Archive for the 'C.I.' Category

Wait! Blogs Aren’t Fully Accessible, Either!

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Commentary: This is a post created last Feb when people accused the ASL vloggers of not being accessible to non-ASL users. I am reposting this as I feel some hearing and oral deaf people don’t fully understand the issues. Some of the ASL users have never achieved full linguistic competency in written English because they […]

CI Teen: My Struggle With Social Life

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

When I was little, I was confused with my own identity as my parents took me to St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf for oralism program and I never understood why American Sign Language is such a forbidden language. I remember the kindergarten very well and I stayed there for about two years after I […]

A Mom of CI Children:They’re Not Listening To Us.

Friday, January 11th, 2008

“I had no language the first six years of my life. I remember that my mom had to drag me out of the living room to begin practicing my hearing skills with the radio in kitchen, and she trained me to speak everyday. Whenever I tried to use my hands, my mom put them down. […]

Deaf Journey: Bahl, Wright, Gallaudet, DBC, MSSD, Canada, OSD, FSDB, SWCID

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 […]

Whatever Happened to Deaf Unity?

Monday, December 31st, 2007

During the Gallaudet protests, the emphasis among the protesters was Deaf Unity. All together, deaf people of all types, deaf of deaf, deaf of hearing, mainstreamed, oral, hard of hearing, deaf people using cochlear implants, and cued speech users united along with their hearing peers to stand up against management by intimidation and flawed administration. […]