Isn’t Psychotherapy for People Who are Weak or Crazy?
Alternative Solutions Center Vlog Summary: Think about all the different consultants in our society. There are financial planners, lawyers, doctors, nutritionists, personal trainers, interior decorators, and so on. Going to see a psychotherapist for support and guidance in dealing with emotional or interpersonal issues is not much different than going to see one of these consultants for [...]
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Day Nine: The Rainforest and the Cave
DeafNation Alvaro, David, and I joined with a guide to go to the Canopy Tour Tikal attraction, first thing in the morning. It was right outside Tikal National Park, not long from our hotel. We hoped to locate more wild animals on the way there, but we weren’t lucky enough to see anything.
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In the Queue of my life, no 44 - (Part 2 of 7)
Becoming Deaf in Norway 2007 article continues... Psychological burden Ulf is a part time dad for an 8 year old boy. - It is demanding for me as near deaf to be single dad for an active toddler which is very communicative. For me it developed in an unhealthy direction where I problematized the whole situation and got psychological problems. I “buried” myself [...]
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Obama Acceptance speech (captioned)
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Subtitled films at the cinema: where next?
Campaigning for deaf children I had a useful chat earlier this week with the people behind www.yourlocalcinema.com which provides listings of all subtitled films in the country. As an avid, but often frustrated, film-goer it was quite interesting to get an insider view... Which is, overall, there has been an explosion in the availability of subtitled films in the past [...]
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Protest This Crap: Gay Rights!
Welcome to ... Seek Geo!      It was sad day when Prop 8 passed, it's obvious that these people who voted YES really have no clue what equal rights mean. Deaf Rights is next?!
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You're Not Really...Deaf, Are You?
A Deaf Mom Shares Her World You're not really deaf– are you? I stared at my teammate.  We had played volleyball together for many years and she had interpreted for me and another deaf teammate during our huddles.  This was the first time she had ever asked me questions about being deaf. Yes, I said, nodding my head.  “But you're not as deaf [...]
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GMail adds Video Chat!
Proud Geek In an attempt to further cement my enduring love for Gmail (Google Mail), video chat has been added! As a deaf person and a Google lover, this is the perfect confluence of all things Google-goodness.  I can't emphasize how thrilled I am with this new development. (No, that's not me in the picture above.  That's a Google [...]
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Episodes of 30 Rock Captioned on NBC’s Episode Player
bill creswell Hey, I have been criticizing NBC a lot for their lack of captions. (Not Bothering with Captions) Episodes of 30 Rock are provided with Captions on their full episode player. Be sure to select “Full Season” This link to the Oprah Episode will only be good until December Not Chuck or SNL (my favorite NBC shows), and [...]
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We’ve Come A Long Way ~
The Ear of My Heart We've certainly come a long way in our communication access options over the last 20 years. The wide variety of current communication technology available today shows America's commitment toward meeting the diverse communication methods among d/Deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened people. Join LaRonda as she shares technology highlights from the 2008 ALDAc...
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Should This Alumnus Sue Gallaudet?
Berke Outspoken A Gallaudet University alumnus I know personally (let's call this person Unhappy Grad) graduated from Gallaudet University in 2005 (before the protest time) with a degree in Computer Information Systems. After graduation, during a time that the economy was strong and healthy, Unhappy Grad looked for a job. And looked and looked....No one would hire Unhappy Grad despi...
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Counting in Hong Kong Sign Language
found in blank Going through some videos on this holiday and came across this gem. It was locked away in Facebook Video but now I have liberated it for the masses (that means you) to watch. Counting in Hong Kong Sign Language from Adam Stone on Vimeo.
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Pixar’s “Up” - Captioned Trailer
bill creswell By Request: In this “coming of old age” story, a seventysomething hero, alongside his clueless wilderness ranger sidekick, travels the globe, fighting beasts and villains, and eating dinner at 3:30 in the afternoon.May 2009 more about “Pixar's “Up” - Captioned Trailer“, posted with vodpod Posted in Captioned Movie Trailers,...
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Day Eight: Prowling the Ruins of Tikal
DeafNation I finally got to have some beauty sleep at Marriot-Guatemala City Hotel, after spending the last few days with Sam’s family. At 4 AM, I woke up and got ready for my flight to Flores, Peten (a Guatemalan state) with David and Alvaro.
