Saturday, May 1, 2010
Todd Silvestri Passed Away Yesterday
No, no, no, no. That couldn't be possible for someone like Todd Silverstri passed away. No official confirmation how Todd died. All sympathy and concoldences go to the Silverstri family and friends during their difficult times.
All sympathy and concoldences go to the Silverstri family and friends during their difficult times.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Will the ASL Be the Next Target?
Republican gubernational candidate, Tim James recently announced that he HATE foreign languages! He ever spoken before the camera, too.
Will the ASL be the next target for being part of the foreign language studies or what?
Or the ASL being NOT recognized as part of human language when any deaf individual request for the ASL interpretation within the Governor's office or ASL interpretation for the driver's license test? Please check out the enclosed statement from Governor James within this attachment.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20003524-503544.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsGamecore+(GameCore%3A+CBSnews.com)
Telecast attachment with no captions enclosed -
http://gawker.com/5525583/this-is-alabama-we-speak-english?skyline=true&s=i
How come didn't the Governor's Office of Alamaba provide equal access to all Alamabans like captioning Governor's telecast statement?
Don't America realize that we, deaf ASL users are Americans, too?
Some states' Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) require to provide the oral exams for getting the driver's license. What about our right to obtain and acquire the driver's license like everyone else?
Should the Deaf America find the GOP gubernational candidate's statement to be pretty troubling for creating such trends across the country into a nation of intolerance?
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
Will the ASL be the next target for being part of the foreign language studies or what?
Or the ASL being NOT recognized as part of human language when any deaf individual request for the ASL interpretation within the Governor's office or ASL interpretation for the driver's license test? Please check out the enclosed statement from Governor James within this attachment.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20003524-503544.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsGamecore+(GameCore%3A+CBSnews.com)
Telecast attachment with no captions enclosed -
http://gawker.com/5525583/this-is-alabama-we-speak-english?skyline=true&s=i
How come didn't the Governor's Office of Alamaba provide equal access to all Alamabans like captioning Governor's telecast statement?
Don't America realize that we, deaf ASL users are Americans, too?
Some states' Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) require to provide the oral exams for getting the driver's license. What about our right to obtain and acquire the driver's license like everyone else?
Should the Deaf America find the GOP gubernational candidate's statement to be pretty troubling for creating such trends across the country into a nation of intolerance?
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Desperate Housewives' Offensive Episode Toward Deaf People
The ABC-TV's popular network television, "Desperate Housewives" done such an offensive mockery toward deaf people in the #20 episode of Season Six - "Epiphany". The alcoholic single mother mocked her own teenage son for being thankful about not dating anyone deaf, blind and crippled and snided at him for wooing the daughter of Republican caterer out of his league. That son turned turned into a male teenage serial killer at the fictional Wisteria Lane. http://www.tv.com/desperate-housewives/epiphany/episode/1335656/summary.html?tag=ep_guide;summary
Why Marc Cherry, the writer of "Desperate Housewives" thought that way about deaf people being undesirable for being dated with? Cherry wrote the hilarous and memorable part for deaf actress Marlee Matlin for the Season Three - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdhXmLtBLQY
What turned the writer into the anti-deaf or "hate crime" against deaf people?
You could view the enclosed video with closed captions at 32:08 of http://www.hulu.com/watch/143504/desperate-housewives-epiphany
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
Saturday, April 24, 2010
WHEN WILL COMIC BOOKS OR TV SHOW REGULARLY FEATURES DEAF CHARACTER(s)?
The Archie Comics will feature the FIRST gay character in its comic book series to be more inclusive within the changing world. WHAT abbbbbbbbouuut DEAF character(s) as part of the Riverdale gang???
http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/04/22/archie-comics-introduces-first-openly-gay-character/
How come didn't DEAF characters being seen as true marketable for comic books or tv shows?
Speaking of true deaf characters, not being just the token character(s).
More and more comic books featured the GLBT people as superheroes or leading character like "Johnny Hex" and "Batgirl". Please check out the list of LGBT superheroes/heroines and villains /villainesses http://heroesnhunks.com/wordpress/category/lgbt-in-comics/
http://queersupe.com/a-z-lbgt-comic-book-character-superlist/
Deaf kids surely need the "superhero" role models in comic books!! Don't you agree?
Some comic books or graphic novels already feature deaf characters -http://www.slideshare.net/sharonpajkawest/presentation-deaf-comic-book-characters-presentation
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/04/22/archie-comics-introduces-first-openly-gay-character/
How come didn't DEAF characters being seen as true marketable for comic books or tv shows?
Speaking of true deaf characters, not being just the token character(s).
More and more comic books featured the GLBT people as superheroes or leading character like "Johnny Hex" and "Batgirl". Please check out the list of LGBT superheroes/heroines and villains /villainesses http://heroesnhunks.com/wordpress/category/lgbt-in-comics/
http://queersupe.com/a-z-lbgt-comic-book-character-superlist/
Deaf kids surely need the "superhero" role models in comic books!! Don't you agree?
Some comic books or graphic novels already feature deaf characters -http://www.slideshare.net/sharonpajkawest/presentation-deaf-comic-book-characters-presentation
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
FYI, Deaf School Adminstrator Got Terminated Yesterday
The latest news about the deaf school administrator officially got terminated yesterday around 4pm (4/23/2010).
