http://www.deafread.com/ Best of Deaf Blogs http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94770 --- VideoSigno Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:43:59 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94769 PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: [link] TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 12-119 Release Date: February 1, 2012 COMMENT CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS AND REPLY COMMENTS ON STRUCTURE AND ...Read more » myVRS Relay Central Blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:47:52 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94768 Bilingual Bimodal Education Webinar 1 I watched this and I loved it! I hope this is the direction Deaf schools are headed! The information was great and I can\'t wait to watch the next one! (And now we have a name for Miss Kat\'s language progress...sequential bilingualism!) Miss Kat\\\'s Deaf journey Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:37:45 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94763 There are many ways to make with fruit but need to start with “fruit seed” first! There are many Language codes with people but need to start with “sign language” Jon Savage Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:28:46 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94764 Super Bowl XLVI: PepsiCo and the NAD The National Association for the Deaf (NAD) and PepsiCo announce that the NAD Miss Deaf America, Rachel Mazique, will perform the National Anthem and America the Beautiful in American Sign Language (ASL) at the upcoming Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis on February 5, 2012. The NAD in partnership [...] Deaf Network of Texas Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:27:58 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94755 Request in today for a volunteer who is confident in BSL to support in a young deaf child in Africa. The volunteer role is to include work with the organisation, Forever Angels Baby Home, caring for orphaned and abandoned babies, supporting access in the Tanzania International School and further developing the family (British) signs in BSL. Further information is ava... PDDCS News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:53:46 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94761 The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the National Football League (NFL) along with NBC, the network airing Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, February 5, 2012, worked together to ensure an accessible experience for the most important game of the year. As in years past, the Super Bowl and national commercials as well as network and NFL promotions will be caption... NAD News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:52:32 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94756 Guys I\'d like to share with you a very informative and insightful article written by Sir Raul Pangalangan in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He explicitly discussed about the importance of utilizing sign language interpreters in getting the truth and protecting the rights of a deaf person. However, he also enumerated the problems it poses like the [...] Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:42 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94752 [link] We are asking for the transcript - script - for this short video in French Sign Language. Then we want to see if we can upload the script for complete text (subtitles) here also. Bonne chance! ccacblog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:10 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94760 Our Deaf activists and advocates,You know that in history during Revolutionary War, Paul Revere galloped through the night warning about the British invading. That was April 18, 1775 ( I think ) Now today, February 3, 2012, I am e-mailing to everyone to please think about coming to St. Louis to band together to show those people at EHDI Conference at Union Statio... Show Me Deaf Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:07:40 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94757 Super Bowls are renowned not only for the excitement of the game itself, but also for their legendary commercials. The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons (NVRC) are continuing their annual partnership to count closed captioned commercials this year for Super Bowl XLVI between the New Englan... NAD News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:06:17 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94745 INDIANAPOLIS - The Deaf community of Indiana to ask us to help them!! We need your support! SAY NO to HB 1367. Support the Indiana School for the Deaf Coalition. Oppose HB 1367. Sign the petition: https://www.change.org/petitions/oppose-hb-1367 Please see 32-minutes film with subtitles which is related and similar with HB 1367 at: “I Sign and I Live” by Aid... Deaf YouVideo Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:24:49 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94748 Rather than build an entirely new center, why not keep the outreach center where it is and look at what exactly is going on there. If there are problems, fix them. Perhaps the staff needs more training or some staff members need to leave. Perhaps new rules need to be enforced to encourage staff members to provide unbiased information. If some of the staff members did ... Eh? What? Huh? Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:05:36 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94746 \"Dear Sir/Madam,Thank you for your e-mail regarding lip-reading and sign language tuition.Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children\'s Services and Skills in England/Wales and our role is to inspect schools/children\'s services and adult learning facilities and report on the findings. Issues such as this fall outside our legal remit.\"A tale of the tape !... At The Rim Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:04:49 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94738 William Lutz, Professor at Rutgers University perceptively comments,  “If there\'s one product American business can produce in large amounts, it\'s doublespeak. Doublespeak is language that only pretends to say something; it\'s language that hides, evades or misleads.” Double speak is the art of saying one thing but meaning another. In today’s age double speak is... The Rebuttal Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:30:57 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94729 Recently I have begun corresponding with a Deaf family who has been studying about Paganism and undertaking their own spiritual journey down the Pagan Path. Both the wife and husband are Deaf, and they have three Deaf children.Together, the family has been begun celebrating the Wheel of the Year and eight Sabbats. I recently shared [...] Deaf Pagan Crossroads Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:51:10 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94720 Sarah\'s Speech It is is June, 2010. The scene is an all-student assembly where faculty and proud parents join for a wonderful year-end elementary school tradition called “The Moving Up Ceremony.” Having now completed 6th grade, my then twelve-year-old daughter was chosen for the high honor of giving her class\'s year-end speech. Sarah\'s pu... Brian Patrick Jensen Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:47:59 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94734 This is completely fascinating and more than a little mind-bending.Scientists in Germany have developed the world\'s tiniest ear, referred to as a \"nano-ear.\" This ear could be able to listen to the sounds of bacteria and viruses, both of which make noise as they move. Not only are they extremely sensitive, they can even tell where a sound is coming from.According to t... Hearing Sparks Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:46:33 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94718 I got a nice letter in the mail the other day. What is difficult is they want me to call to speak with someone on their staff. I wish it were so simple.I am able to use my own voice when I make phone calls because I became deaf late in life. The phone system I use when I call people is wonderful, however it isn\'t always easy to connect to someone with it. A Calling Ag... Xpressive Handz Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:43:58 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94721 Tribute to My Angels I wrote this poem for my two children, Amanda, 17 and Sarah, 13. It was late June, 2010. My hearing loss had just worsened profoundly and permanently. I could no longer discern the sound of either daughter\'s voice and I wanted to offer reassurance. . I published this before; and I [...] Brian Patrick Jensen Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:43:26 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94716 At the bottom of this blog is a depressingly long list of all the MPs who voted to cut benefits for deaf and other disabled children last night in the Welfare Reform Bill debate. Here is a website where you can work out who your MP is if you\'re not sure. Apparently, you can send [...] Campaigning for deaf children Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:41:46 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94733 The author of a new book for young people, with a deaf main character, has posted on the forum about her book. In her book \"Flying to the Light,\" the deaf character is a young boy with a type of super power. I have not read this book. If you read it, go back to the forum and post your review!Author Posts on Forum originally appeared on About.com Deafness on Thur... Jamie Berke (About.com) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:41:31 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94717 Dear Senator: My name is Dr. Christopher Jon Heuer, and my dissertation, professional research, and work all fall within the fields of literacy, language acquisition, and Deaf Education. HB 1367 will soon come before you for review. I hope you will consider my arguments against it and oppose it. At the very least, I [...] Deaf Echo Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:19:48 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94713 GTS: Behind-the-Scenes Gallaudet Technology Services (GTS) provides essential resources, end-user training and support for academic and administrative uses of technology at Gallaudet University-for the University and Clerc Center communities. Offices that provide direct support to students include the Help Desk, Media and Classroom Support, eLearning and Web Authorin... GallaudetVideo Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:18:32 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94709 Summing what\'s being covered within FCC\'s most recent Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that will impact on consumers (users). FNPRM can be found at [link] Captioned [click \"cc\" button to view captions] [7:31] Sean Gerlis Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:15:33 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94708 Received an interesting email announcement from HLAA about their fund raising effort in 2011 through their Walk4Hearing fund raising events. It\'s amazing to see how much they\'ve raised money in one year. Already into 2012 they\'ve raised almost $70,000 which is about 5% of their $1.3 million dollar goal. Bethesda, MD: The Hearing Loss Association of America is pleased ... Mike McConnell Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:15:26 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94710 Here is an ANC Abs-cbn Cable News Channel video with TV hosts extending their appreciation to the sign language interpreters who are covering the Chief Juscie Renato Corona‘s impeachment trial. They are grateful for their partners from De La Salle – College Of St. Benilde School for Deaf Education and Applied Studies for complementing the [...] Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:14:33 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94712 Gallaudet University: The Archives Take a journey through the Gallaudet Archives! For more information, please go to archives.gallaudet.edu From: GallaudetVideo Views: 19 0 ratings Time: 07:06 More in Education GallaudetVideo Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:14:01 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94704 Highlighting rate structure based on per-minute basis for VRS provider based on enterprise consumers vs. residential consumers with their VRS usage within FCC\'s most recent Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM). FNPRM can be found at [link] Captioned [click \"cc\" button to view captions] [3:14] Sean Gerlis Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:19:10 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94703 G\'day Everyone.Someone went and prayed for the soul of Benjamin Varner yesterday. Some one did a shudder of what happened 11 years ago. It was on a day that rocked the campus of Gallaudet University WORSE than before September11, 2001 ever happened.Read Remember 2-1-01Joseph Mesa MURDERED Eric Plunkett and Benjamin Varner on the campus of Gallaudet.He tried to plead i... The Deaf Sherlock Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:19:01 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94706 One of the main giving hands in the sign language interpreter economy is the scheduler of interpreting services for the local interpreting agency, university, or VRS company.  These daring individuals play an extremely important role in the livelihood of most sign language interpreters.  So, when it can literally mean the difference between thousands of dollars [...... Street Leverage Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:18:31 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94702 We had over 30 people at the Neptune seminar in Rockville.I was able to see children that already got their bilateral Neptunes!!! I love the fact you can clip your processor anywhere!! I did a demonstration to a few people how I would wear my Neptune if I had one!!! I only wish!!!!I also got to meet a candidate that was interested in AB\'s implants. He happens to work ... You gotta b\\\'lieve Hon, or not! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:36:03 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94700 Deaffest is the UK’s only Deaf-led film and television festival, which celebrates the talents of Deaf filmmakers and media artists from all over the world. Why not go along?The 2012 festival will be held at Light House in Wolverhampton from Fri 25 ‒ Sun 27 May.Young Deaffest will be taking place on Sat 26 MayIf you would like to submit your film to this dynamic an... PDDCS News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:34:15 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94699 I was told about a blog post, Why I support Indiana House Bill 1367, written by Untitled. She wrote about her experience taking her son to the Outreach Center at ISD to be assessed. It did not sound as if it went well. Below is an excerpt. You can read the entire article here. I was very hesitant on going there because Evan was an already an established auditory le... Eh? What? Huh? Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:17:26 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94698 Britain\'s most (Un)wanted man. Despite massive concerns raised by every disabled and deaf person in the UK regarding welfare and benefits, it is clear the Conservative coalition government is determined to throw our most vulnerable on to the street to fend for themselves. Despite 7 major defeats of their discriminatory and hateful attacks on our deaf and disabled ch... At The Rim Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:07:28 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94695 21 dedicated deaf access films in BSL, but none captioned ? Must be a lot of deaf in Bridport who cannot read....... and no deaf who need both mediums. At The Rim Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:07:17 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94696 Up until last year, I had always heard music pretty well because I had a lot of good residual low tone hearing left. OK- I admit that I didn’t hear the full spectrum of music in any particular song, but I got enough that it was enjoyable, and often recognizable. In early 2011 I downloaded [...] Please face me, I read lips Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:06:55 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94693 The D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development is pleased to honor Gallaudet University in Northeast as the February 2012 One City Location of the Month. Gallaudet University is recognized as the world\'s only university in which all programs and services are specifically designed to accommodate deaf and hard of hearing students. The University is also kn... Gallaudet News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:13:06 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94687 Guys, Mata Expo will be held on February 4 at World Trade Center in Pasay City. I invite you to go there and witness many technology related activities for our Filipino Deaf. Filed under: Blogroll Tagged: Filipino people, Pasay, Pasay City, Philippine, SM Mall of Asia, World Trade Center Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:26:47 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94690 This excerpt is from Dr. Tom Humphries via a listserv that I wanted to share with ya\'ll.