Deaf pianist donates $2 million to CSUF
A deaf person who also plays the piano donates $2 milllion dollars to California State University, Fresno.Retired architect, vineyard owner and piano player Robert Duncan Nicol, who has been deaf since...
View ArticleThe Deafening of America
In a Facebook conversation it got around to the use of the word "Deaf" and how one court is trying to avoid using a noun that create different classes of people such as deaf and hard of hearing. I...
View ArticleBullying through politics: Echoing a cause but is it right?.
There is an article written by a 15 year old high school student about his bullying experiences in classes committed by his teachers for having an alternative conservative political viewpoints in the...
View ArticlePersona non grata or pettiness?
It has been several months since I accessed Deaf Echo's website which is a holdover from their old DeafDC site. It has been over a year since Oct 9, 2011 when I realized that I was really persona non...
View ArticleS.E.E. is a visual language....
S.E.E. stands for Signing Exact English. It is a visual, signing communication system that allow the full English language to be visually seen in its correct grammatical and syntactical forms. S.E.E....
View ArticleDeaf-Blind Fiasco at Gallaudet University
I'm calling this a fiasco because the DB students have had to put up with Gallaudet University's shortcomings (and some of the deaf people in the Deaf community) on not helping them succeed and...
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Quotable Quotes of Dr. Edward Miner Gallaudet
Here are these interesting quotes by Dr. Gallaudet in 1886, six years after the 1880 Milan Conference:I commend this auricular method to all who are interested in the education of the deaf as one...
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Tombstone of Hope in Heaven
Does this tombstone statue of a boy in a wheelchair finally standing up reaching for the sky make you smile? Smile at the hope that he no longer have to be like that, free from the confines of a...
View ArticleDeaf Schools similar to Hogwarts?
I saw Amy Cohen's link to a video in Facebook of Michael Stultz, an ASL teacher, who did a video explaining to his hearing students on what deaf schools are like. In a moment of inspiration he used the...
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Hogwarts, Deaf Schools, Mudbloods and Pure Bloods, oh my!
Recently I covered a piece about how some people view going to residential schools or deaf schools as similar as going to Hogwarts. That's fine. Each to his or her own. However, I saw that video as an...
View ArticleMatt Hamill Interviews Compilation
For historical blogging purposes and convenience I decided to place all of the interview links of Matt Hamill into one place from 2006 to 2011. Four of those interviews were done by myself while others...
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Annette Funicello and John Tracy Clinic
Annette Funicello, former Disney Mouseketeer, died to day at age 70. RIP. The photo seen below (circa 1959) is Annette reading a Teen magazine to a deaf boy wearing a hearing aid on his chest....
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Don Grushkin's Piece on Dylan Quick : Self-Flagelation Begins
The news hit with blaring headlines after headlines on the tragedy of 14 students who got stabbed at the Lone Star Community College by a crazed student. I dreaded reading such depressing news but read...
View ArticleDeaf man kills deaf sister and deaf brother-in-law with rifle
Gruesome. Thomas Simich, Jr, a 46 year old culturally deaf man who cannot speak or hear at all, does not wear a hearing aid or cochlear implant and has history of mental illness while growing up with...
View ArticleBullying Inside the Deaf/HOH Community Rehashed
It's sad whenever (cyber)bullying occurs by deaf/hh bullies in the deaf/hh community whether bullies know sign language or not over deafness-related issues or that the target has a communication...
View ArticleCan you spot the video difference?
Can you spot the differences between these three videos? Maybe the irony? Before you complain, think first. Keep it clean...and nice. That's my only request. The last video talks about this guy in a...
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The Last Boston Marathon Race?
The good news? The hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers is over with the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The bad news? Will there be another Boston Marathon race in 2014? Did last week bombings near...
View ArticlePositive Quote of the Day
There are lots of positive quotes out there made by people who see the value of making positive encouragements. Here's my own personal quote I just made up that I think sums up the importance of...
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