Most employers or state government usually have to wait for the "guilty" verdict or the circumstantial evidence against someone. That changed much from the administrative leave to FIRED in less than a week. No official press release from the ENCSD or the state education department.
Were more and more people came forward in expressing their personal dealings with the deaf school administrator. Or what made the school board or state education board or state supt. dismissed the deaf school administrator without waiting for the incoming trial to prove this deaf individual "not guilty" or "guilty".
Was the institutional racism and audism played in the role of firing Dr. Reginald Redding, the
head school director of the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf?
According to Ridor's latest vlog posting, Dr. Redding accused the deaf lady of seeing someone else beside him which led to the violent confrontation. Redding placed the pillow on deaf lady's face. She managed to escape and report to the police.
Many of us have been concerned about the negative aspects of Dr. Redding's so-called criminal action possibly affected the future of hiring of deaf individuals to the teaching and administration positions.
The state of North Carolinia is well-known as the bastion of "AUDISM" or "Audistic State" since Dr. Bruxton, the state administrator declared the use of sign language for unintellectual people pretty long time ago.
Ever the state of North Carolina tried to merger the two existing schools of the deaf into one large school of the deaf serving 250 students altogether in entire state. That would save only $17 million dollars. http://www.deafchild.net/?tag=encsd
Fully sure about Ridor that he already knew about the firing of Dr. Reginald Redding before many of us. I already could tell that Ridor knew.
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
Most employers or state government usually have to wait for the "guilty" verdict or the circumstantial evidence against someone. That changed much from the administrative leave to FIRED in less than a week. No official press release from the ENCSD or the state education department.
Were more and more people came forward in expressing their personal dealings with the deaf school administrator. Or what made the school board or state education board or state supt. dismissed the deaf school administrator without waiting for the incoming trial to prove this deaf individual "not guilty" or "guilty".
Was the institutional racism and audism played in the role of firing Dr. Reginald Redding, the
head school director of the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf?
According to Ridor's latest vlog posting, Dr. Redding accused the deaf lady of seeing someone else beside him which led to the violent confrontation. Redding placed the pillow on deaf lady's face. She managed to escape and report to the police.
Many of us have been concerned about the negative aspects of Dr. Redding's so-called criminal action possibly affected the future of hiring of deaf individuals to the teaching and administration positions.
The state of North Carolinia is well-known as the bastion of "AUDISM" or "Audistic State" since Dr. Bruxton, the state administrator declared the use of sign language for unintellectual people pretty long time ago.
Ever the state of North Carolina tried to merger the two existing schools of the deaf into one large school of the deaf serving 250 students altogether in entire state. That would save only $17 million dollars. http://www.deafchild.net/?tag=encsd
Fully sure about Ridor that he already knew about the firing of Dr. Reginald Redding before many of us. I already could tell that Ridor knew.
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
Friday, April 23, 2010
How the AGBell Turned WVSD Into Phonic Ear Experiment
Anne Thompson, the audistic hearing "Supervising Teacher" of the West Virginia School for the Deaf (WVSD) in Romney, WV from the 1973 to 1981, turned the school into the phonic ear experiment with direct connection to the Alexander Graham Bell Association of the Deaf (AGBell).
Before Thompsons came to the WVSD, the school progressively engaged in
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Deaf Grandparents Were Very Upset with Their Hearing Son's Decision
One of the deaf grandparents recently were very upset with their hearing son's decision for getting their only four-old months deaf grandson the cochlear implant (CI). The hearing son defied and dismissed their own parents' logical arguments about the false miracles and dangers of CI surgery and device. Of course, the deaf grandparents were very emotionally devastated of seeing their own son chose to shortchange the deaf grandson's own language development and emotional intelligence and cultural and linguistic heritage into the productive, well-educated and emotionally balanced citizen.
The deaf grandparents bought the costly airfare to fly down from the coast to coast to talk with the hearing son in person into reconsidering the option for CI surgery on the four-months old deaf grandson. Both deaf grandparents had the unsuccessful relay conversation thru the third-party (VRS). So the concerned grandparents willingly coughed up their air fares to do something about their deaf grandson.
The deaf grandparents deeply care about the well-beings and welfare of their deaf grandson from the lifetime mistake which will be not possibly reversed without additional surgery to remove the CI device. Many health insurance companies refuse to pay the cost of removing the CI device whether the device and surgery cause the life-threatening health problems.
The name of deaf grandparents and deaf grandson and exact location area to be temporarily withdraw for the full privacy of involved family members and let those involved parties to resolve their own family matters without any interference(s) from any audistic proponents, organizations and corporations.
Sadly, the deaf grandparents' legitimate concerns tossed out the window without appreciating the wisdom and love from our multi-generational family, especially the elders. Such types of Children of Deaf Children known as CODAs like the hearing son whose only fingerspell and reject the proud cultural and linguistic hertiage of their own parents and siblings and relatives. Another son fluently sign and proudly embrace deaf people as true human beings very well.
What's matter with the increasingly superior "digital hearing aids" much effective and reliable and removable than the forced cochlear implant surgery without the consent of deaf babies and youngsters?
Keep tune in the future blog posting for latest development on the deaf grandparents' strives to resolve the family matter without resorting to the legal injunction against the hearing son's family.
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM), RLMDEAF blog
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