http://blog.deafread.com/inirini The life of a person with Usher's Syndrome Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:16:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey guys, I'm going to DeafNation this weekend and I'm really excited to go. I'll be meeting my friends from the Orlando deafblind retreat. I'm also hoping to meet some new people from DeafRead [and perhaps practice more of my signing ;)]. This will be ... http://blog.deafread.com/inirini/2008/04/01/deafnation-orlando/ Hi everyone, my name is Tiffany and I am learning to sign and I know I sign clumsy (but that comes with time!). I describe my upbringing as an oralist and having CI since three, and reimplanted at five because it broke for some ... http://blog.deafread.com/inirini/2008/03/07/first-vlog-for-deafread/ While many of us may enjoy finding wild things on the internet like crazy webcomics like Penny Arcade and xkcd.com and 4chan, I have to say one thing that I am very happy about--networking. I realized that if internet never existed today, my life would have remained a solitary life ... http://blog.deafread.com/inirini/2008/02/18/blessed-be-the-internet/ After watching the blogs and comments in vlogs throwing their opinions about DeafRead and DeafBlind around, I came to this conclusion of my opinion. I want to say, "Shut up! Look around you! Can't you see what you are doing?" I think there are many of us agree that we ... http://blog.deafread.com/inirini/2008/02/13/thoughts-on-deafread-and-deafblind/ I was told that if I get a second cochlear implant, the costs would rise in caring for two processors instead of one. That is obvious to me, yes, I know it would cost twice as much. However, I am puzzled by this information I was given by the VR. ... http://blog.deafread.com/inirini/2008/02/07/attention-ci-users-prohibitive-costs-of-batteries/ I am blown away. Not even half hour ago, I was wondering if it was wrong of me to wish the processors I have for CI to be broken over time without renewing warranty, as neither are under warranty and never hear again. Though, I would definitely miss listening to ... http://blog.deafread.com/inirini/2008/02/06/a-letter-of-sacrfices/ I am now asking you, as a community, to help me point a direction where I can look for more information on how I could go about becoming a specialized lawyer for people with disabilities. After Art History II class today, my teacher asked me to come and talk with ... http://blog.deafread.com/inirini/2008/01/30/a-place-to-start-disability-lawyers/ I've been meaning to share this with everyone here on DeafRead, but for one reason or another, I didn't until now. I started painting this piece on Dec. 12th, 2007, went on hiatus for almost two weeks  because I went to Michigan and then on Jan 3rd, 2008, it was ... http://blog.deafread.com/inirini/2008/01/30/communication-breakdown-painting/ Sorry if the title sounds offensive to some, but I mean no offense. I have many thoughts that are going million miles a minute and I can't sleep. I suddenly remembered reading about how hard of hearing people kick themselves in the rear when there is a communication break down. ... http://blog.deafread.com/inirini/2008/01/29/hard-of-hearing-culture-hah/ I really want to put in my two cents and I honestly didn't know how to reply to some of the blogs that talked about CI in general. I have cochlear implant, and I wish to say a few things about it. There were two blogs that were on both ... http://blog.deafread.com/inirini/2008/01/23/positives-and-negatives-of-ci/