Executive Chair
Deaf Unity BSLBT has an exciting and challenging new senior role of Head of Content & Audience Engagement which will work closely with the Executive Chair (Ruth Griffiths) and the Head of Production & Distribution (Maggie Swinfen). [...]
Mon, Mar 10 2014 · 1 hour ago

"Take Off" by Signmark
All Sign Language Time for some more music! Today a music video from Signmark. Even though it has been a while since Signmark came with a new song, he has been very busy if you check their website, he's one of the few professional bilingual (sign language and spoken) hip hop artists in the world.  Therefore, today I would like to show you one of his songs from his album Breaking th...
Mon, Mar 10 2014 · 3 hours ago

Nuns Share Reiki as They Seek to Minister Holistically
Xpressive Handz Hands on healing has been around for years. We were created to energetically help our healing, and the healing of others. When a child falls and hurts their knee, they cup their hand over it. When someone has a headache, they rub their forehead or temples.We use our hands to reach out and comfort one another with a gentle touch, a hug, or a hand on a shoulder or anoth...
Mon, Mar 10 2014 · 5 hours ago

To be a Deaf Actor, or not to be ?
At The Rim Whether 'tis noble and all that stuff is besides the point mainly.   Consider "Glee", a TV show unmistakably self-satisfied with its inclusiveness.  LINK Its makers would never have considered having Rachel, the female lead, played by a man in drag. They would not have considered having Mercedes, the most prominent black character, played by a white actress in bla...
Mon, Mar 10 2014 · 8 hours ago

UK HOSPITALS MRI SCAN BACKLOGS
.D.A.R.G Whilst researching a personal health issue, I discovered that my hospital had an enormous backlog of mri scan data and that the scan results were not being processed and passed to the appropriate medical/surgical departments.Nor were they being sent to my GP surgery.Using F.O.I requests I soon discoverd that 26 other hospitals were experiencing the same problems with ...
Mon, Mar 10 2014 · 8 hours ago

My Deaf Mother....
At The Rim Conversations with my deaf mother, by ANDRÉ ACIMAN  I always knew my mother couldn’t hear, but I can’t remember when it dawned on me that she’d always be deaf. If I was told, I didn’t believe it. It was no different when I learned about sex. Someone may have sat me down for the facts of life, and although I wasn’t really shocked and probably already kne...
Mon, Mar 10 2014 · 9 hours ago

The LEGO Keyboard is Awesome!
-Selina^Wing- This is a computer keyboard built using LEGO parts! I really love LEGO so much! You sure how he can do it, please watch the details with English subtitle below; You can learn it from this, if you are LEGO builder! I felt it is most impressive thing that I seen, because he get a good idea to make the creative keyboard, so it is really works! I wish to get the LEGO key...
Mon, Mar 10 2014 · 10 hours ago

The Secret Deafie: “My fingers are my eyes, my hands are...
The Limping Chicken The Secret Deafie is a regular column about deaf experiences submitted anonymously by different contributors. In this instalment, a woman who is Deafblind has written a poem about her experiences… My fingers are my eyes, my hands are my ears. I create my sense of space with my mind. I depend on the memories of […]
Mon, Mar 10 2014 · 10 hours ago

I Need
Cultura Surda Categoria: Mainstream em sinais País: Reino Unido Música: “I Need” (Maverick Sabre) Línguas: Inglês e British Sign Language (BSL) Letra / Tradução: “I Need”, de Maverick Sabre Vídeo oficial: “I Need”, Maverick Sabre (…) No vídeo abaixo, dirigido por Amanda Richards, o ator londrino Alim Jayda (filho de pais surdos, também parte do elenco do r...
Mon, Mar 10 2014 · 12 hours ago

La Chancla and the Well Mannered Mexican Child
doozeedad I have a confession: I feel happy when I see an ill-mannered or unkept child here.  I told that to Mikey and he was all, “oh, you’ve seen an ill-mannered or unkept child here?” and I said I was sure I had. Somewhere. Couldn’t remember where. But I’m sure I have. And I don’t get […] The post La Chancla and the Well Mannered Mexican Child appeared first ...
Sun, Mar 09 2014 · 17 hours ago

Democracy or Prudence ?
At The Rim Regular readers of ATR noticed two recent polls were posted to determine if they wanted a comment or response option on the ATR blog and,  if such an option should ensure anonymous posters would be actively prevented from offering response.   ATR recognises many 'e-addy's' and nom-de-plumes used at deaf read and elsewhere and would not offer censorship as such on...
Sun, Mar 09 2014 · 20 hours ago

Resources for Introverts
Cats and Chocolate Two years ago, I started seeing articles and books with the word ‘Introvert’. Now, I’ve always known to some extent that I’m an introvert, but I wasn’t always encouraged to develop my natural introvert nature, or to accept my introversion … Continue reading →
Sun, Mar 09 2014 · 21 hours ago

