“Deaf-friendly” wolves: A clarification
Dr. DonG.'s Deafhood Discourses After my last post on “Wolves in Deaf-friendly clothing”, some of you started pointing your fingers at each other accusing other people of being “wolves”, I felt it was necessary to offer a clarification of what I mean by who is truly a “wolf” here.  Play Quicktime version
Language Audism Culture Sat, Jul 05 2008 · 7 hours ago hide this blog

Why the DBC Conference Rocks!
People of the Eye 6 min. vlog explaining Why DBC Conference Rocks for me [link] examines 2 reasons: 1. demonstrated there is power in numbers - collective voice, you are not alone 2. it gave AG Bell members and DBC members a chance to SEE each other. Some AB Bell members that i bumped into in the [...]
Language Culture Sat, Jul 05 2008 · 10 hours ago hide this blog

How to talk to Hurricane Katrina Survivors
Signing World
Media Art and Storytelling Culture Sat, Jul 05 2008 · 10 hours ago hide this blog

Captioned Movies- Access Denied
Thumpaflash Hello all, it's been a while since I last blogged, been out and about with work and family duties. One thing I have been working on, is captioned movie access in my little corner of the world (Eastern Kentucky)Our local movie theater is part of a small chain owned by a family. It consists of 3 theaters in 3 different communities thoughout Eastern and...
Media Tech Sat, Jul 05 2008 · 10 hours ago hide this blog

Who are my Vlogger Heroes?
Rita's expressive vlog Hello everyone...  Today i want to talk about Heroes, mainly the vloggers.  I want to remind you all,  I love all vloggers and i love to watch all different vlogs.  Every vlogger is my hero...  I just wanted to pick out few vlogger and just explain why i look up to the person and how [...]
Tech Culture Sat, Jul 05 2008 · 12 hours ago hide this blog

Deaf Couple on CNN.com's America's Money Series
Jamie Berke (About.com) The other day I was leisurely reading CNN.com's latest America's Money series, on gas prices. One of them featured a deaf couple, the Metsches from Vancouver, Washington. They talk about...
Media Sat, Jul 05 2008 · 12 hours ago hide this blog

Piggy in the Middle
At The Rim Total CommunicationTrying to Have the Best of Both WorldsWHAT IS TOTAL COMMUNICATION?Total communication is the using any means of communication - sign language, voice, fingerspelling, lipreading, amplification, writing, gesture, visual imagery (pictures). The sign language used in total communication is more closely related to English. The philosophy of total communi...
Language Sat, Jul 05 2008 · 23 hours ago hide this blog

Silent and Sparkly
Sudden Silence We’re a little laid back as far as the 4th of July is concerned.  We throw some food on the grill and that’s about it.  We don’t buy fireworks or sparklers, we don’t go to a fireworks display. When the kids were younger, we made more of an effort.  Our town doesn’t do fireworks on the [...]
Tech Fri, Jul 04 2008 hide this blog

Let’s beware of “Wolves in Deaf-friendly clothing”!
Dr. DonG.'s Deafhood Discourses Edward Miner Gallaudet was one of the strongest supporters of ASL-based education and opponent of A.G. Bell's views.  During the period that Oralism was becoming more widespread, EMG tried to suggest some ways that Manualism and Oralism could co-exist in Deaf education.  I was shocked recently to find out that Donald Moores, a professor of [...]
Higher Education Language Audism Education Culture Fri, Jul 04 2008 hide this blog

Deafness Forum Posts of Interest
Jamie Berke (About.com) In the past few weeks, there have been several posts of interest on the forum: Doctors Test Totally Implantable Hearing Aid Digital Art Gallery - to include deaf themed films Sign Language Student...
Language Education Fri, Jul 04 2008 hide this blog

Deafies' Freedom
submit by: LChaim2007 We are so blessed to live here in our country and compare to other countries which is no freedom for deaf community.
Media Language Audism Culture Education Tech Fri, Jul 04 2008 hide this blog

Accessible podcasting — A preview
Accessible Rhetoric I just finished an article-length webtext on accessible podcasting. The webtext 1) is a critique of the dominant approach to podcasting, an approach that assumes (mistakenly) that every producer and subscriber can hear, see, and move well enough to manipulate a mouse, and 2) describes a set of solutions for making podcasts (both audio and [...]
Higher Education Language Tech Fri, Jul 04 2008 hide this blog

