I’ve been researching how I can stay in touch when away from the computer and when the person who wishes to reach me is also away from emailing capabilities (or more importantly, not even a big emailer as luck would have it that most people I know locally are that way). I looked into a …
Category: The D Life
Deaf to Reason
Deaf Today shares an article from the Telegraph (requires registration) about a mother’s experience in deciding what to do for her deaf son and running into roadblocks from the deaf community. My opinion is that it is none of the deaf community’s business what a parent or person decides to do in terms of language …
ASL Poetry
The Slope ASL Poetry Special has original poetry by Ella Mae Lentz, Patrick Graybill, Clayton Valli, and the Flying Words Project featuring Peter Cook and Kenny Lerner. Plus, you’ll find poems by the winner and finalists of the National ASL Poetry Prize. Slope is the first national poetry journal to publish ASL poetry online in …
What's the Big Deal?
Recently, my family was mentioned in a newspaper blurb because of Paul’s being laid off. The blurb mentioned we have three kids and that I’m hearing impaired. I asked Paul what the big deal was about mentioning the deaf part. I mean, it’s like saying someone wears glasses, isn’t it? Paul said that people believe …
The Rolling My Eyes Department
Here’s another person who believes the hearing world is Dehumanizing the Deaf. I draw the conclusion that this person is saying, “Adapt to us, not us adapt to you.” Last I checked, people living in the US who speak languages other than English are expected to learn English to be able to get along better …
When Captions Go Wrong
I’ve seen my share of closed-caption typos, but I never remember them long enough to share since there are too many especially during live programming. It ain’t easy being a stenographer and I have high respect for them. Codeman38 (who has a Proofreader’s Hall of Shame) points to I Am Error Happy, a site for …
Pre-2004 Update
This year is coming to a close. It’s been a roller coaster of a year between having a baby, Paul getting laid off, getting the cochlear implant, and managing three kids. Health-wise, it was rough and I hope 2004 will be better and healthier. I was invited to participate in a study that requires going …
Easy to Forget
A couple of weeks ago, I left for work… without the implant. It’s easy to forget putting it on because it doesn’t have those awful ear molds like hearing aids do. With or without the implant, you hard feel anything there. Plus, I went a few days without wearing it because I was sick and …
Elliot's Story
I read about Elliot in this article from the Denver Post. His mother is right about the statement that “deaf people can’t use regular phones or pay phones” being wrong. It was a blanket statement. There are still plenty like me who can’t use the phone… yet. Anyway, the site talks about screening, candidacy, the …
Operator! Operator!
As one who uses a relay service to make phone calls, I prefer to connect with humans instead of dealing the mile long recorded-message hell. It takes a long time for the operator to type the entire recording and by the time it ends, the phone has hung up. 1-800-Annoy me now shares a few …