Archive for August, 2006
This 2:23-minute clip is another part of Ella Mae Lentz’s presentation at the NAD conference during the summer of 2006, Understanding Deafhood: Our Language (part 2 of 4). This clip re-frames the Crab Theory that has been used to describe how Deaf people pull “achieving” Deaf people down.Framing is how we use language to set up others’ thinking about a particular thing, in this case, about Deaf people’s behaviors. Enjoy this challenge to our thinking!FYI: The book mentioned in this clip is “Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood” by Dr. Paddy Ladd (2003).
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August 24th, 2006
This video is the second part of the Understanding Deafhood presentation series at the NAD conference last June. Understanding Deafhood: Our Language, a 12-minute video will discuss four things: 1) What the “Deaf” term means to different populations, 2) Deafhood Dimensions, 3) Deafhood Journey and Process, and 4) Choices Deaf individuals make.  Again, it was very challenging to trim the video down from 90 minutes to 12 minutes but I am confident the eye-opening segment will spur further discussion. I am working on the third part, Understanding Deafhood: Our Identity and it will be released in around two weeks. Thank you for your interest in learning more about Deafhood!
August 17th, 2006
Greetings! In my “Afterthoughts” video (under General), I mentioned we needed to get Deaf clubs back as places for Deaf people to gather together regularly. This new video shows how the Deaf club concept can be revisited with a “Deaf Think Tank”. This video was made for a workshop at the NAD conference recently and shows members of this particular Deaf Think Tank as they reflect on their first year gathering together.
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August 11th, 2006
I attended 2006 NAD Conference in Palm Springs, CA last June/July.  I had an opportunity to ask some people to share their thoughts on 2006 NAD conference.  Note: This video was posted earlier on my ”old website” but I am reposting this here on new vlog.  So if you have not seen this, enjoy!
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August 6th, 2006
Welcome to the newly designed website! I want to THANK Jared Evans for his assistance in redesigning this site! Thanks, Jared!
Now, the moment you have been waiting for, a video clip on Understanding Deafhood: Our History (1 of 4). It was very difficult to trim down from a 90-minute workshop to a 13-minute video clip. 13 minutes is probably long but it is very important to share this informative clip with you all. Understanding Deafhood: Our Language (2 of 4) will be posted sometime soon. Enjoy!
August 1st, 2006
This is a video clip sharing my thoughts on Deaf people following the Gallaudet protest.
August 1st, 2006
