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What to consider in choice of cellphones for the deaf

October 28th, 2012 by

Loud phones or amplified phones have been specifically designed for people who are deaf. Amplified telephones for the deaf amplify the receiver volume in the phone. This is the part of the phone that is held up to the ear to hear during conversations In general, there are a number of features Read More

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Did your MP turn their back on deaf children?

February 2nd, 2012 by

At the bottom of this blog is a depressingly long list of all the MPs who voted to cut benefits for deaf and other disabled children last night in the Welfare Reform Bill debate. Here is a website where you can work out who your MP is if you’re not sure. Apparently, you can send a message Read More

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You get just 3 Attempts..

October 28th, 2011 by

To guess what this charity vblog is about. Too easy wasn’t it ! It was actually about an UK Charity who have developed an online NVQ Level 6 programme in both BSL and BSL-English interpreting in the hope of increasing the number of qualified BSL interpreters in the UK. Of course we all Read More

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“Being your best advocate”

June 17th, 2011 by

That was a phrase coined by Stephen Hopson, who is deaf and became the first deaf person in aviation history to earn an instrument-rated pilot’s license, spoke as a commencement speaker in front of the graduating high school class at Clarke School in Northampton. He told students that his Read More

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Sports Access – Captioning Inclusion Brings them In!

May 28th, 2011 by

Guest Blog from OR-CAP: Since January 2009, Oregon Communication Access Project (OR-CAP) and HLA-Lane County, Oregon, have advocated for open captioning on a display board in the line of sight (“banner captioning”) at Matthew Knight Arena (Matt Court), the new basketball arena at the Read More

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A long way to go

August 21st, 2010 by

A few days ago, I was at a good friend’s house with a group of girls. I’m close with some of them, but there were a couple who I was friends with when I was younger but haven’t talked to very much in recent years. I was discussing how I was taking my driver’s test the Read More

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Spoiled?

August 16th, 2010 by

With all the hype over iPhone 4, I iSucccumbed  as well. I was a free agent with no contract held over my head, so I was checking out the HTC EVO (which offers two-way video calls via an app called “Fring”) but the Sprint stores were sold out and the online store was out of stock for Read More

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Blue Nailpolish and Smelly Boy

June 12th, 2010 by

I’m not the same person I was in high school, college or when I married Luca. I’m not the same mom I was to Jordan and Sofia seven years ago. I saw a video of me with the kids that my friend Cristina took when Sofia was in dancing class four years ago. I don’t even recognize Read More

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Is Facebook irrelevant to the Deaf ?

June 2nd, 2010 by

I share Sandman’s view on the information processing for the deaf online. I don’t however share the view facebook is relevant to promoting deaf issues. I’m a social luddite in that area and proud of it, I prefer face to face for effective social discourse. And yes ‘back Read More

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The Possibilities…

May 29th, 2010 by

I have this pair of shiny patent leather black boots with a very minor heel, practically non-existent. About a three months ago, I was wearing these boots and walking with Jordan to the doctor’s office. We were rushing, and at a certain point I must have hit a bump in the hazzardous Read More

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