Archive for the 'Deafhood' Category

Thank You, DBC

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Thank you for finally acknowledging  and validating the statements of the former core DBC members: Deafhood is a part of DBC.  DBC had taken the first step, recognizing better the importance of being more transparent to the Deaf Community when they disclosed the role of Deafhood in DBC. I also appreciate Barb for taking precious time off from her family [...]

MZ: An Ex-Founding DBC Core Member

Friday, July 11th, 2008

I’ve thought long and hard about this. I have encouraged DBC twice to become more transparent. I’ve asked two DBC leaders to vp with me, so we can discuss this further, but they both weren’t ‘available’. In e-mails, I asked them why they don’t want to acknowledge to the Deaf Community that they practice Deafhood [...]

DBC: Bilingualism, Audism, and Deafhood?

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

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 views [...]

Deaf Journey: Bahl, Wright, Gallaudet, DBC, MSSD, Canada, OSD, FSDB, SWCID

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

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 [...]