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Relay phone calls when stressed out
Tishia's Thoughts Most of the time, I don't mind being deaf. I really don't. But there are times that I am frustrated with my deafness. Like right now. Both of my babies are sick- Snicklebritches has a tummy bug and has been vomiting all over, but Wigglebutt has a very high fever which of course makes his [...]
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National Protest Against Proposition 8 in all 50 States!
Deaf Queer News Join the Protest! On Saturday, November 15, a massive, grassroots national protest against Prop 8 is being organized.  The LGBT community, friends, family, allies and community members will gather on the steps of City Halls across the country to protest inequality. Join us in our fight for civil rights! 10:30 AM - West Coast 11:30 AM - Mountain 12:30 PM [...]
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The Promised Land…Lessons to Learn
Deaf Democrats by Bryen Yunashko Kudos to President-Elect Barack Obama and supporters for breaking the barrier and placing the first African-Amercan President in the White House.  Since the historic election on November 4th, much has been said that the Promised Land has been reached. ‘Promised Land' was the phrase used to lead the Jewish people to the Promised Land [...]
Legal Higher Education Audism Art and Storytelling Culture Tue, Nov 11 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Unprofessional, ineffective, and a violation....
Jean Boutcher's Collection of Quotations President Merrill and a Maryland Legislator Conferring a BA Degree to Jean Boutcher President Edward C. Merrill withSociologist Margaret Mead__________________________________ Following his retirement from presidency at Gallaudet, Dr. Edward C. Merrill, Jr. faithfully remained in contact with the Gallaudet College community. Prior to the DPN, he urged the Board of Tru...
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Day 13
The Caretaker It is definitely a pleasure to have Howie Seago back on the set. Howie was our main character in our first feature, A Permanent Grave (written by DJ Kurs). Howie and Max had their scenes done together and it definitely brought a lot more color to the film, especially with their sharp dialogues. Howie will be [...]
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Uganda Activist Thanks America for Obama!
ReunifyGally An international activist from Uganda, Ambrose Murangira, writes the following email on why he thanks the people of America for Obama. Both Deaf people and people with disabilities from around the world have been sending emails like this one to US President-elect Barack Obama. These emails congratulate him–and also remind him of his [...]
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At The Rim in RNID Takeover Bid
At The Rim Breaking News... maybe.....The London Stock exchange was sizzling today, on hearing the News that the mega-global group 'ATR Inc.' has made a substantual bid for the Royal National Institute for the Deaf.Shares in the RNID soared to 45p for 6, at one stage. Mr MM, DLA and Bar, chairperson of ATR, and all around good egg, stated from his holiday Hideaway at --- Lido...
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Hearing Loss Prevention Pills
Jamie Berke (About.com) Such pills are coming ever closer to reality. Researchers at the University of Michigan Kresge Hearing Research Institute found that a cocktail of vitamins A, C and E, plus magnesium...
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RNID Media threatens ATR Blogger
At The Rim The anti-deaf charity RNID has threatened the At the Rim Blog for posting a spoof blog about a possible merger betweem them and the British Deaf Association.At the Rim is therefore forced via threats of hell and eternal damnatation, that the RNID has made it clear that it will be a cold day in hell before they merge with the signing charity the BDA.ATR hopes this stai...
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Whoa, what changed?!?
Finding my identity... Guess what?!? ABC.com now has CLOSED-CAPTIONED full episodes! This is beautiful! I no longer have to miss Ugly Betty, or Pushing Daisies. They're all closed-captioned on abc.com! I wanted to watch Ugly Betty last Thursday but I missed it because the captions were not showing up on the TV! Now, the latest full episode of Ugly Betty is on abc.com, and it's closed captio...
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Obama Considering Candidates for the FCC
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. Looks like Obama is now considering candidates for the FCC Commissioners positions; I believe two will be vacant; that is, assuming Martin the Chair is not willing to step down to regular Commissioner, so that would give Obama two choices (my opinion on the Martin). Check out the link.. Obama's Choices eyes open & thumbs up, Ed
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