Oh, how I’d love to have the ViaScribe for meetings and conferences. Unfortunately, this is for college settings and not personal use. I contacted a person working on the project who confirmed this. Maybe once this succeeds, personal use is the next step. That’s my hope–to have technology for translating what people are saying much …
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Bee's Knees
This is not just another “baby got a cochlear implant” story. His mom invented pants for crawlers to prevent their knees from hurting and donated part of the proceeds to the Learning and Listen Foundation. I apologize for the next sentence. Isn’t that just the bee’s knees?
Students Sues College over Notes
While reading Student sues college over notetaking, I recalled my own experiences with notetakers in college. I had one excellent one in my freshman year and a lousy one. Go figure, the lousy one was in the economics class, where I needed extra help as I stuggled with classes like that. He was an economics …
Hunting for Jobs
Deafbase has good tips for people who are deaf in finding a job. It’s awful searching for jobs especially when you don’t have one or despise your current one. My husband has been out of work since March 2003. I wouldn’t whine about it as I do have two jobs to support the family (barely), …
Jack in the Box Lawsuit
A person who is deaf sued Jack in the Box for discrimination and he won. He got a job with McDs after the rejection. When I was in high school, there was one place that rejected me: WalMart. Looking back, I wonder why. I worked at Toys R Us with no problems and the work …
Biography of a Deaf Artist
John Brewster, Jr. (1766-1854) was born deaf and received fame as an artist from New England. Reading this article was first I’ve heard of this artist. Harlan Lane has written a biography about the artist. Here are sites displaying his work and info: Ask Art Fenimore Art Museum WGBH Lecture (sign language interpreted) Boy with …
This Guy Is Stuck in the Dark Ages
This LA Times letters to the editor (requries free registration — excerpt below. I am very much in favor of any court decision that allows the handicapped the widest possible latitude in the workplace (“UPS May Appeal Ruling on Deaf Drivers,” Oct. 23). However, I have concerns about total deafness behind the wheel. In UPS’ …
Late Night Fouls
I grew up playing and watching sports. I miss those days and my sports time is limited to watching my kids play. I used to joke that my university, American University, was not a real school because they had no football team (I am from Texas, y’now?). KU tried to do the right thing at …
Woman Votes for First Time at 90
Wow. What took so long??? Deaf, mute, blind woman votes for first time at 90. Great story.
Offensive Title
Maybe I am not up with UK’s usage … but this article’s title: Hug for Charles from Deaf-Dumb Boy is offensive, don’t you think? Here in the US, dumb means “not smart.” I know the article is talking about a kid who doesn’t speak, but I think dumb has gone the way of the also …