Dr. McCay Vernon Passes Away

By BitcoDavid From our Author’s page: McCay Vernon is the inspiration behind DeafInPrison.com. Upon learning of Felix Garcia’s plight in Florida, Vernon contacted Joanne Greenberg about writing a book regarding the struggles of Deaf inmates. Ms. Greenberg liked the idea, but thought a Blog site may be a more effective method of reaching an audience.

A Quick Addendum to the “Little Books” Post

By BitcoDavid Jean F. Andrews asked me to post the following citations: Little Books are the intellectual property of Dr. Jana Mason from the University of Illinois and Dr. Christine McCormick from Illinois State University. They gave Jean permission to use them for the Alabama Study, and also to distribute them to other researchers, parents

July 2013 at DeafInPrison.com

By BitcoDavid [scribd id=157483893 key=key-1lzypyp8wzhjfxexwxaw mode=scroll] BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog site consultant. In former lives, he was an audio engineer, a videographer, a teacher – even a cab driver. He is an avid health and fitness enthusiast and a Pro/Am boxer. He has spent years working with diet and exercise to combat

DeafInPrison.com Launches ASL Learners FaceBook Group

By BitcoDavid Interested in learning ASL, but don’t know where to start? Perhaps you’re an ASL teacher or a Terp, and you’d like to share some of your knowledge. Maybe you’re a student of Deaf Studies, and looking for some like-minded people to bond with. Or perhaps you’ve thought about joining an ASL meetup, and

DeafInPrison.com Celebrates 50,000 Views!!!

By BitcoDavid Congratulations to us – DeafInPrison.com – who just received our 50 thousandth view! Of course all of you helped, but it was DoTheWriteThingTampa, who drove home the golden spike. In addition to the link on this post, they will get one on the sidebar as well. Thanks guys, your support is greatly appreciated.

A Quick Tech Question

By BitcoDavid Generally speaking, if it transfers energy through gears and pulleys, if it works by electrons coursing through wires, or if it involves bouncing binary digits off satellites – I’ve got it down. But Marsha Graham and I are working on ways to create virtual access to the ASL Meetup. What I would like

June 2013 at DeafInPrison.com

By BitcoDavid Boy, this month just snuck up and bit me! Here, a day late, is June’s retrospective embed. [scribd id=151344165 key=key-1p3frl7g80wkbkdttz3c mode=scroll] BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog site consultant. In former lives, he was an audio engineer, a videographer, a teacher – even a cab driver. He is an avid health and

Adapted Little Books

By Jean F. Andrews [Editor’s Note: After some embarrassing tech issues – which you may have caught, but have since been corrected – Jean F. Andrews has graciously filled us in on the Adapted Little Books. This information is also available in the comments section of In a Related Story…, originally posted on 6/19 – BitcoDavid]

May 2013 at DeafInPrison.com

By BitcoDavid [scribd id=145126488 key=key-qfphx8a96an5fwlexcn mode=scroll] BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog site consultant. In former lives, he was an audio engineer, a videographer, a teacher – even a cab driver. He is an avid health and fitness enthusiast and a Pro/Am boxer. He has spent years working with diet and exercise to combat

Most Influential Blogger Award

By BitcoDavid Moorbey’z Blog – who by the way, is celebrating their 3rd anniversary – has honored DeafInPrison.com with the Most Influential Blogger award. The rules are pretty simple. All we have to do is nominate 12 other bloggers and link to them. Although, I can’t know, I tried to nominate sites that haven’t already