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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
February 7, 2008
In This Issue…
Member Response to Pepsi Super Bowl
Commercial
Last week, AG Bell President Karen
Youdelman and Executive Director
Alexander T. Graham sent a letter to
Pepsi executives regarding its Super
Bowl commercial, Bob’s House, featuring
Pepsi employees who are deaf (the
commercial aired during the pre-game
show). AG Bell stated […]
Posted in AGB, ASL, Audism, Deaf Community | 77 Comments »
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
In my last post, I challenged AGBell Association regarding its letter of protest to Pepsi Cola Corporation for ‘implying that Deaf people only communicating using sign language.” How does AGBell Association know the Deaf people don’t speak orally, too? They may be wearing hearing aids and can lipread, too.
I rest my case:
Darren Therriault, the guy who […]
Posted in AGB, ASL, Audism, Cochlear Implant, Deaf Cyberworld, Oralism | 20 Comments »
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
AGBell Association has been caught red-handed for deliberately spreading erroneous facts about ASL and Deaf people.
Alexander T. Graham sent a letter to Pepsi corporate executives about its upcoming Super Bowl commercial,“Bob’s House,” featuring deaf characters.
First portion from AGBell Letter:
“Your advertisement perpetuates a common myth that all people who are deaf can only communicate using sign language and are, […]
Posted in AGB, ASL, Deaf Culture | 75 Comments »
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Reviewing what I covered last year, I was staggered by the sheer volume of the blogs produced, especially in the first half of the year. I eventually gave up adding topics after a while, so this list will suffice for now. Overall, this should give you a better idea what topics were explored. Covering the trial […]
Posted in ADA, AGB, ASL, Audism, BoT, C.I., Civil Rights, Deaf Community, Deaf Cyberworld, Deaf Education, Deafhood, Domestic Violence, Gallaudet, Gally Protest, Judicial System, Language, Oralism, Police | 18 Comments »
Sunday, August 19th, 2007
Why does it make more sense for hearing people to give advice on how to rear and educate deaf children rather than for deaf people to offer such advice? One would think it best to ask those with personal experience. What makes hearing people more qualified than deaf people? Who told the parents to disregard […]
Posted in AGB, ASL, Audism, C.I., Language | 39 Comments »