\"Today, the Committee on Accreditation of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing voted to approve a bilingual authorization for ASL for our teacher preparation program there at the University of California, San Diego. You may have known that we have had an experime... You are you and your circumstances Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:24:52 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94678 Record breaking month on PDDCS News in January as thousands from around the world clicked in for news and events from around the deaf community - and our local member families kept in touch with what was going on locally.6315 visits to 44 posts .. here is the top posts from the month..Sign Language Toddler VideoI\'m Deaf - So What?Learn Sign Language OnlineSign2Sing 20... PDDCS News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:04:05 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94670 I spent yesterday shopping and running errands.  It was a good day, as I didn\'t really run into any particular difficulty...  I wasn\'t doing things where I needed to listen or concentrate intently. My last stop before heading home was the grocery store.  It was late, and the deli was actually closed, but I paused [...] SayWhatClub Weblog Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:03:48 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94672 In this groundbreaking lecture, John Lee Clark will call attention to an overlooked group in North America: deaf-blind people. Clark will show how a few deaf-blind people in the mid-nineteenth century built a network of correspondents, forming a \"virtual\" place of their own that remains today the community\'s most vital space. John Lee Clark Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:52 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94677 Indiana HB 1367... #LiesAGBellToldMyParents... Many Deaf Survivors of the Alexander Bell Association. We will never forget. Please Not Support Indiana HB 1367. That\'s conflict of interest since State House Rep Noe is on the Board of ISD (Indiana School for the Deaf) did wrote her own House Bill called \"Indiana HB 13167\" without checking and talking with Deaf Indi... Deaf YouVideo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:37 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94674 One thing that has always made me feel angry is that the way that deaf people are forced to “cope”. Other disabled people are much worse off. But deafness still poses huge barriers. In a civilised society, deaf people shouldn\'t have to go through life “coping”. Deaf people need support to help them become independent [...] Campaigning for deaf children Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:28 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94673 Deaf Teens: Hearing WorldThis documentary, by director Claire Braden, has been described as \"insightful\".It\'s about five deaf teenagers who they take their first steps into the hearing world. \"It follows some extraordinary young people who have some extreme and surprising attitudes towards their deafness.\"Watch it!Form your opinions.Compare with your experiences.For f... PDDCS News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:58:28 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94665 More than 400 people on Monday attended the RIT premiere of “The Hammer,” a film based on the life of Matt Hamill, a Rochester Institute of Technology Hall of Fame wrestler and three-time NCAA Wrestling Division III national champion. The film, which was made two years ago in and around Rochester, was shown in the Clark Gym, the same venue where Hamill competed as... NTID News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:37:05 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94663 If you keep up with the political happenings around the country, especially those points that will affect the Deaf and Hard of Hearing population, you might already know about Indiana’s House Bill #1367. If you are not familiar with this, you can read it at: [link] The main point of this bill is to remove the current outreach center at the Indiana School of the De... The DEAFinite Resource Online Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:11:09 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94662 The National Association for the Deaf (NAD) and PepsiCo announce that the NAD Miss Deaf America, Rachel Mazique, will perform the National Anthem and America the Beautiful in American Sign Language (ASL) at the upcoming Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis on February 5, 2012. The NAD in partnership with PepsiCo worked closely with the National Football League to ens... NAD News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:01:40 -0500 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=94659 For those who aren’t really aware of what Bald Day is, it is a “tradition” here at Gallaudet University. The quotation marks are there because students consider it a tradition, but members of the Faculty and Staff of Gallaudet do not. Up until three years ago, bald day was banned on campus and students had [...] The Buff and Blue Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:47:38 -0500