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ridiculist: Deaf People Can’t Read or Write
Posted by: Staff Writer on July 10, 2013 | Comments
What do the names Kisor, Briscoe and Desloges have in common? First, all of them are published authors. Second, all of them are deaf or hard of hearing.
Read MoreYoung Deaf Gen X-ers, Here's Why You Need A Living Will
Posted by: Staff Writer on May 28, 2013 | Comments
Estate planning isn't just for your ailing grandfather, the still-unidentified person in Florida who won the most recent $590.5M PowerBall, or Ritchie Riches with gold diggers in hot pursuit. Estate planning is for you, deaf, deaf-blind, and hard of hearing consumers.
Read MoreRoad Tripping for Education: DeafVibe's National Tour Sparks Dreams, Plugs Vocational Pathways
Posted by: Staff Writer on April 11, 2013 | Comments
This isn't your Grandpa's RV, nor the road trip you took while barely out of puberty. In Jack Kerouac's On The Road, two soul-searching young men blaze across the nation in a '49 Hudson. Fast forward 60 years, and two men in an RV (see their tour dates here) are helping deaf/hard of hearing students find their calling – and spur them into academic action.
Read MoreflashBACK: Oral Method in Deaf Institutes (Post-Milan 1880)
Posted by: Staff Writer on March 25, 2013 | Comments
The use of Manual sign and Oralism has been in a life-long battle since the beginning of education for the Deaf. A speaker in the documentary, “Through Deaf Eyes” describes the period of Oralism in Deaf history as the ‘Dark Ages’- an era we might recall when Deaf students were forced to speak and also punished for using their natural language, American Sign Language.
Read MoreWhat is Paddy Ladd’s “Deafhood” and Have We Found It Yet?
Posted by: Staff Writer on Nov. 12, 2012 | Comments
It has its own Wikipedia entry. It has a custom sign (“DEAF” + “BELLY”). It literally gets on some peoples’ skin, in the form of tattoos and printed sweatshirts, and under the skin as our consciousness. “Deafhood” is everywhere. But on September 24, we – an audience of 200+ - got the inside scoop straight from the hands of the British guy who invented the term.
Read MoreDo Obama and Romney Have Deaf Issues In Their Binder?
Posted by: Staff Writer on Oct. 25, 2012 | Comments
Mark your calendars! November 6 is election day. Today, we are 12 days from the most important civic duties: Voting. Anyone - hearing or deaf, knows that this election is … well, different. Maybe it’s because of the pesky 14-figure debt monkey on our back. Or maybe it’s because many of our unique rights within the deaf community could be at stake.
Read MoreDo Do For Deaf Awareness Week? 7 Ways to Celebrate
Posted by: Staff Writer on Sept. 24, 2012 | Comments
As Dolly Parton said: If you’ve got it, flaunt (well, celebrate) it! The end of September always means leaves turning red, the kids going back to school … and highlighting deaf people, their accomplishments, their issues, and of course their language.
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