Jean Boutcher announced due to her reasoning of a quote taken out of context, I am implying that AGBell was a pro ASL supporter. In her blog: MZ, In your blog entry, Against ASL and Deaf Culture, you say, “If someone is fluent in ASL, how can using the language show the person biased? I would think if [...]
My eyes filling with tears, I feel deep pain for Jack Barr while he shared his horrific experiences at the oral school he attended. Too many innocent deaf children have received brutal treatment at the hands of hearing educators and speech therapists trying to force them to speak and hear/lipread. Children’s hands being tied, their mouths scrubbed [...]
I stood back, struck with amazement and sadness at the furor, hurt, and anger within the Deaf Community. Are we so different from each other that we truly cannot understand each other and come to full acceptance of everybody? First of all, I do not want to see anyone hurt, nor do I want anyone fired [...]
In my last post DBC: Confusing Messages, I asked for clarification about the statements of a DBC representative quoted in the newspaper article as audism and cochlear implants weren’t mentioned in the mission statement of Deaf Bilingual Coalition: “The two groups will bring their competing agendas to Milwaukee in separate national conferences this week: one that [...]
Deaf Bilingual Coalition began as a humble group with John Egbert and a handful of Deaf Leaders last July to discuss about promotion of ASL. The idea was sparked by Amy Cohen Efron’s Greatest Irony where hearing babies are encouraged to learn sign language to communicate while their vocal cords are immature, but deaf babies [...]
Originally posted on August 7th, 2007 AGB In Bed with Cochlear Implant Companies AGB is a non-profit organization to which parents turn for ‘unbiased’ information and advice. How can it be unbiased if it’s sponsored by commercial corporations invested in making millions of dollars and so far hasn’t shown reliable data for its products? [...]
February 7, 2008 In This Issue… Member Response to Pepsi Super Bowl Commercial Last week, AG Bell President Karen Youdelman and Executive Director Alexander T. Graham sent a letter to Pepsi executives regarding its Super Bowl commercial, Bob’s House, featuring Pepsi employees who are [...]
In my last post, I challenged AGBell Association regarding its letter of protest to Pepsi Cola Corporation for ‘implying that Deaf people only communicating using sign language.” How does AGBell Association know the Deaf people don’t speak orally, too? They may be wearing hearing aids and can lipread, too. I rest my case: Darren Therriault, the [...]
AGBell Association has been caught red-handed for deliberately spreading erroneous facts about ASL and Deaf people. Alexander T. Graham sent a letter to Pepsi corporate executives about its upcoming Super Bowl commercial,“Bob’s House,” featuring deaf characters. First portion from AGBell Letter: “Your advertisement perpetuates a common myth that all people who are deaf can only communicate using sign [...]
Reviewing what I covered last year, I was staggered by the sheer volume of the blogs produced, especially in the first half of the year. I eventually gave up adding topics after a while, so this list will suffice for now. Overall, this should give you a better idea what topics were explored. Covering the trial [...]
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