A little long, but worthy reading the whole post: When Rachel’s deafness was first diagnosed in 1989, she was only two months old. Fortunately, or so we thought at the time, the hospital that did Rachel’s ABR testing sent us to another audiologist and social worker immediately following her 2½ hours of hearing testing. However, [...]
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 [...]
During the Gallaudet protests, the emphasis among the protesters was Deaf Unity. All together, deaf people of all types, deaf of deaf, deaf of hearing, mainstreamed, oral, hard of hearing, deaf people using cochlear implants, and cued speech users united along with their hearing peers to stand up against management by intimidation and flawed administration. [...]
Some have recently issued a demand to ban from Deafread what they are pleased to call “deficit thinkers”. This strikes me as being nothing less than an attempt to throttle open discussion of deaf issues because they think that there’s only one right way to be deaf: their way. No dissent allowed! Now this [...]
A Year After Protests, Gallaudet Sees Progress, but Key Dispute Remains. The Chronicle of Higher Education Quotes of Dr. Jane Fernandes:  “The protesters objected to my vision that Gallaudet needed to become an inclusive deaf university, where all kinds of deaf people are valued and respected,” Ms. Fernandes told The Chronicle in an e-mail message [...]
A Second Note from Anguished Mom of a MSSD Student: I do agree with those of you who say my son should have been taught about culture and discrimination. As a parent, we don’t know everything and do the best we can with what we have and know. Hind sight is 20/20 and I wish [...]
It’s so sad that all of you talk as if you know what happened… My son who is 15 and white was involved in this… his grandmother is black and 3 of his sisters are black… he has no understanding of discrimination and does not know what a swastika is… He is developmentally 10 or [...]
From Doug: Â I was found NOT guilty of obstructing legal process with force. The jury didn’t find that I forcibly resisted arrest and it didn’t find that I bit or hit the officer. Now I am convicted for my speech – – requesting to write instead of lipreading. I requested that the officer communicate [...]
Guilt by obstruction without force 60 days jail, suspended pending good behavior anger management class one year probation with no supervision fine $ 778 COMMENTARY: I’ve been hearing bits about the trial the last three days. All I can say… a travesty of justice. I don’t know Bahl personally. But from what everybody has been telling [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNVG2CsMcsE Here is the heartbreaking video from last Dec showing Bahl’s badly beaten face as he told the Deaf Community that he’s OK. Jury selection began yesterday and the police officers testified in the afternoon. Bahl is expected to testify this morning and the trial may be concluded sometime tomorrow, if not today. Bahl is [...]
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