Category Archives: audism

shit hearing people say

Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Subtitles: English; Languages: ASL, English] Oh my, yes. Like 0

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our morals are

Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Captions: none; Transcript: below] Firstly, I must indicate how frustrated I am with MoveOn.org’s constant refusal/neglect to put up any sort of captions or transcripts for the video material they post, including the ones they put together themselves! … Continue reading →

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Keith Nolan – Deaf in the Military

Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: ?; Captions: English; Languages: ASL, English] A very, very interesting presentation! I’m no fan of the military, personally, but I agree that a deaf person who wants to join the military ought to be able to, and Keith Nolan … Continue reading →

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FDR Predicts Modern Republicans

Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Captions: none; Transcript: see below] MoveOn.org originally posted this clip, but didn’t bother with a transcript — so I won’t bother with a complimentary link. However, Laura kindly provided this: Let me warn you and let me warn … Continue reading →

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CNN: how ’bout now? Can you hear us?

Posted on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

From GLAD. No, not GLAAD, but GLAD — Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness: A class action lawsuit filed today in Alameda County Superior Court alleges that Time Warner Inc., the owner of CNN.com discriminates against people who are deaf … Continue reading →

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good; netflix, can you hear us now??

Posted on Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio:?; Captions: English; Languages: ASL, English] Good overview & explanation of why the lawsuit is necessary, too. Like 0

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My Song

Posted on Monday, May 23, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Subtitles: English; Languages: English, BSL] This is a long one — a 24 minute production, well worth the watch. This is the result of oralism — stuck in between. I’ve met every single person portrayed in here. (Well … Continue reading →

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the power of words

Posted on Monday, April 25, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Captions: none] It’s clear what is being said, or the general intent. Still I don’t completely like this. It makes the basic assumption (on the part of someone who can see) that you can’t enjoy a beautiful morning … Continue reading →

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Perfect Day

Posted on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: music; Captions: none; Lanuage: English, ASL] Rapper Jim Jones elected to add an ASL translation to this release of his song “Perfect Day” (lyrics below). Interestingly, there are several versions of this on YouTube, one with an MTV branding … Continue reading →

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random instances of #audism #deaf

Posted on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

You know, they pop up everywhere. It doesn’t matter how enlightened you think people are, or whatever. I just tried to view a video on “Disability Art” since that sounded interesting. Only it wasn’t captioned. So I mentioned that to … Continue reading →

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Joshua Bennett at the White House

Posted on Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio; English; Captions: English; Languages: English, ASL (not enough to translate clip)] I am of very mixed feelings over this one. It came to my attention by way of a *lot* of gushing. Wow! Beautiful! Gorgeous! But I don’t find … Continue reading →

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erasure

Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 3:00 pm by

One of the most common tactics between privileged and non privileged is erasure. Here’s an example of what I mean by that. Go read this article: Prosecutor: No charges against Seattle officer who shot woodcarver. (I’ll wait.) OK. Now, let … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Irony

Posted on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

In 2019: This seems to have been updated: [Audio: English (interpreted); Language: ASL; Subtitles: English] by Amy Cohen Efron: In light of the video I posted yesterday, and one comment I got about the Baby Signs program, I thought I’d … Continue reading →

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this is the kind of mentality I run into all the time

Posted on Friday, February 4, 2011 at 9:00 am by

You know, I’m pretty laid back. I don’t actually get that pissed off that often. But now and then I run into shit like this: Nonprofit group opens a new world “You can exist without hearing, but to have a … Continue reading →

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broken education

Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

This article is just jaw-dropping: I’m Sorry, Your Child Is Stupid Our experience raising Leah is not typical, not typical at all. I dare say, we have successfully raised a deaf, bilingual child. We did it in a school environment … Continue reading →

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