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September 9th, 2010 · Enter your password to view comments. · Deaf-Centered Topics, Life
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The Flip Side: To Speak or Not To Speak
September 3rd, 2010 · 7 Comments · Deaf-Centered Topics
Getting to the point, but first read my last blog post. Is it okay for some Deaf people to tell other what their choice of communication should be? Is it okay for one Deaf person to tell another Deaf person, “You should not talk, only sign.”? Is it okay to say we devalue ASL if we talk? You can probably Read the full post…
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Hypothetical Question: What if Hearing People Deny Deaf People the Right to SPEAK?
September 2nd, 2010 · 8 Comments · Deaf-Centered Topics
This will most likely never happen. It’s very unrealistic, and is pretty much the opposite of what’s normal today, but WHAT IF… What if hearing people told deaf people, “No, you’re not allowed to speak. Deaf people shouldn’t speak. You must use sign language or write. No talking.” (As a potential and ridiculous reason, because some of us don’t always Read the full post…
When Deaf Folks Take Over The World…
August 30th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Deaf-Centered Topics, Funny Ha-Ha
Here’s the plan, Stan. World Domination by the Deaf Community (includes EVERY country, not just America) will begin with the following: 1. We all learn every sign language that exists from A to Z. This might take some time. 2. Each sign language is assigned to a specific topic. For example, ASL will be assigned to Arts and Literature, BSL Read the full post…
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Even More Secret: Deaf Drawbacks!
August 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Deaf-Centered Topics, Funny Ha-Ha
Ok, I’m still here. The site hasn’t collapsed from revealing the secret perks of being Deaf, so perhaps I’m safe. I feel emboldened now. I think I’ll take it one step further, and share some even more secret info: drawbacks to being deaf. Why not? 1. We’re more susceptible to alien abductions. The ship can crash outside the house, the Read the full post…
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Secret Deaf Perks
August 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Deaf-Centered Topics, Funny Ha-Ha, Life
We all know what the usual perks to being deaf are, like being able to sign underwater and all that, but I’m going to share the SECRET ones. I got to do this quick before someone figures out a way to shut my website down. THEY don’t want you to know. I’ll get to the point: 1. Our hands are, Read the full post…
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Hearing Child, Deaf Parent
August 26th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Deaf-Centered Topics, Life
It’s too bad there’s no snazzy acronym like CODA, for us: Parents of hearing children. POHC? Doesn’t have the same cool factor. I’m a deaf parent of a hearing child. And guess what? I’m happy about that. It doesn’t have anything to do with her being hearing. Which brings me to the reason I’m writing this post in the first Read the full post…
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My Closest Daylight Silence
August 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Deaf-Centered Topics, Life, Religion
On Sunday morning, we threw together our hiking necessities and set out the door for Kings Canyon National Park. After a quick stop for a Subway lunch to add to our packs, we drove 2 hours to the park on a road we’ve never taken before. Much too long, and we’ll probably never take that route again.
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Gossip: Negativity versus News in our Community
August 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Deaf-Centered Topics, Life
Speak or act with an impure mind And trouble will follow you As the wheel follows the ox that draws the cart. –The Buddha Don’t speak evil of someone if you don’t know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it? –Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801) Swiss theologian and poet. Negative gossip is a problem Read the full post…
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I Speak … But I’m Still Deaf
August 19th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Deaf-Centered Topics
Yes, it’s true. I speak, but I’m still Deaf. (And I confess, I like to speak) I sign imperfect ASL, borderline PSE (most definitely not SEE), but I’m still Deaf. I “hear” things when I see them, because my mind imagines the sound without my trying, but I’m still Deaf (and sometimes, or often, this makes me crazy when all Read the full post…
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Being Deaf and Pursuing Creativity
August 17th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Deaf-Centered Topics, Writing
Recently I wrote about being deaf and writing, stating that there’s no reason that deaf folks can’t write. I still feel this way, but before I move on to my thoughts about creativity, I wanted to add a few comments to clarify myself: -I wasn’t suggesting that all deaf people SHOULD want to write. If one doesn’t want to, then Read the full post…
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Wherefore art thou, leaders?
August 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Deaf-Centered Topics
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet. Theodore M. Hesburgh I don’t know if this is a common problem in small communities across America or not, but lately I’ve been frustrated with the lack of local leadership in my own local deaf community. Where are the leaders? Where are Read the full post…
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