Archive for the ‘community’ Category
  • 06
  • May, 07

fun at a deaf meet


In which I describe some good new words I learned from the last vlog fiasco and in which I describe my observations at the last deaf meet I went to.
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  • 04
  • May, 07

clarification on “two kinds of commenters”


Notes: I’m actually pretty proud of this one, as I did it all in one shot, on the first try. I didn’t mean to re-do the whole Two Wolves story, but I love this story, and I had practiced it for the Silent Weekend but didn’t do it. [...]

  • 29
  • Apr, 07

english and asl skills


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  • 19
  • Apr, 07

maintenance of a blog

We’ve had various discussions here on DeafRead about the issues raised by anonymous comments, especially those that that do not contribute to the discussion but are disruptive, harrassing, and antagonistic. This is an issue of concern at large, as can be seen by this excellent post by Theresa Nielsen Hayden over at her blog [...]

  • 21
  • Nov, 06

notions of community

One of the nicest things about searching out other deaf folk on the internet, especially now, is finding the personal blogs that others write. Having grown up isolated from other deaf, and not really connecting with other deaf folk even online till now, it’s been really nice to find other folks with similar backgrounds [...]

  • 06
  • Nov, 06

more positive notes on deafhood

After the sturm und drang of yesterday, I wanted to delve into some articles, blogs, and folks on the net that I’ve found very interesting and providing lots of food for thought…
One of the first blogs I did come across was Deaf in the City. He has a number of very thoughtful posts and [...]

  • 02
  • Nov, 06

safe spaces

[Please note that I supported the protesters at Gallaudet]
Some random thoughts tossed out there for the more militant of Deaf folk…
Let’s examine the notion of “safe spaces” What is a safe space? Some place where you can air your concerns or talk about issues without fear of criticisms or reprisals for those very [...]