Thanks to Mr Sandman I just learned that deafread.com is now taking nominations for deaf blog awards for 2006. So if you have favorite blogs that you would like to see recognized in this year’s competition, you can submit your nominations to deafread.com between now and January 19. You can even submit something you [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )I just discovered a new blog that was set up earlier this week by a Deaf-Blind blogger named Christine (aka “Coco” and “Tactilejunkie”). It looks like she is going to describe her own experiences as a woman with Usher’s syndrome in the process of adapting to her gradual loss of vision. She also has some links to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Jared Evans has just written a thoughtful blog post on the importance of welcoming “Solitaires” into the deaf community.
If you don’t know what the word “Solitaire” means in relation to deaf people, then you haven’t read one of the several recent blog posts discussing Gina Olivia’s newest book, Alone in the Mainstream. I [...]
If you have read any of the more popular deaf blogs lately, or if you have even glanced at deafread.com, then you know three things by now:
1. There’s going to be a conference at Gallaudet on February 3, 2007. This conference is commonly described by some people as “a conference on deaf blogging”–though that [...]
By now, most of you have already seen multiple copies of this announcement, but just in case anyone has missed it.
Some people seem to perceive this as a general “deaf blogging/vlogging” conference. It’s not meant to be. As I understand it (and I’ve asked Jill Bradbury to let me know of anything I write on [...]
ReunifyGally isn’t alone. If you believe in the power of blogs and vlogs to promote thoughtful, respectful dialogue related to the Unity for Gallaudet protests, then check out the new blog by Jill Bradbury, Coalition for Critical Inquiry, at: http://ccigally.info/. (For a summary of what the Coalition for Critical Inquiry is about, see http://ccigally.info/about.)
She [...]
How about making a “Gallaudet Unity Quilt”?
Before discussing this concept, I should give credit where it is due. This notion is entirely inspired by the Deaf Hope Quilting project. They are soliciting quilted contributions to a “Deaf Unity” quilt in which people would create squares showing what “Deaf Unity” means to THEM. [...]
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