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12. Improved Theme Preview, Widgets Management, and a...
DeafGuy Blog We’ve launched a number of updates, from visual enhancements to handy admin tools, to improve your overall WordPress.com experience. Here’s a rundown of what’s new: Improved theme preview: A sleeker preview and selection process for themes. Add widgets with one click: An updated panel makes widget management a snap. Refreshed dashboard: A cleaned-up …
Mon, Dec 02 2013

13. Tinnitus is a treatable disease...
At The Rim The Hearing Impaired and Tinnitus Association has organised a second landmark talk on Tinnitus following their successful Deaf Awareness Conference last month. Professor Berthold Langguth, Chair of the Tinnitus Research Initiative Foundation will give a lecture on Tinnitus – Causes and Management, Neurological Mechanisms of Tinnitus, Evidence Based Treatment of T...
Fri, Nov 29 2013

14. It's a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, deaf world
At The Rim How and where to use the letters/terms Deaf, and deaf, and this example must have been created by someone NOT English at all.....  Can we stop this nonsense for good and move on ?  It's not even basic English..... or grammar....  Deaf Sentence Examples: Deaf ear ' with ' wielding a big stick ' .Were they born deaf, or did they become deaf?For example, a bank shoul...
Mon, Dec 02 2013

15. Students Make History in Hong Kong
Deaf News Today In a "city where sign language is still banned from usage in most classrooms and where there are only 10 officially licensed translators" seven deaf students are the first to complete a new program. They each have linguistics diplomas from Hong Kong's Chinese University. Read the story from the South China Post here. Read More at DeafNewsToday.com
Wed, Dec 04 2013

16. The other Martha's Vineyard...
At The Rim “I am a deaf daughter of a deaf farmer, living in a small village near Dadu. It’s a place where many, if not most, children are born deaf. The deaf and the hearing work side by side; communication via gestures is quite ‘normal’ for the hearing. We have developed our own sign language. Due to poverty, education and employment opportunities are almost non-existe...
Tue, Dec 03 2013

17. Air Travel Access: Information Safety Video – Virgin...
ccacblog Information Safety Video – Virgin America #VXsafetydance. Let’s Dance! Or at least pay attention again to the safety videos on board airlines. Captioning is access! Thanks to iheartsubtitles for this reminder about this one, making the rounds on social media too. AIR TRAVEL ACCESS Campaign – and be sure to read and use this! [link] […]
Sun, Dec 01 2013

18. Pay up or we close deaf school...
At The Rim The only Technical School for the Deaf in Ghana risk losing their current place of study if a 14,000 Ghana cedis rent fees are not settled by close of this week. JOY News’ Yaa Fosua Gyamfi found out the rent for the Senior High Technical School for the Deaf expired last Friday.  The property and land owners of the school are demanding that the authorities pay all m...
Mon, Dec 02 2013

19. About Cancer.....
At The Rim Captioned/Signed vlog:  A 29 minute video file created a few years ago that provides information about cancer using British Sign Language.
Fri, Nov 29 2013

20. Marlee on Dogs....
At The Rim vblog:  Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin is an advocate for Dogs for the Deaf a non-profit organization that rescues shelters dogs and trains them to assist people with hearing impairments.
Tue, Dec 03 2013

21. Black Friday Special: Try All Our Upgrades for Free
DeafGuy Blog This year’s Black Friday special on WordPress.com is our biggest yet. Today you can add any upgrade to your blog for a free 14-day trial. The special sale covers all of Friday, November 29, for all US time zones. Sale started midnight today, and ends on 12:00AM PST on Saturday, …
Fri, Nov 29 2013