I heard something I’ve never heard before.  I actually never knew there was a sound associated with this activity at all.  It’s not like a mosquito or fly buzzing…both things that I know make noise but I’ve never actually heard.  This is something I just always assumed was silent. It was…bubbles popping.  Every now and [...]
Tech Sat, Oct 04 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Would you send me to ALDA?
CHRONICLES OF A BIONIC WOMAN Would you help me attend the Association of the Late-Deafened Adults Convention (ALDACon) in Chicago on Oct 29-Nov 2. I am trying to aim for $1,000 dollars in ten days and during the course of that time I will keep you all updated! The majority of the hard of hearing, hearing impaired and deaf people in the United States developed a hearing loss later on in life. ...
Tech Culture Sat, Oct 04 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Second Week Ends
Glenn's Story Book Glenn wrote:I've been in the provost's office twice this week to see if he had talked with anyone over at Student Affairs and Enrollment Management (SAEM) or the DSS office. Monday I just left my name and email, hoping that would be enough for the provost to get back to me. It wasn't and I went back to see him again this afternoon. The administrative assistant look...
Higher Education Tech Legal Sat, Oct 04 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Captioning One Theater and Stadium at a Time
Please face me, I read lips Many of you know I hold season tickets to the opera.  This used to be one of the few stage experiences I could enjoy with friends and family since it always offered subtitling in English, (due to the fact that operas are sung in other languages.)  Over the past three decades many musicals I would have like to have [...]
Language Art and Storytelling Tech Legal Culture Fri, Oct 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf College Student Fights for Adequate Accomodations
Jamie Berke (About.com) It took me an hour to read through the entire Glenn's Story Book blog, but it was worth it to get the big picture. Glenn, a deaf college student at...
Higher Education Language Tech Fri, Oct 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Six Month Old CI Baby and his Hearing Siblings
An American Mom in Tuscany: Jordan's Cochlear Aiden's Mom Tammy writes a blog that chronicles her journey with six month old Aiden:OUR JOURNEYOur precious baby boy, Aiden, was diagnosed with profound hearing loss in both ears; he was born deaf. This site is to help me journal my feelings, keep family and friends updated on our son's journey, but more than anything, I hope our story can help ease another family's ...
Art and Storytelling Tech Culture Fri, Oct 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Videos about Deaf Life: Central Arican Republic,...
We Can Do Four on-line videos give an overview of deaf communities around the world; all can be viewed at: [link] The first video on this page shares the story of a school for deaf children in the Central African Republic that has been struggling for funding. Several teachers have quit because they have not been paid consistently for [...]
Language Audism Education Culture Fri, Oct 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Access to web, a blind or deaf user’s experience
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers This is a two minute video explaining the difficulty encountered by blind or deaf user in accessing vital information on the web. Posted in Deaf Experiences, Technologies Tagged: blind, persons with disability, Philippine Web Accessibility Group, web accessibility
Media Language Tech Fri, Oct 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Back to Class
Glenn's Story Book Glenn wrote:Classes begin for the fall quarter on Wednesday, September 24th. It was a really stressful week for me.My first class is IT 428, which is at 11. I've had this instructor before and he's a challenge. I have two different TypeWell transcribers alternating days with one another. One of them has some experience and the other has very little experience. So...
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CART Criticized
Glenn's Story Book Glenn wrote:It has been a fairly interesting day today with a lot going on. Most of it was good, but some was not.One of the good things that happened was that I got to meet someone on the east coast via video phone call who had some really good ideas on how to get more exposure for this story. She had quite a few excellent suggestions, and I have already acted on o...
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CART Booted
Glenn's Story Book Glenn wrote:I'm in my 11:00 class and trying to follow along with this complex stuff the instructor is going over in class and an email lands in my inbox. I wanted to take a quick look at it to see if it was anything interesting.It was from the new coordinator saying that he had arranged to have TypeWell in my next class starting on Friday. He didn't say who it was ...
Higher Education Language Fri, Oct 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

LSD Needs To Clean Up Its Act!
Mishka Zena As we discussed not too long ago, unfortunately sexual abuses do occur in deaf residential schools, just like the hearing boarding schools and day programs, both hearing and deaf. However with better laws and supervisions, these violations are usually caught and referred to the law authorities to handle, unlike the earlier times where these incidents [...]
Media Education Legal Fri, Oct 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Hey, everyone! Join me to celebrate one loving year~
Waving With My Deaf Hands ~ The Anniversary of Waving With My Deaf Hands!One loving year of being a blogger/vlogger in Deafread. I can hardly believe it's been a year. I wonder where the time went! I'd like to share the first post from October 3, 2007, so here it is:It warmed my heart, and I wanted to show you this article either on the blog spot or in a person.Some of them are from this artic...
Art and Storytelling Culture Fri, Oct 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Two Brothers
DeafJoke.tv Warning: This video that follows is not appropriate for children. This interpreration includes signs considered gross. If you are under 18 years old, please ask your parent for permission or close this site. Thank you. A silly joke about two brothers: one deaf and one hearing - they take a walk in the woods..... Created by [...]
Art and Storytelling Culture Fri, Oct 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Vote for Me! Video
Texas Association of the Deaf To read press release about this video, click here.
Education Culture Fri, Oct 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Jay Leno DOES NOT HAVE to apologize to St. Joseph Institute...
Show Me Deaf Community With the recent hoopla about St. Joseph's crying about Jay's joke, Jay was talking about deaf kids not hearing what he said.He pointed out the unusual headlines and listings found in papers. There was a story about Barbershop singers going to schools. He joked about shrugging his shoulders and mouthing his words without sound.Jay Leno does NOT have to apologize. H...
Media Language Audism Education Fri, Oct 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Makaton Works (Official)
At The Rim A British school with a knotty problem, having a large section of their pupils from migrant families and having to cope with 26 different languages, they are using Makaton to teach them English, and, it works....
Language Education Fri, Oct 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Ronda Del Boccio and Karen Putz Have a Chat
DeafMom So, how does a deaf woman chat with a blind woman on the internet? I recently had the opportunity to connect with Ronda Del Boccio, the gal who won the Affiliate Marketing Challenge that I wrote about previously on Disaboom: Storyation Lady Wins Marketing Contest. Ronda was the only person with a disability and the only woman in the contest. I original...
Language Fri, Oct 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

ESPN Tour!
DeafNation When the DeafNation crew went to Bristol, Connecticut, I knew that every single sports enthusiast would have given their right arm to be one of us. After all, the opportunity to tour a sports Mecca – otherwise known as the ESPN (Entertainment Sports Professional Network) Headquarters – doesn’t come by every day.
Culture Fri, Oct 03 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

I got 100 missed calls on Sorenson VRS
Chrome Tattoo Gal's Run Escape 100 missed calls on my VP
Media Tech Thu, Oct 02 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Emilie Padullon, Deaf working for Philippine President
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers I'm not sure if Emilie is the first deaf person who ever worked with the Philippine President because we don't have any previous records. But, I believe she is the only deaf person in history who made a lasting impact to any Philippine President.
Language Education Legal Thu, Oct 02 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Tabula rasa
Ke5ter Tabula rasa With a limited auditory input (I can only hear low sounds with a db of about 70 in my left ear but profound in my right ear), I believe in this and thanks to technology we have like computers and the Web, we're able to input a lot of information through our eyes [...]
Tech Thu, Oct 02 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

"The Lantern" revisited
Oh I See! Halloween ASL story as recalled from my grandfather, the late John B. Davis ('37) about cemetery near Gallaudet.Bonus Video: "Spider's Revenge"
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