Great links to interesting articles and sites. Sharon reports Deaf actor in There Will Be Blood Sharon also has a great list of over 170 adolescent books containing deaf characters. Kathleen says her speech was better after learning ASL fluenty. This is fascinating as I observed an oral deaf person who later learned sign language …
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Rally Caps
Just read about Rally Caps at Hearing Exchange. It sounds like a nice story. Stories surrounding a disability or difference don’t always make a good read. I was looking for a children’s book with a deaf character to read to 2nd graders and didn’t like any of the ones I found. So this might have …
Waiting for the World to Change
Found this great video on Blogs with a Face. I may not know much ASL, but the video gets its message across loud and clear. Within an hour of writing this, I saw this song with captions on TV. It’s a lovely song.
Deaf Bunny
Ahem. This Wired article is a fascinating read, but read it in a safe place not at work or some place where someone seeing “Sex Drive” on your screen would embarrass. Sex sells. No matter how you do it.
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Alvin Dean Kaplan: 1931 – 2007
Deaf Kid in a Hearing Family
Rita’s Expressive VLog has a video of one person’s experience of being the only deaf kid in a hearing family during the holidays. The video is in ASL. Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, and Happy New Year everyone!
Internet Video and the Deaf Problem Noticed
Hacking Netflix posts an entry regarding Netflix’s customer support didn’t provide TTY support fast enough when the company moved to phone support. Furthermore, it doesn’t caption its online video (big surprise). I love that one of the comments says that the lack of subtitles/captioning affects more than just those who are deaf or hearing-impaired. The …
For Web Designers: Persona of Deaf Person
Shawn Henry’s book, Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design, is available online. Yes, the entire thing. Henry provides two persona examples of people with disabilities. Personas help Web designers visualize a Web site’s target market and design for that market. Thought it worthy of sharing in this blog. One persona is a retiree with macular …
Help Honor Baseball Player Dummy Hoy
Fookem and Bug ask we print letters and mail them to filmmaker David Risotto. He is working with avid Cincinnati Reds Baseball fan, Steve Sandy, to create a documentary on the life and achievements of William Ellsworth “Dummy” Hoy, the first deaf baseball player in history. I like what the blog says… that it’s not …
This Is My Family: Wanting a Deaf Baby
Just came across this interesting BBC video of a deaf couple who desire a deaf baby. The 2004 video shows the program in its entirety (one hour long) and with subtitles.