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Erik Nordlof is a long-time member of AG Bell, having been involved with the LOFT (Leadership Opportunities for Teens) and LEAP (Leadership, Education, and Advocacy Program) programs and serves as the web liaison for the College Leadership Committee. He was born hearing, but became profoundly deaf due to bacterial meningitis. Originally from Chicago, Illinois his parents decided to relocate to

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I recorded some footage at the Rock Bottom Brewery in Milwaukee of AG Bell members with appearances from two members of DBC. Check it out!(Edit - Someone informed me that Sean's last name is Virnig, not Vinig FYI.)

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The past few days I attended the AG Bell Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was my first convention and I had no idea what it would be like. Little would I know that I'd have a great experience meeting new people and reuniting with old friends.FridayThe first thing I did after registration was attend a short course titled "Fostering Critical Links Between Early and Complex Language." With

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Going to the AG Bell Convention in Milwaukee next weekend (I mean two weekends from now)? I sure am. I'll be coming up from Chicago for Friday and Saturday to attend one short session and to sit at the National Cued Speech Association exhibit. I'll also be attending the D/HOH social Saturday Night. Be sure to keep your eyes open for me if you want to chat with me. I'll most likely be wearing a "I

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Recently there has been talk of Fairfax County schools in Virginia possibly combining the different preschool programs for the deaf and hard of hearing together into one, which has resulted in a lot of agitated parents who believe their children should only be exposed to what they are using, whether it is Cued Speech, American Sign Language, or spoken language. I recently received an email

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Jared Evans of DeafRead published an official blog regarding the role of commercial sites in DeafRead. I took the liberty of leaving a comment to his blog, posted below------------------Deafread Staff, I would understand your decision only if there was sufficient evidence to indicate that Rachel of Cochlear Implant Online was marketing one brand of cochlear implants over others. There is a

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On June 3rd, 2008 the unthinkable happened. A regular blogger, Rachel Chaikof of Cochlear Implant Online, received an email that her blog feed was summarily removed from Deafread’s active blog list without warning. The explanation for her removal did not rest easy within Deafread’s community of bloggers.As a result, a select few bloggers including myself came together to discuss what course of

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I recently received an email from Rachel Chaikof explaining that her website, Cochlear Implant Online, has been removed from the active list of blogs because Deafread believes her website is a commercial website. What the.... I strongly disagree with Deafread's decision.It's very obvious Rachel's website is not commercial. I wonder whether TaylorInfoMedia, the owner of Deafread, perceives her

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There is a large population of deaf children in the DC region, and Fairfax County Public Schools have created programs to accommodate the different communication modes for those children. One such program is the Cued Speech Program, which consists of Canterbury Woods Elementary School, Frost Middle School, and Woodson High School.My friend Josè, a graduate student at Gallaudet in Audiology,

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The National Cued Speech Association will be hosting the Cued Speech Whirlwind in Cleveland, Ohio April 4 to 6, 2008. Beginner workshops and Instructor Certification workshops will be offered this weekend.All events will take place at the Cleveland Crowne Plaza. If you live in the Cleveland area and would like to know more about Cued Speech, come to the NCSA reception Saturday afternoon.Beginner

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The word “militant” carries a negative connation for most people (except for those who think of themselves as militants). This word derives from the 15th century Latin word “militare" meaning “to serve as a soldier.” When Aidan Mack described movements such as the Civil Rights movement and the Women’s Suffrage as “benevolent militancy” I had to stop and look at those two words next to each other

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For the past few months I’ve been working as a server at Red Lobster. This is only a temporary job until I start grad school in the fall, yet it provides me with a good source of income. Today being Valentine’s Day, we had a big rush during lunch. Talk about oral communication. There’s nothing like getting slammed with three tables at once as soon as you clock in, taking orders and trying to make

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I just got home from work in time to watch the last quarter of Super Bowl XVII.My girlfriend said she didn't see the Pepsi Commercial. I im'd one of my friends, and he said he didn't see the commercial. Did anyone see the commercial? My buddy linked me to this website http://sports.aol.com/nfl/superbowladsI'm curious to whether what the deal is for picking commercials to air during the Super Bowl

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When I checked my email just a few minutes ago, I came across an email linking to the National Association of the Deaf’s new ASL position statement. Before even opening the link I knew what the position statement would entail. I had already heard from inside sources within the legal department that this position statement was under review. I just wondered when this would ever come out so people

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My first time meeting Dr. Robert Davila just happened by chance. My girlfriend and I were just getting ready to get out of the car when I saw Dr. Davila get out of a car across from us. I introduced myself along with Mary-Beth and we started telling a little bit about ourselves from the deaf perspective. Mary-Beth told of how she attended RIT when Dr. Davila presided over NTID and I explained

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It looks like Blue Eye’s first blog left a bitter taste in Paula Rosenthal’s mouth, bitter enough for her to respond in a blog of her own. In his first blog on DeafRead Blue Eyes felt the urge to highlight his purpose of blogging, which was to “stop the deprivation of education and language for deaf children in school.” This statement seemed to rustle Paula’s feathers as she apparently placed

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Upon reading news announcing the concept of Ref for the Deaf, a bracelet-type signal system, I thought about how people would feel wearing those wrist-bracelets and whether it's heavy or light. Then I realized something. Would it be against the regulations to wear such a device on your arm?As I've played various sports growing up, I'm aware of the rules when it comes to wearing accessories on

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Since the first year of college at North Carolina State, I’ve met people who would ask me where I’m from. Most of the time I would play the guessing game, asking those people “Where do you think I’m from?” I’ve heard some pretty wild guesses as to where my origin is, the wildest being Vietnam. Do I look like I’m from Vietnam? I don’t think so. After hearing their guesses I would tell them the

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-- Edit -- In hindsight perhaps the title should read "Why I can't teach my children ASL" instead of "won't" ---Recently I found myself engaged in a tepid discussion with my girlfriend on how we would raise our children to communicate with us, whether they are deaf or hearing. We both agreed on one point. We would teach them how to cue so we would be able to communicate if neither of us had our

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Upon seeing Ella’s humorous vlog about her experience learning how to say “Merry Christmas,” I thought about how deaf adults might similar experiences with negative feelings in response to interacting verbally with hearing people. Historically the average deaf child received speech therapy since their auditory input was negligible. Today with the advancements of technology deaf children have

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John Egbert recently posted a call to action about deficit thinkers from DeafRead.Most people attributed his remarks as being a form of censorship. In the back of my mind I knew that John wasn't necessarily implying that we go this far. His response to the latest comments confirmed my suspicions.John has a point, however poorly framed it might have been, to make in regards to deficit thinking,

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"Socialization:” the process by which a human being beginning at infancy acquires the habits, beliefs, and accumulated knowledge of society through education and training for adult status (Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary) In the past few years I’ve found myself interacting with many individuals from many walks of life in the deaf community. The variety of experiences that I’ve had

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While revisiting "Breaking the Code," an educational video on Cued Speech produced by Jennifer Bien, I went through the recent comments on the YouTube page and realized just how much negative comments there were in comparison to the positive ones. I wasn't surprised at the fact that there were negative comments, after all Cued Speech was created at Gallaudet University by Dr. Orin Cornett in the

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Today Mary-Beth and I went to the AGBMS/AEHI Gala at the Hilton Northbrook Hotel.AGBMS (Alexander Graham Bell Montessori School - www.agbms.org) is supported by AEHI (Alternatives in Education for the Hearing Impaired - www.aehi.org).Ben Lachman's parents (a deaf native cuer) had struggles with the public school systems with the core of the issue mainstreaming Ben in the local elementary school.

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