Bionic Ear - Deaf Couple on Supernanny (7 clicks)
October 5 2008
The Friday, October 10 (9:00pm/8:00pm cst) episode of Supernanny features a family headed by a deaf couple. Kip and Dorothy Baulisch of Omaha, Neb. and their four children — Melissa, 18; Jessica, 8; Jennifer, 7; and Kristin, 7. [link] (Flash...

.Owens45. - Vlogger meet Vlogger #2 (5 clicks)
October 5 2008

SpeakUpLibrarian - The "Turn it to the Left" Song and Lyrics (5 clicks)
October 5 2008
This is a must watch video! I couldn’t have said it any better!"Turn it to the Left"Rap song written and performed by Ben JacksonChorus:Turn it to the leftTurn, turn it to the left! Repeated three timesNow what kind of sounds can attack your ears?Well it’s all kinds of noise you’ve been hearing for years.We got traffic, airplanes, power tools, and lawn mowers.Anythin...

SpeakUpLibrarian - Casper the Friendly Coffee Urn and Other Mysteries (5 clicks)
October 5 2008
I’ve been thinking about Tania’s blog entry about how she is starting to discover new sounds with her cochlear implant. Sounds she was unaware of before and now must learn to identify - such as the gurgling sound gas makes when it runs through the pump into your car’s fuel tank. I’m actually having the opposite experience these days and I wonder if that’s normal with ...

Deaf - Hearing Relationship - Sign or Speak? (6 clicks)
October 5 2008
Sunday, Sept. 7 - Steve and I are asked to deliver messages for Sacrament Meeting in the Deaf Ward. Whether or not this is going to happen, I am not sure yet. Did I forget to mention in this blog that we are now officially members of the Salt Lake Deaf 1st Ward? Even though we [...]

Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature - Conference Presentation: The Importance of Including Ad... (5 clicks)
October 5 2008
Welcome Weaving Common Threads Conference Attendees. Note to the right side of this post you’ll find a Deaf Character store where you can purchase the books that I discuss throughout the blog; my list of 100+ and Counting list of books currently with 185 contemporary publications; archives to view past posts; and a list of author interviews. Thanks for visiting! The I...

Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature - Captioned Video: Myron Uhlberg speaks of The Hands of M... (7 clicks)
October 5 2008
Before, I posted the version that was not yet captioned. Three days ago this captioned version was made available. Here is the captioned version of Myron Uhlberg discussing his forthcoming book, Hands of My Father. I’ve also updated the earlier post with this video.

Mephisto’s Musings - WORD OF THE DAY: LANGUAGE (7 clicks)
October 5 2008
Then there is the eternal fraccas between the value of Sign Language and oralism’s imperialistic battle for the hearts and the minds of the great unwashed. Language. An emotive word. Language n. The music with which we charm the serpent’s guarding another’s treasure. Definition taken from The Devils’ Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, Dover Thrif...

Chrome Tattoo Gal’s Run Escape - In Memory of Billy Taylor Sr. (4 clicks)
October 5 2008
Billy Taylor Sr. passed away Oct 4th, 2008 in the morning at 10:16 am. His son Ricky Taylor. He is also members of deafread.com his website [link] called The Countdown To The Resurrection, and deafvideo.tv included Hedy Taylor as Hedor. Billy graduated from Virginia School For The Deaf. My songs is for their deaf family. I know Billy in 1990 to 2008.

Five String Guitar - "Not On My Watch" (6 clicks)
October 5 2008
Nine days from surgery. I am optimistic of course, as always. Failure of any sort, is not even considered an option, as is any medical mishaps.As my cochlear buddy Abbie told me back in April, on the eve of my first surgical implant when I blogged about my worries after the surgeon outlined the circumstances that can happen (paralysis, taste disorder and death) " Not ...

Tactile The World - 411: WestJet and Air Canada Fight Court Ruling on Free ... (4 clicks)
October 5 2008
Greetings! As you may recall, from this May 2008 news release I had posted on my website, “411: Canadian Airlines to Allow SSPs Fly for Free”. An Usher Syndrome buddy and International Usher Syndrome Buddies Network founder, Ryan McNary of Edmonton, Alta. alerted me of the press release that tells us of another hurdle in accessibility [...]

Ke5ter - International Day of Sign Language (3 clicks)
October 5 2008
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Mephisto’s Musings - WORD OF THE DAY: ACTIVIST (2 clicks)
October 4 2008
I’m never one for letting an opportunity to slip why, where I contribute to the intellectual development of Deaf and deaf people everywhere, Especially the deaf who love to bandy big words about as if they understood irony. Without much further ado, I present to you, the first in a series, Word Of The Day. And what better [...]

Berke Outspoken - Gallaudet’s Enrollment Drops Below 1,000 (5 clicks)
October 4 2008
"In the past five years, undergraduate enrollment has declined from about 1,400 to just under 1,000, said Paul Kelly, the university’s vice president for administration and finance. " The italics were added by me, but this sentence is taken directly from today’s Washington Post article, "Gallaudet’s New Aesthetics," an update on what is happening with the effort to re...

Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature - Daughters of Blessing #4 (7 clicks)
October 4 2008
Rebecca’s Reward (Daughters of Blessing #4) by Lauraine Snelling Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (October 1, 2008) This is the fourth book in Snelling’s Daughters of Blessing series. I love the character Grace (Deaf Character) who has appeared in Snelling’s Red River Series, the Return to Red River, and plays a more significant role in the Th...

The Deaf Sherlock - Happy FOOTBALL SATURDAY! (8 clicks)
October 4 2008
G’day Everyone!What a FOOTBALL Saturday! That is you are a Galladuet University Bison football supporter and a PSU football supporter as well.The mighty Bisons have gone on the road to take on Becker College today. It was reported that the Bisons have WON on their first Road Game win! Final Score: Gallaudet 26 Becker 18 .For info: [link] win puts the Bison recor...

Sudden Silence - Snap, Crackle, Pop (7 clicks)
October 4 2008
Yesterday I heard something I’ve never heard before.  I actually never knew there was a sound associated with this activity at all.  It’s not like a mosquito or fly buzzing…both things that I know make noise but I’ve never actually heard.  This is something I just always assumed was silent. It was…bubbles popping.  Every now and [...]

CHRONICLES OF A BIONIC WOMAN - Would you send me to ALDA? (8 clicks)
October 4 2008
Would you help me attend the Association of the Late-Deafened Adults Convention (ALDACon) in Chicago on Oct 29-Nov 2. I am trying to aim for $1,000 dollars in ten days and during the course of that time I will keep you all updated! The majority of the hard of hearing, hearing impaired and deaf people in the United States developed a hearing loss later on in life. ...

A Deaf Mom Shares Her World - Moving in a New Direction With CSDVRS (10 clicks)
October 4 2008
Today, I’m heading over to Harper College for the Deaf Nation Expo.  I’ll be at the CSDVRS booth, where we have an exciting line of new “Z” videophone products and services. You may recall that I worked previously for Hands On and for i711.com before they merged into one company.  I have to say, I love the [...]

Glenn’s Story Book - Second Week Ends (8 clicks)
October 4 2008
Glenn wrote:I’ve been in the provost’s office twice this week to see if he had talked with anyone over at Student Affairs and Enrollment Management (SAEM) or the DSS office. Monday I just left my name and email, hoping that would be enough for the provost to get back to me. It wasn’t and I went back to see him again this afternoon. The administrative assistant look...

Please face me, I read lips - Captioning One Theater and Stadium at a Time (7 clicks)
October 3 2008
Many of you know I hold season tickets to the opera.  This used to be one of the few stage experiences I could enjoy with friends and family since it always offered subtitling in English, (due to the fact that operas are sung in other languages.)  Over the past three decades many musicals I would have like to have [...]

Jamie Berke (About.com) - Deaf College Student Fights for Adequate Accomodations (9 clicks)
October 3 2008
It took me an hour to read through the entire Glenn’s Story Book blog, but it was worth it to get the big picture. Glenn, a deaf college student at...

An American Mom in Tuscany: Jordan’s Cochlear - Six Month Old CI Baby and his Hearing Siblings (6 clicks)
October 3 2008
Aiden’s Mom Tammy writes a blog that chronicles her journey with six month old Aiden:OUR JOURNEYOur precious baby boy, Aiden, was diagnosed with profound hearing loss in both ears; he was born deaf. This site is to help me journal my feelings, keep family and friends updated on our son’s journey, but more than anything, I hope our story can help ease another family’s ...

