Blog Profile / dianrez's Xanga
| URL : | http://dianrez.xanga.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Health / Ears & Hearing | |
| Posts on Regator: | 22 | |
| Posts / Week: | 0.1 | |
| Archived Since: | February 15, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
What is wrong in Indiana: start with the OMB report
Patti Durr mentioned the December 2011 OMB report that led to Bill HB 1367 being drafted. I decided to have a look for myself and here it is: Indiana OMB ReportAfter reading it, several items stick out:1. The point is hammered that each...Show More Summary
Are we talking about the same people?
The Media News media and reporters are not the most brilliantly perceptive people in the world. Any person with a hearing issue is likely to be called "deaf" and their accomplishments are likely to be said "in spite of..." or "due to the miracle of..." Stories about the newest hearing devices are usually accompanied by "cure" or words alluding to it. Show More Summary
Police Training and Deaf People
We're good citizens Normally most Deaf people don't fear the police, despite the unhappy encounters that have been reported in the media of Deaf people being mistreated or killed by zealous police officers. Most of us believe that if...Show More Summary
Contemplating Our Extinction, part 3
The Naysayers: Defenders of the Status Quo This blog will address some negative opinions about Deaf by deaf people. We call them the "naysayers"-- people who reject the concept that we have a culture and a language that are recognized as equal to other cultures and languages. Show More Summary
Contemplating Our Extinction, Part 2
This blog will be playing devil's advocate. Not all hearing people (or even all deaf people) believe this, but there are enough who are saying it for us to be concerned. We have evidence of whole societies and nations becoming extinct--either by disaster or by design--and with each one we lose something. Show More Summary
Contemplating Our Extinction as a People, part 1
In the mad budget-driven push by politicians, any excuse will do to SAVE MONEY. Dollars translates into votes. When it became a matter of 1500 children in 11 schools in New York costing twice as much per capita as 4.5 million children at other schools, the politicians became greedily opportunistic with dollar signs in their eyes. Show More Summary
A Thousand Committed People were Just Grand!
For the past month, we had known buses would be chartered from the major cities of New York State, three from Buffalo, one from the Southern Tier, and three from Rochester; with more from elsewhere and downstate to converge on Albany's Legislature buildings. Show More Summary
Dear Governor Cuomo,
Governor, Your proposal honestly left me scratching my head. I voted for you, being a huge believer in that the Democratic platform was citizen-friendly and had its priorities straight. Everywhere we balance many contradictory requirements:...Show More Summary
What Blogging Means to the Deaf Community
Who reads blogs and post comments? It has been said that people participate in online discussions in the proportion of 90-10-1, or that 90 percent of blog readers lurk but do not contribute, another 10 percent may contribute occasionally, and 1 percent will be active bloggers or contributors on a regular basis. Show More Summary
Audism in Online Job Applications
Recently this came to my attention because Son was applying for jobs while on break from college. Most places nowadays ask one to submit an application online, some providing for attaching or pasting in a resume. So he went at it, completing six online applications for entry-level jobs this past week. Show More Summary
Ella's Ghost of Oralism
Ella's recent video created controversy because quotes pulled from it gives the impression of violence in fighting oralism. I didn't see it that way, although she used strong expressions. What she is fighting is a powerful ghost that nevertheless still haunts all of us today. Show More Summary
Divisive or Reflective Looks at the Deaf Community
Recently Mike McConnell, known for his critical comments on the Deaf community, did it again. After detailing recent arrests of Deaf people for crimes, he asked, "All in all, when combined with these past events did they help tarnish...Show More Summary
The Beloit List and the Deaf
Each year Beloit College in Wisconsin publishes a list of items that young people entering college don't know about. WARNING: Reading this list may make you feel old, even if you are just 30. I selected some items and commented on how Deaf people might view them, plus added a few of my own. Show More Summary
When Deaf are Stopped by Security or Police
This viral video has been making the rounds of the Deaf community internet groups. The link is provided here for those who haven't seen it: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-deaf-shoppers-tackled,0,6097535.story Synopsis: Two deaf brothers were stopped coming out of a California ladies' clothing store in Hollywood. Show More Summary
To Fight or to Ignore Fallacies about ASL?
This blog had me puzzled...not in its original premise, which was about pros and cons of the different methods of early childhood communication. While reasonable in its question, the blogger focused only on ASL and mused how its "cons" would be explained. Show More Summary
The Jigsaw Puzzle of Deafdom
Deafdom, as opposed to deafhood, is a physical world where d/Deaf people and their contemporaries live, grow, work, learn and interact with one another. No set of beliefs, no customs or even language is specified and these vary for each individual. Show More Summary
Grandpa and the Deaf toddler
It was a hot summer day and the grandfather was busy in the vegetable garden, fenced off from the back yard where the deaf child and her dog romped. Occasionally he would raise his head to check on the little redheaded girl and see that she was still there, or simply listen to her bouncing the seesaw or creaking in the swing. Show More Summary
The professor and the layman
Of late there have been charges about "deafhoodized" and "closed society" by some who do not agree with Deaf Culture ideas. Recently on Sewell's blog he talked about ASL suppressing Native American Sign Language, ISL, just as the oral/aural people suppress ASL. Show More Summary
"Hate Crime" Verbiage Can Harm Us
This is for us, the Deaf Community, those of us who prefer ASL and use it with our most significant friends and family. At the same time, we have to live and work in the Hearing community. As equals, not as downtrodden people.Recently some people have been flinging around extremist language. Show More Summary
Random Comments on the Deaf Blogsphere
These days it is pretty darn easy to get ticked off. The current flap in California has brought out the Deaf Culturists and the Anti-Deaf Culturists again. People who should know better are dragging out the same old tired arguments...attacking...Show More Summary