DBC, THANKS!
Shel: A Deaf Canadian's Thoughts This vlog is an expression of thanks to everyone involved in the DBC Milwaukee convention: Jill and John Lestina, Patti Durr, other volunteers for the children's program; Jack Barr of WAD: DBC Core members-both former and current; the 700 participants.Upon viewing my vlog, I realized I had forgotten to thank the presenters who laboured in preparation to present excell...
Culture Thu, Jul 17 2008 hide this blog

States Certified to Provide TRS
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. The FCC has certified a list of states that meets the following criterias: (1) The TRS program of the states meet or exceed all operational, technical, and functional minimum standards contained in section 64.604 of the Commission's rules; 3 (2) The TRS programs of the listed states make available adequate procedures and remedies for enforcing the requir...
Tech Thu, Jul 17 2008 hide this blog

IFHOH Day Three, Part II
Living The Questions Day three-- part IIThe first workshop we attended Friday was called Accessibility Awareness Collaboration and Hard-of-Hearing People given by Sami Virtanen from the Finnish Federation of Hard-of-Hearing People. Like the the real-time text workshop, I found it exceedingly difficult to pay attention. Tired of reading CART, and feeling full from the large lunch I nearly ...
Culture Thu, Jul 17 2008 hide this blog

"ASL ACROSS AMERICA"
Deaf Anthology "ASL ACROSS AMERICA"(1986 promo tape, no CC)"ASL ACROSS AMERICA"Commentary: I remember that we had a "HANDS ACROSS AMERICA" event on Sunday, May 25, 1986, when we have approximately 7 millions Americans forming a human chain across America holding hands for 15 minutes from New York to California, 4,152 miles to raise awareness and funds for the hunger and the homeless...
Art and Storytelling Thu, Jul 17 2008 hide this blog

Valhalla - die fighting for a cause
valhallian.com I have been an avid reader of blogs for quite some time and realize the time has come for me to start my own blog.  Now why did I name this Valhallian? Well, for starters, I am of Norwegian heritage and all my life I have always prided myself in being a “viking”. In Norse mythology, [...]
Higher Education Language Tech Culture Thu, Jul 17 2008 hide this blog

Interview with winner of MDW 2008
Miss Deaf World "I still cannot believe that I've won the title of Miss Deaf World 2008 and the fact is that I need to get used to the idea that it is me who actually won the competition. When they called out number 12, I was dreaming and forgot that the number 12 was mine! It was such a buzz feeling to see hundreds and hundreds of people cheering! At the same time, it was brilliant,...
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Gallery of Miss Deaf World 2008
Miss Deaf World Today we uploaded a lot of photos from finale Miss Deaf World 2008 in Prague. See gallery
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Think DYUSA, baby!
-isms I just got a nudge from a complete stranger, yet an old friend to blog once again. I have been on the go constantly. I went to New Orleans for DYUSA and NAD conference. I am disappointed to state that I only went to two workshops in a week. I blame the Hand Grenades and all of that Hurricanes. Aside from being hungover half of the time, I learned a lot and made new fr...
Education Tech Culture Thu, Jul 17 2008 hide this blog

Computers, Conferencing and Concepts Shown at Tech Symposium
National Technical Institute for the Deaf New Hundreds of educators from around the world are coming to Rochester next week to learn about the latest educational and access technologies available to aid the teaching of deaf students. This is the fifth International Symposium on Technology and Deaf Education hosted at Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf. About 250 p...
Higher Education Education Tech Thu, Jul 17 2008 hide this blog

NTID Celebrates 40 Years After "The Grand Experiment"
National Technical Institute for the Deaf New More than 700 people are gathering at NTID this week for the three-day 40th Anniversary Reunion. They are reconnecting with college friends, attending workshops and entertainment and reflecting on the history of NTID.
Higher Education Culture Thu, Jul 17 2008 hide this blog

RIT/NTID and C-Print Are Hits on the Hill
National Technical Institute for the Deaf New More than 300 scientists, researchers and government officials - including members of Congress and their staffs - visited an exhibit by RIT/NTID on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. June 25 at the 14th annual Coalition for National Science Funding Exhibition.
Media Higher Education Language Tech Legal Thu, Jul 17 2008 hide this blog

Deaf Power is Becoming a Myth
Leaning on the Fence I took some time off from blogging to do a little something I like to call Having a Life. After a while, my good buddy told me that there were all sorts of interesting things (to say the least) happening over at DeafRead and urged me to catch up. So I did . . . and now I'm debating whether to thank my aforementioned good buddy for alerting me to the n...
Culture Thu, Jul 17 2008 hide this blog