DBC: Restrategize Counterattack On AGB
Deaf Tea Time Revisit the original mission of promoting ASL for Babies and Children and away from oralism.
Language Audism Education Tech Fri, Jul 04 2008 hide this blog

DBC: A Parallel To Our American History
Deaf Tea Time In honor of our July 4th celebration, an offer of an anaology of a parallel in history of DBC to the American Revolutionary era.
Art and Storytelling Education Culture Fri, Jul 04 2008 hide this blog

Have you accepted that your child is deaf?
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers I remember a few years back, when I was faced with this serious situation. The parents together with their five year old deaf child went to our school. The mother asked my opinion as to what to do with their child. She inquired about what I could recommend to them as regards her child's education. Now, that question was tough.
Education Tech Fri, Jul 04 2008 hide this blog

American Sign Language and the Jabberbox
Kalalau's Korner For most Deaf people, American Sign Language (ASL) is a means of communicating with others. But the person whom we might call the Jabberbox uses English words or Signed English to block communication. He hides behind a smoke screen of English words OR Signed English that are not necessary in ASL.Not only does this Jabberbox get more attention while everyone, Deaf and ...
Language Tech Culture Fri, Jul 04 2008 hide this blog

Senator Jesse Helms and His Wife Knew ASL
RLMDEAF  One of most colorful and conservative politician on the national level, recently passed away and had a connection to the deaf community thru his wife. Honorable Jesse Helms of North Carolina, elected to the U.S Senate in late 1970s. Helms was a polarizing lawmaker, but truly effective with his anti-communist and moralistic messages - www.conservapedia.com/Jesse_Helms...
Higher Education Language Legal Fri, Jul 04 2008 hide this blog

Happy Birthday, America! And ASL, Too!
Kalalau's Korner Culture is many things. Ask ten people to define culture and you will likely get ten different answers; it's also likely they will all include a language.According to Merriam-Webster, there are six ways to define culture. For my purposes here, I'm going to focus on the following:"...the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the ...
Higher Education Language Culture Fri, Jul 04 2008 hide this blog

Baby you can't drive my car !
At The Rim Link One State Minister for Labour and Social Security, Andrew Gallimore announced that the government is moving to amend the law to allow persons who are hearing impaired to obtain a driver’s licence. The issue of whether deaf persons should be allowed to drive has been the subject of debate for several years. Some have argued that deaf drivers could pose a challenge...
Legal Fri, Jul 04 2008 hide this blog

Hurricane Katrina: Part 1 - Before & After (Deaf Community)
Signing World Here is my Vlog with subtitle on my perspective on the deaf community before and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Please bear with me as it was bit difficult to expressed this vlog. As I'm sure you will see I'm bit not sure what to say or feel about what I see and what I have gone through. Thanks for your patiences. :)FairladyFor those who can't view revver video...
Culture Fri, Jul 04 2008 hide this blog

US border security guard stopped Deaf because of driver's...
Libra~Observer~Thinker
Art and Storytelling Culture Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

Crazy Summer Days
I'm adopting a deaf child with Ushers, now wh Hard to believe it has been a month since I have written anything on here. Where did the time go? We have been so busy -- Rebecca got her hearing aid and loves it! She shows it off all of the time.We are still working on the adoption which is now in full swing, we will sign papers at the end of this month and then consumate in August. We have received all of her recor...
Language Education Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

Pitch Perception Test- Real Time Reporting!
icedpinkchampagne As I've mentioned before, I LOVE the pitch perception test (Link found in the right column). It is challenging enough to be wildly interesting, delivers feedback immediately so I can integrate learning into it, and I feel it helps me notice my improvement (or lack thereof) in sound perception.So... here goes. I find it helps to play it more than once since your result...
Tech Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

You have a Phone Call!
Say What? I'm going to leave you with a funny story for the weekend. A little background: I have almost never had a phone call through the office sent to me; my calls are always done on my computer. Still, I get a few messages that I received a call. Usually I can just call them right back [...]
Art and Storytelling Culture Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

Introduction - someone besides Deaf Chipmunk!
submit by: Kathryn Hello everyone! Just to introduce myself. I will vlog once a while. Thanks \o/ Kathryn
Culture Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog