An Open Letter to the World Down Syndrome Day Committee About The “Odd Socks” Campaign
Dear World Down Syndrome Day Committee, Last year was the first year that March 21st was officially recognized as World Down syndrome Day. March 21st. 3/21, 3 copies of the 21st chromosome: Down syndrome. How clever! I loved that. It made me glow with satisfaction. I wish I could say I feel the [...]The post An Open Letter to the World Down Syndrome Day Committee About The “Odd Socks” Campaign appeared first on With a Little Moxie. (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - January 24, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Meriah Tags: Uncategorized vm Source Type: blogs
Children punished for being Deaf
`THESE KIDS ARE BEING PUNISHED FOR BEING DEAF AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING'Away from all the `reviews', `re-models' and `restructures' going on in Salford Council's Service for Sensory Impaired Children, real kids with visual and hearing impairments ... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - January 24, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: At The Rim Tags: Deaf vm Source Type: blogs
Disney, Football, and Snow
Dad got tickets to the National Championship game in Miami. What’s a girl to do, but squeeze another Disney trip out of that? So, we headed out to God’s Country again. God has 2 countries…Tuscaloosa and Orlando. Some people may disagree with me on that. We represented Alabama all weekend. Jeb and Dad left [...] (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - January 24, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Jennifer Tags: Uncategorized vm Source Type: blogs
A STORY OF FEAR by Michele Linder
I’ve been going through TED withdrawal. I remedied that this morning by making time for the things that make me think further, and TED Talks certainly do that. NOTE: If you click on the link below to watch the TED Talk yourself, don’t forget to enable the captions in the language of your choice. Do [...] (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - January 24, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: SayWhatClub Weblog Tags: Deaf Hard-of-Hearing Hearing Loss Late-Deafened vm Source Type: blogs
The Hearing Impaired Hostess
On Sunday night, Jeff's parents, brother, and sister-in-law came over to celebrate Colin's 9th birthday.It's always a bit chaotic- and certainly much louder- when company is over. The control freak in me loves to be the hostess, the cook, and the... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - January 24, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Pam Tags: Cochlear Implant vm Source Type: blogs
Need CART or Captioning? Just ask CaptionMatch
Anyone need CART or Captioning (STTR or subtitles) in Feb, March, April? May, June or July? Visit http://captionmatch.com and just ask. Support CCAC advocates. CaptionMatch can also help you find a translator for Sign Language videos (English transcript and subtitling), can help providers looking for sub-contractors, and of course, all hearing producers of any event, conference, training, [...] (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - January 23, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: ls Tags: ASL Deaf Hearing Loss vm Source Type: blogs
Winner announced in mystery photo contest
Congrats to Pamela Siebert Maelzer who gave the closest and best answer. The mystery photo below had many people guessing.And what was the answer to the mystery photo?The mystery photo is a part of a barn door in the newly remodeled lobby of the sComm ... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - January 23, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Kokonut Pundit Tags: Deaf vm Source Type: blogs
CCAC Pledge – I will not distribute videos without quality captioning
Even though some “pledges” have a negative rap these days – this one is vital for equality. Call it a promise or a passion, it’s another important spoke in the CCAC wheel for captioning advocacy – part of continuing CCAC volunteer citizen advocacy, going on for quite some time now, for Internet access via inclusion [...] (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - January 22, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: ls Tags: Deaf Hearing Loss vm Source Type: blogs
FDA Approves Clinical Trial of Auditory Brainstem Implant Procedure for Children in the U.S.
L.A.-based House Research Institute and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given final approval to begin a clinical trial of an Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI) procedu... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - January 22, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: cochlearimplantHELP Tags: ABI vm Source Type: blogs
“Nella’s Triple Crown” and Is It Wrong to Ask Where the Money Goes?
I have no doubt that this post is going to make me seem like a great queen bitch, but yesterday was Martin Luther King Jr Day, and as he so famously said, “our lives begin to be over the day the we are silent about things that matter.” One thing that matters a lot [...]The post “Nella’s Triple Crown” and Is It Wrong to Ask Where the Money Goes? appeared first on With a Little Moxie. (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - January 22, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Meriah Tags: Uncategorized vm Source Type: blogs
Allison Schley Posts My Interview
I ‘met’ Allison through Twitter only recently when some of her articles were featured in my Silent World curated news page. After browsing through her website, I found it to be quite interesting! Allison is the author of a book titled, R... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - January 22, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Rashed Tags: Cochlear Implant vm Source Type: blogs
Woman forced to speak campaigns for ASL.
Adrean Clark insists she's not an activist, just a hard-working mother who wants to right a wrong. That's the best kind of activist in my book.After several pleasant e-mail exchanges, I met Clark last week at a bakery, where we communicated by writing ... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - January 22, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: At The Rim Tags: ASL Deaf vm Source Type: blogs
How A Cochlear Implant Works
A fantastic video presentation by Advanced Bionics which shows how my bionic ear (cochlear implant) works. This is great for many people who really don’t understand what are those things on our ears/heads, so I recommend everyone to watch and for... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - January 22, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Rashed Tags: Cochlear Implant Deaf Hard-of-Hearing vm Source Type: blogs
New York State of Mind
Blog topic written by Amber Glembin, staff writer at DeafandHoH.com Last week I was delighted to spend seven days in Brooklyn with my lifelong friend Maya who moved there this past summer to join her boyfriend Henry who arrived the year prior. The liveliness of the city is truly invigorating, with a never-lacking source of [...] (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - January 22, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: OuterChat.com Tags: Hearing Aid Hearing Loss vm Source Type: blogs
Learning to Listen
Just after Christian's first Cochlear Implant activation (almost 5 years ago...wow....) my life was consumed by teaching him to "LEARN TO LISTEN". I lived my life as his Mother creating language opportunities knowing that Christian's deafness had NOTHI... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - January 22, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Live*Laugh*Love*Family Tags: ASL Cochlear Implant vm Source Type: blogs