Five Senses
submit by: Lois .
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Peace in our time ?
At The Rim Just before WW2 broke out Neville Chamberlain waved a 'peace treaty' signed by Adolph Hitler, shortly afterwards war broke out. 2003 or thereabout Mr Ladd wrote about deafhood, and a new 'war' broke out between Deaf and deaf. (I am drawing a parallel of concept, NOT suggesting Mr Ladd is Adolph !).Understanding Deafhood failed to make deafhood an inclusive concept, M...
Language Culture Thu, Jul 17 2008 hide this blog

Call For Accountability For All
Random Thoughts and Musings This is a comment I left on Joey Baer's blogsite in his follow-up post to leaving DeafRead.Joey,I have to concur with the premise that DeafRead is unsafe. I've all but stopped blogging publicly because the atmosphere is just too toxic.So yes, in a way, I'm one of those bloggers who left DeafRead too, even though I haven't asked for my feed to be removed from their ros...
Culture Thu, Jul 17 2008 hide this blog

Deafread's Journey (2nd post)
Waving With My Deaf Hands a photo by KellenitaDeafread’s Journeyby Deb AnnOh! Give me an understanding where we read,Where anyone with despite our difference sharing and acknowledging,Where we shouldn’t see any discouraging wordbut honestly in a good viewwe may remark and cognize,And Deafread as an important journeywhere leading us make a process to Deafhood. Deafhood is NEVER a cult.
Art and Storytelling Thu, Jul 17 2008 hide this blog

Utah: Deseret News newspaper Editorial
Deaf Schools United Deseret News editorial Published: Sunday, July 13, 2008 12:08 a.m. MDT In 2009, when state lawmakers prioritize funding for construction projects, they need to move a central campus for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind to the top of the list. Construction of a stand-alone school, which would serve 350-450 deaf students throughout the Salt [...]
Education Thu, Jul 17 2008 hide this blog

IFHOH Day Three. SideKicks in Canada? Public loops?...
Living The Questions IFHOH Day Three. SideKicks in Canada? Public loops? Real-time text? In the interest of making each of my posts a little shorter and more readable, I have decided to post about IFHOH in smaller segments.Friday, we made it to the Wall Center just in time for a quick coffee and lunch! None of the morning workshops appealed since they were either about cochlear implants o...
Tech Culture Wed, Jul 16 2008 hide this blog

on 43 things
Ke5ter 6,366 people want to learn sign language. link Cool. :-) sign language
Language Wed, Jul 16 2008 hide this blog

Responsibility and negativism
DeafRead Human Editor These last few days have been heart-wrenching. We want you to know that it hasn't been fun for us. We are feeling torn by what has been going on. Whose responsibility is it to ensure that DeafRead continues as a healthy system? I say all of us, the stakeholders of DeafRead. The bloggers, vloggers, commentors, readers [...]
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"DEAF CHILD SIGN REPLACED BY A DEAF ADULT SIGN AFTER...
Deaf Anthology In the neighborhood, the Deaf Child sign on the street was a common sight. Now that the Deaf Child recently turned 18, now legally an adult, no longer a child. The overprotective parents had asked the city to take down the Deaf Child sign, and replace it with a Deaf Adult sign, the reasoning for this is to warn motorists to slow down, not, but that he gotten his drive...
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My Smart Hands Baby Sign Language
Ke5ter Cool. sign language
Language Education Wed, Jul 16 2008 hide this blog

Alleged Deaf Man Shot by Police
Thumpaflash Lexington police are releasing more details about an officer-involved shooting.44-year-old Warren Douglas Rayburn is still at UK hospital after being shot several times, early Monday morning.At a press conference on Wednesday morning, police talked about the chain of events that led to the shooting.Police say they were called to a home on Arbor Station Road for ...
Audism Culture Wed, Jul 16 2008 hide this blog

The DeafRead forest got burned, but….
Dr. DonG.'s Deafhood Discourses It's been a long, rough few weeks for all of us.  It's been like being in the middle of a forest fire.  I'm glad to see things are calming down a bit now.  Although the DeafRead forest got burned, there is some good news about forest fires.   (And in advance of any accusations of hypocrisy, [...]
Culture Wed, Jul 16 2008 hide this blog

Nokia’s hearing aid and cochlear implant bluetooth adapter
deafness and hearing aids Nokia have announced the release of a new cell-phone accessory designed for users with hearing aids: The Nokia Wireless Loopset works with T-coil equipped hearing aids or cochlear implants, and slips around the user's neck. The Wireless Loopset is compatible with Bluetooth-ready handsets, essentially transforming the user's hearing aid into a headset. The ...
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