We Can Do - Videos about Deaf Life: Central Arican Republic, Philip... (6 clicks)
October 3 2008
Four on-line videos give an overview of deaf communities around the world; all can be viewed at: [link] The first video on this page shares the story of a school for deaf children in the Central African Republic that has been struggling for funding. Several teachers have quit because they have not been paid consistently for [...]

Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers - Access to web, a blind or deaf user’s experience (6 clicks)
October 3 2008
This is a two minute video explaining the difficulty encountered by blind or deaf user in accessing vital information on the web. Posted in Deaf Experiences, Technologies Tagged: blind, persons with disability, Philippine Web Accessibility Group, web accessibility

Glenn’s Story Book - Back to Class (6 clicks)
October 3 2008
Glenn wrote:Classes begin for the fall quarter on Wednesday, September 24th. It was a really stressful week for me.My first class is IT 428, which is at 11. I’ve had this instructor before and he’s a challenge. I have two different TypeWell transcribers alternating days with one another. One of them has some experience and the other has very little experience. So...

Glenn’s Story Book - CART Criticized (6 clicks)
October 3 2008
Glenn wrote:It has been a fairly interesting day today with a lot going on. Most of it was good, but some was not.One of the good things that happened was that I got to meet someone on the east coast via video phone call who had some really good ideas on how to get more exposure for this story. She had quite a few excellent suggestions, and I have already acted on o...

Glenn’s Story Book - CART Booted (6 clicks)
October 3 2008
Glenn wrote:I’m in my 11:00 class and trying to follow along with this complex stuff the instructor is going over in class and an email lands in my inbox. I wanted to take a quick look at it to see if it was anything interesting.It was from the new coordinator saying that he had arranged to have TypeWell in my next class starting on Friday. He didn’t say who it was ...

Mishka Zena - LSD Needs To Clean Up Its Act! (9 clicks)
October 3 2008
As we discussed not too long ago, unfortunately sexual abuses do occur in deaf residential schools, just like the hearing boarding schools and day programs, both hearing and deaf. However with better laws and supervisions, these violations are usually caught and referred to the law authorities to handle, unlike the earlier times where these incidents [...]

Waving With My Deaf Hands - Hey, everyone! Join me to celebrate one loving year~ (4 clicks)
October 3 2008
~ The Anniversary of Waving With My Deaf Hands!One loving year of being a blogger/vlogger in Deafread. I can hardly believe it’s been a year. I wonder where the time went! I’d like to share the first post from October 3, 2007, so here it is:It warmed my heart, and I wanted to show you this article either on the blog spot or in a person.Some of them are from this artic...

DeafJoke.tv - Two Brothers (6 clicks)
October 3 2008
Warning: This video that follows is not appropriate for children. This interpreration includes signs considered gross. If you are under 18 years old, please ask your parent for permission or close this site. Thank you. A silly joke about two brothers: one deaf and one hearing - they take a walk in the woods..... Created by [...]

Texas Association of the Deaf - Vote for Me! Video (6 clicks)
October 3 2008
To read press release about this video, click here.

Show Me Deaf Community - Jay Leno DOES NOT HAVE to apologize to St. Joseph Insti... (5 clicks)
October 3 2008
With the recent hoopla about St. Joseph’s crying about Jay’s joke, Jay was talking about deaf kids not hearing what he said.He pointed out the unusual headlines and listings found in papers. There was a story about Barbershop singers going to schools. He joked about shrugging his shoulders and mouthing his words without sound.Jay Leno does NOT have to apologize. H...

At The Rim - Makaton Works (Official) (4 clicks)
October 3 2008
A British school with a knotty problem, having a large section of their pupils from migrant families and having to cope with 26 different languages, they are using Makaton to teach them English, and, it works....

DeafMom - Ronda Del Boccio and Karen Putz Have a Chat (4 clicks)
October 3 2008
So, how does a deaf woman chat with a blind woman on the internet? I recently had the opportunity to connect with Ronda Del Boccio, the gal who won the Affiliate Marketing Challenge that I wrote about previously on Disaboom: Storyation Lady Wins Marketing Contest. Ronda was the only person with a disability and the only woman in the contest. I original...