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Supporter Contribution by Dr. Damara Paris

Nov 6, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentASL, Editorials, Supporter Contributions#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, ASL name signs Deaf Awareness week, DeafInPrison Blog, Dr. Damara Paris, Holocaust, Jean F. Andrews, Native American

By Jean F. Andrews [Author’s Note: Dr. Paris is an assistant professor in the Dept of Deaf Studies/Deaf Education at Lamar University. She has done research with Native American Deaf Communities. — Jean Andrews] Native American and Deaf Communities: Parallels of Oppression Damara Paris, Ed.D, CRC, NCC Recently, the news has been rife with reports

A Basic First-aid Class for Deaf Adults

Nov 3, 2013deafinprisonorgEditorials#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, ASL, Deaf education, Deaf in Prison, Deaf Students, DeafInPrison.com, Denver, Interpreter, Joanne Greenberg

By Joanne Greenberg [Editor’s note: This piece was originally written by Ms. Greenberg several years ago, so many of the time and date references may no longer be accurate. — BitcoDavid] The idea for the class came serendipitously. I was taking advanced first-aid and I mentioned to the Chief Instructor, that because there were a

It Takes Time to be an ASL/English Bilingual

Nov 1, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentASL, Editorials#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, ASL Learners by DeafInPrison.com, Bilingual education, Deaf in Prison, Deaf Inmates, DeafInPrison.com, Jean F. Andrews

By Jean F. Andrews Learning ASL and English does not happen quickly. It takes time as do all first language and second language learning. Delays in language learning is a fact in many deaf persons’ lives. But it does not have to be. Being deaf does not cause a language delay. It is the lack

Preschools, Prisons and Deaf Inmates

Oct 28, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsASL, Editorials, Embeded Files#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Arne Duncan, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jean F. Andrews, New York Times, Nicholas D. Kristof, Preschool education

By Jean F. Andrews In Sunday’s New York Times (October 26, 2013), Nicholas D. Kristof wrote a compelling piece linking two ideas that seemed, at first blush, to be oceans apart–preschools and prisons. What comes to mind is an innocent looking, three year old playing with play dough next to a grizzled inmate who looks beaten down by poverty, low education

Kids in Adult Jails: Almost Half States Stopping Practice

Oct 16, 2013deafinprisonorg4 CommentsEmbeded Files#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Campaign for Youth Justice, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Juvenile Offenders in Adult Jails, Prison suicide, Solitary Confinement

By BitcoDavid The Campaign for Youth Justice just released a report that states that a number of legislative bodies in America have revisited the concept of warehousing teen offenders in adult facilities. America detains 70,000 youths per day — WaPo. There are now numerous bodies of evidence that this practice not only keeps the offenders

Reading and Deaf Researchers

Oct 12, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsASL#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Deafness, Education, Jean F. Andrews, Lamar University

By Jean F. Andrews Since I’ve been in higher education, I’ve seen an increase in numbers of graduate students who are deaf apply to deaf education programs. I have also seen the increase in the hiring of professors who are deaf in different institutions where I have worked. The topics of their research papers are

Juvenile Crimes – Our Main Pain!

Oct 7, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Addiction, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Juvenile delinquency, Paul Smith, Supporter Contributions, Youth

By Supporter Contributor Paul Smith It’s sad to admit but over the past years the problem of youth crime is becoming more and more urgent. Teachers, social organizations and specialists working in this field are very concerned about the tendency to degradation of the new generation of our society. Young people who have not come

I Flunk My Hearing Test

Oct 4, 2013deafinprisonorgHumor#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Age Related Hearing Loss, Audiology, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Deafness, Hearing aid, Joanne Greenberg

By Joanne Greenberg I was sure that I would pass because I hear so much better than my husband, and while some people were difficult for me to hear unless I was facing them, most of them speak clearly enough for me to follow. I did the bit in the soundproof box and when the

Conversation at the Supermarket

Oct 2, 2013deafinprisonorg4 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Age Related Hearing Loss, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Deafness, Hearing aid, Joanne Greenberg

By Joanne Greenberg I was standing near the onions trying to figure out which kind I wanted, when I spotted a neighbor who greeted me. During our chat, she mentioned that her husband had new hearing aids. “They cost a mint, but he never wears them. I’m exhausted by his saying. ‘What?’ all the time

I Meet McCay Vernon

Oct 1, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsOp-Ed#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Gallaudet University, Joanne Greenberg, McCay Vernon

By Joanne Greenberg About 40 years ago, a man called me up on the telephone. “I read your book, In This Sign, and I think you would be the one to work on a film I have in mind.” I was annoyed. “I’ve never written a script,” I said. He went on. “I have a