I thought about the creation of "DeafCorp", an offspring of the AmeriCorps all-volunteer program with paid staff pretty long time ago during the "Unity for Gallaudet" protest.
Why not we mobilize for the share of the AmeriCorps financial pie to help deaf people within our own communities?
The U.S. Congress recently passed the bill to expand the AmeriCorps program -
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/ap_on_go_co/national_service
We could do many productive and long-term benefit things for our own deaf communities through the subsidiary program of the AmeriCorps. What about sending volunteers to keep the
South Dakota School for the Deaf all open with qualified in-training college students and retired deaf volunteers - former educators, etc.
Yes, Deaf America is in the real emergency of crises right now.
ASlize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Does the CDC Promote Harmful Pathological Views of Us, Deaf People?
To answer this question above the title of blog posting - DEFINITELY YES!
I hardly bother to check out various online government websites, especially the Center for Disease Control (CDC) official website.
See for yourselves! Here are several attachments -
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/hi4.htm
How interesting for the CDC define us, deaf people as
"development disabilities"!
The CDC and other government agencies need to see that culturally deaf
people do not cost very much as assecorizing deaf babies and youngsters
with very limited capabilities and costly devices and speech therapies. Pure AUDISM on the part of the Center for Disease Control and other government agencies like National Center on Deafness (NCD). Remember that the use of sign language and American Sign Language and other sign languages around the world are free and very convenient and fully accessible as compared to the over dependency on artificial means to mimic like a parrot in the cage.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/ehdi/default.htm
How interesting within the quote from parent of deaf child -
Check out that quote from the link above!
Did you see that several references to parents of deaf newborn baby and
child - Urge them for getting the medical intervention.
Is our own national government promote human perfectionism and linguicism?
Definitely the sure thing!
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
I hardly bother to check out various online government websites, especially the Center for Disease Control (CDC) official website.
See for yourselves! Here are several attachments -
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/hi4.htm
How interesting for the CDC define us, deaf people as
"development disabilities"!
The CDC and other government agencies need to see that culturally deaf
people do not cost very much as assecorizing deaf babies and youngsters
with very limited capabilities and costly devices and speech therapies. Pure AUDISM on the part of the Center for Disease Control and other government agencies like National Center on Deafness (NCD). Remember that the use of sign language and American Sign Language and other sign languages around the world are free and very convenient and fully accessible as compared to the over dependency on artificial means to mimic like a parrot in the cage.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/ehdi/default.htm
How interesting within the quote from parent of deaf child -
Check out that quote from the link above!
Did you see that several references to parents of deaf newborn baby and
child - Urge them for getting the medical intervention.
Is our own national government promote human perfectionism and linguicism?
Definitely the sure thing!
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
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