Archive for the 'AGB' Category

Hearing People Yes, Deaf People NO! ???

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

Why does it make more sense for hearing people to give advice on how to rear and educate deaf children rather than for deaf people to offer such advice?  One would think it best to ask those with personal experience.  What makes hearing people more qualified than deaf people? Who told the parents to disregard [...]

AGB In Bed with Cochlear Implant Companies?

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Conflicts of Interests?  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?  I find it disquieting that AGB is so closely affiliated with commercial [...]

Back From AGB Demonstration

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

It was really fantastic meeting some of the DBC organizers in person, John Egbert, Barb Digi and her kids, DE, and Aidan. Much to my pleasure, Jared Evans, one of the DeafRead editors, was there, too.  I bumped to some former students and other Deaf people I know, which is always great. The atmosphere was [...]