Archive for December, 2007
Joey offers his review of 2007 vlogs and identified 3 topics to be discussed in 2008.
 1) American Sign Language (ASL)    2) Deaf Leadership  3) Whole-System Thinking
May the best be with you in 2008!
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December 31st, 2007
CENSORSHIP?? NO DISAGREEMENTS ALLOWED??!! GROUPTHINK?? Is discussing Deficit Thinking any of these? When a few bloggers and vloggers attempted to broach the subject of Deficit Thinking this week, the terms above were roundly thrown around. In this vlog by DE, calmly addresses the real issue of Deficit Thinking and how it affects the Deaf community.
December 17th, 2007
In this vlog, Joey explains why you should attend to the 2008 DeafRead Conference. See you all there!
More information on the 2008 Deafread Conference, click here.
More information on 2007 DeafRead Awards nominations, click here.
December 14th, 2007
When discussing the decision-making process of Deaf children’s parents (ASL or Oralism, and so forth), the word “CHOICES” is often tossed around. Nowadays, this particular word has spilled over to the Deaf community- we are told that we must respect “choices”, not principles. Should we sit down and accept our current situation? What would you do if you were told to respect “choices” rather than principles?
December 3rd, 2007