In a Related Story…

By BitcoDavid Our contributor, Jean F. Andrews wrote this as a response to a comment on her last post. After reading it, I thought our readers who had not seen the original comment thread, would be interested in it. It may be useful to those of us who are not parents of Deaf children –

Post Birthday Digest Post

By BitcoDavid Yes, you read that right. I’m 56 years old (going on 35). Jack’s birthday is tomorrow. He’ll be 4. You look at his pics, and you think, awww – such a punim. But see, Jack’s days as a puppy were not good ones. He was born into a Georgia dog fighting ring, and

This Site is Going Blackout 22 April 2013 ~ Protest CISPA

DeafInPrison.com is proud to join Moorbey’z Blog and others in this effort. Click the pic for more info. Related articles Internet blackout: Will sites follow Anonymous in CISPA protest? (itproportal.com) Anonymous leads 200+ websites in April 22 blackout to protest CISPA (thenextweb.com) Anonymous Calls For ‘Internet Blackout Day’ To Protest CISPA | LeakSource (joyunderwood.wordpress.com) Talk

Update on Englewood Case from H.E.A.R.D.

By BitcoDavid This came from HEARD’s FaceBook page. If you haven’t yet done so, and you’re on FaceBook, you can shoot on over there, and give ’em a “Like.” HEARD – Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of the Deaf – is an organization that works tirelessly to aid both the Deaf community and the

Be Afraid… Be Very Afraid

By BitcoDavid They’re everywhere, lurking under every rock, skulking behind every dark corner. The evil doers. The criminals, bent on the senseless destruction of all you hold dear. They exist only to rape your daughters, steal your goods – oh, and hack into your identity. Whether it’s crazed road ragers who will shoot you for

He Was About to Take Out His Gun

By BitcoDavid Craig Egan made this video after he had a harrowing experience with a security guard. He writes, ” I am traumatized! Please watch my video from the beginning to the end. I am sending one STRONG message that everybody needs to build a better deaf awareness.” Apparently Egan was attempting to gain access

Women’s Playground Movie Pulls No Punches

By BitcoDavid Tapestry Entertainment has finally completed their long anticipated independent film, Women’s Playground. A screening is to be held at the International House of Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 at 6:00 PM, next Sunday, with more screenings in more cities to follow. Tickets are 15 dollars and can be ordered through their

Update on the #JusticeForFelix Project

Update on the #JusticeForFelix Project By BitcoDavid Let me start with the petition site. We’re currently at 331 signatures, which is where we’ve been for a while now. We still need almost 700 before we can send the petition. But, there’s a silver lining. Our numbers on the page – signatures notwithstanding – are pretty

Deaf Couple use Internet and Technology to Run Restaurant

Today’s New York Times reports on a Deaf couple that have opened a pizzeria restaurant in San Francisco. Russ and Melody Stein, who are [D]eaf, own Mozzeria, a restaurant in San Francisco. Workers use sign language, pen and paper, bulletin boards and the Web to communicate. What strikes me, is something that I’ve been saying