“Conscience is a man’s compass.”~ Vincent Van Gogh Amy Cohen-Efron’s article “Disillusionment With the Deaf Community” described her experience with cyber-bullying: I get ostracized and harassed just because of my own opinion and my role as an Editor of DeafRead. As one of the Read More
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Oppose2072′s Farce
August 7th, 2010 by Ann_C's i.reflections
I can’t help but read the Oppose 2072 website’s “sample letter to the senate appropriations committee” without some amusement and a sense of irony. After all it was this very web site that claimed a “qualified victory” on AB 2072. David Eberwein claimed that the bill was thrown Read More
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AB 2072: A Seedling
August 4th, 2010 by Ann_C's i.reflections
The California bill AB 2072 has undergone a second reading and was recently passed as amended by an Assembly majority vote on August 2nd. The bill has been determined a fiscal bill, meaning it will require an appropriation of funds, and has been referred to the senate appropriations committee. Read More
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Deaf soup and Surdo salad, anyone?
May 27th, 2010 by Ann_C's i.reflections
Upon reading Mike McConnell’s recent blog, “Very Special People Hate Crime”, deafherbalist’s comment under the article caught my eye: “Next week they will come with a new name for a salad. I would not be surprised if they come up with “Surdo Salad.” I am Read More
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AB 2072: Plant a Seed, Part Two
May 3rd, 2010 by Ann_C's i.reflections
This is a continuation of “AB 2072: Plant a Seed”. Please read “AB 2072: Plant a Seed, Part One” before continuing here. A parent of a deaf child who supports AB 2072 stated in a 4-30-2010 email that regarding ulterior motives behind the bill as to why DHH groups were Read More
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AB 2072: Parental Anger and Deafhood Redux
April 17th, 2010 by Ann_C's i.reflections
I present two scenarios here: (1.) The Deaf parents of a deaf infant recently screened for hearing loss have been told by the state that they must have their deaf child undergo surgery for a cochlear implant at 6 months and employ only speech therapy in English for the child’s language Read More
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Deafhood Foundation: Wishful thinking
February 23rd, 2010 by Ann_C's i.reflections
When A.L. of The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community blog viewed the welcome video of the Deafhood Foundation’s website, the blogger expressed her concern that the foundation’s views on cochlear implants may lead to increased intolerance for Deaf children who have cochlear implants. She wrote: Read More
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Being Proactive About Internet Accessibility
December 15th, 2009 by Ann_C's i.reflections
“Knowing how disabled people use the Web is the first step to making the Web accessible…” After reading this article in Fox News, I find it all the more compelling to support HR3101, the bill that will require captioning of internet video content and will soon be up for Congressional vote, Read More
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Bigger Fish to Fry
September 23rd, 2009 by Ann_C's i.reflections
Quoting Deafherbalist’s World recent blog article, “Deafread andDeaf.video TV- Stay On and Win the Battle!”: “…show the world what you are made of instead of crying “Audism” because we have a bigger fish to fry.” Deafherbalist decries the numbers of v/bloggers leaving DeafRead Read More
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deaf Life: Blazing New Trails
August 18th, 2009 by Ann_C's i.reflections
A DOD-HOH adult knows a combination of Simcom, ASL, and spoken English to use whichever communication works best in a given situation in her life. DOD deaf parents with deaf kids who have cochlear implants. A DOD native ASL user has wondered if his deaf parents ever considered that he learn Read More