Kinect and sign language translation
At The Rim Catch on you think ? Microsoft research vblog.
Sun, Mar 09 2014 · 21 hours ago

A new reason why deaf cannot read....
At The Rim Could it not be that ASL is misaligned to English, as is the case in the UK with BSL ? who teach sign  via a different grammar too, isn't SIGNED ENGLISH the answer ?  Not just blaming educationalists for not signing more ?  All this and ignoring that in the UK e.g. there is regional sign differences that can vary by up to 43% ?  Still they oppose any norm.  Poor ...
Sun, Mar 09 2014 · 21 hours ago

The Goblin Road available for purchase
The Goblin Road I have decided, after a lot of thought, to make The Goblin Road available for purchase again through Createspace.com and Amazon. Perhaps one day, I’ll find a more permanent home for this novel. It’s my first (ahem, complete) novel, so it has a cozy little nook in my brain. Ouch. If you want a paperback, because paperbacks are just so Read the full post...
Sun, Mar 09 2014 · 22 hours ago

BREAKING NEWS: Costco to sell Phonak premium hearing aids...
The Hearing Blog   Phonak, having seen the July 2013 expansion of GN ReSound’s Minnesota facility to handle Costco’s business, wants a piece of the pie and is joining them and Rexton in selling deeply discounted premium hearing aids to the 500+ dispensing locations throughout the United States starting April 1st. It appears
Sun, Mar 09 2014

Florida Day 1
Life with a Cochlear Implant Our day started at 5am(GMT) which is 12am Florida time. I am a nervous flyer and was even more nervous when I heard about the missing Malaysian plane but my doctor had given me something to help me on the flight. I enjoyed and loved everybit of the 9hour and 20 min flight. Thos was the first time I travelled to USA and first time on Virgin Atlantic. Decent food, games...
Sun, Mar 09 2014

No Man Land
Young Thomsen Read these great articles while trying to understand my voice! Deaf Education In Guyana 23 Years Later, Cued Speech Still Not Standardized At NTID/RIT About Thomsen YoungThomsen Young is the writer of this blog that has no name... .You can follow him +Thomsen Young or via Twitter @yadudesup.  You can also follow him this blog via Facebook.
Sun, Mar 09 2014

Hella awesome Transformers 4 Trailer!
Young Thomsen I hate to say it, I think Mark Wahlberg will be far better than Shia LaBeouf! PS If you got time, check out this fascinating read about  Are NTID Accommodations Outdated? About Thomsen YoungThomsen Young is the writer of this blog that has no name... .You can follow him +Thomsen Young or via Twitter @yadudesup.  You can also follow him this blog via Face...
Sun, Mar 09 2014

Basketball and Zip.
Young Thomsen Who do you think will win the NBA Championships? Who do you think will win March Madness? Do you feel that the words that are said now matches the action of what was done then? Do you think that SC is the place to understand why what happened is what happened? Do you think that college basketball has ruined itself over and over again? Do you think that March Maddness ...
Sun, Mar 09 2014

Sorenson Responds about their Recent Bankruptcy.
Silent Grapevine On 3/3/2014, TSG reported that Sorenson Communication Filing For Bankruptcy. We just found out that Sorenson Vice President of Community Relations has posted a video about the recent bankruptcy and how they will be able to resolve, hopefully soon, the bankruptcy. The video also tries to calm Sorenson clients by letting them know that "Sorenson business is solid".  ...
Sun, Mar 09 2014

Jugoistočno od razuma (JiOR)
Captioned Web TV The title's English translation is Southeast of Reason. Webseries is from Croatia.For Andrea, life during high school seems ordinary, until something takes her far from everything she knows.She has no father. Her mother left her as a baby for her safety with a half-brother and his pregnant girlfriend, disappearing without a trace. She makes it her mission to find her ...
Sat, Mar 08 2014

Shankaboot
Captioned Web TV Shankaboot is Suleiman's delivery service. It's just an ordinary day, at least until his life is turned upside-down...Note that episode 22 is not captioned. https://www.youtube.com/user/Shankaboot
Sat, Mar 08 2014

Vsauce2
Captioned Web TV Mind-blowing facts and the best of the Internet.Note: The oldest episodes are not captioned, and captioning was uneven until about six months ago. [link]
Sat, Mar 08 2014

Shadows of the Plague
Captioned Web TV What would you do if you were living in a nightmare from which you couldn't wake up? Suppose the answer to your question was as crazy or as nightmarish as it seems to be?In an ordinary city is an ordinary man, Vincent. The shadows in this city are trying to swallow him and lead him to the gates of hell. He's fighting back.This same city has a detective ruthlessly sear...
Sat, Mar 08 2014