#Keep ASL In Schools Archives - Page 12 of 16

Best Digest Post Ever

Aug 12, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsDigest Posts, News#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Eric Holder, FCC, MadMikesAmerica, Talila Lewis

By BitcoDavid Wow! What a week last week was! Three important milestones took place last week. Some good news is definitely welcome. Up until now, phone companies and the institutions themselves have profited off inmates use of phones. The rates inmates and their families have been charged for calls can be as much as 10

Cued Speech – Gregg Shorthand Marries ASL

Aug 7, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsASL, Embeded Files#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, BitcoDavid, Cued Speech, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Gregg shorthand, lipreading

By BitcoDavid Shanna Groves – the Lipreading Mom – did a fascinating post this morning, on an alternative method of communication called Cued Speech. Apparently, this is a system by which, both lip-readers and Signers can communicate with each other, and the Hearing. The system works on phonemes. That’s a fancy – yeah, I got

An Interview With Prison Author Glenn Langohr

Aug 6, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsInterview (Print)#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Glenn Langohr, Prison, Solitary Confinement, Substance dependence, Twelve-step program

By Glenn Langohr As most of your readers already know, you’ve spent some time in prison but have now turned your life around. Can you tell us what happened to land you there and how your change/rehabilitation came about? Two good parents raised me, but they divorced when I was 12 years old. Being a

A Brief Discussion on C.I. Debate with Jean F. Andrews

Aug 5, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsASL#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Cochlear Implant, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, JeanFAndrews, Rachel Coleman

By BitcoDavid There appears to be an ongoing debate on the value of Cochlear Implant technology within the Deaf community. Many people see these devices as a threat to ASL. Others believe its an attempt by the medical community and other hearing people to fix what isn’t broken. Still others feel that C.I.s can enhance

A Quick Addendum to the “Little Books” Post

Aug 4, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentAdministrative Information, ASL#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Adapted Little Books, Alabama Early Literacy Concept Study, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, JeanFAndrews, Mason/McCormick

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

The Child First Campaign/Alice Cogswell Act, Read About It And Vote

Aug 4, 2013deafinprisonorg4 CommentsASL, Petitions#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Child First Campaign, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Individualized Education Program, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, JeanFAndrews, New Mexico School for the Deaf

By Jean F. Andrews Dr. Ron Stern, superintendent of the New Mexico School for the Deaf, spoke to the Texas Association of the Deaf in Galveston, Texas on August 3, 2013 about the Child First Campaign. This is a national movement that is working toward ensuring that deaf and hard of hearing children receive full

I Review the “Little Books” ASL Discs

Aug 3, 2013deafinprisonorg4 CommentsUncategorized#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, ASL, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jean F. Andrews, Sign language

By BitcoDavid The 3 stages of difficulty in learning ASL – for me, anyway – are 1) memorizing the vocabulary, 2) learning the grammar and 3) reading other people’s Sign. In other words, it’s more difficult for me to understand other people when they Sign to me, than it is for me to learn how

When in Florida, Be Sure to Visit Disneyworld…

Aug 3, 2013deafinprisonorgEditorials#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Florida, National Rifle Association, Stand Your Ground law, Wayne LaPierre

By BitcoDavid …Other attractions include lifetime wrongful incarceration and getting gunned down in the street. Here’s what you may not know about the Kill At Will Stand Your Ground laws. According to a Quinnipiac University poll, 53% of Americans sampled, support these laws, whereas only 40 percent weighed in as being opposed to them. The

We Got ’em on the Run

Aug 2, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsFelix Garcia Case#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Florida Justice Institute, James Ridgeway, Pam Bondi

By BitcoDavid Talila Lewis of HEARD sent out an e-mail describing the Florida DOC’s new regulation prohibiting inmates from posting to Internet sites, or – more importantly – having non-inmates post to sites, for them. A forward within that e-mail, from the Florida Justice Institute, describes the new regs in detail. The ruling would forbid

July 2013 at DeafInPrison.com

Aug 1, 2013deafinprisonorg4 CommentsAdministrative Information, Embeded Files#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Adobe PDF, BitcoDavid, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Embedded Media, Felix Garcia Case

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