Archive for the 'Communication' Category

ASL: Parents’ Rights vs Deaf Babies/Children’s Rights

Friday, November 7th, 2008

For some time, discussions about parental rights vs Deaf children’s right were held on the Deaf Cyberspace. Most of the discourses were illuminating and meaningful. We are actually starting to understand each other out better with less cyberbullying.  Some people insist that all Deaf babies and children have a right to ASL.  Actually, no.  According [...]

BOO!!!! 58% Polled Against Football Captioning Decision

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

As of few hours ago over 400 votes have been cast. The results were: 38% YES 58% NO 2%  NO OPINION Of course when I first heard this,  my first response was pfffttthhh. I went to Washington Post poll center and voted YES. I was disappointed to find the comment section closed as I couldn’t leave my 2 [...]

Was My Cat Killed By the Vet’s Lack of Communication?

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Last week was a difficult week in my life. I had to put down a two years old cat, Niku. Euthanasia is always an agonizing decision to make, but even worse when the pet is very young. Unlike previous times when I had to put down beloved elderly pets eventually due to advanced cancer, this time I had [...]