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Greetings. I know you probably were expecting to see the Understanding Deafhood: Our Identity (3 of 4) clip but it will be ready very soon. Since I work in an educational setting, we have been busy welcoming our students back to school.  Thank you for your interest and patience.Â
Meanwhile, I have been getting some requests for “A Journey to Deafhood” ASL Vlog by Genie Gertz to be reposted from my old website.  This vlog will help and clarify questions about Deafhood. The most important message in this Vlog is that Deafhood DOES include every Deaf people in our signing community to better understand our experiences and how we can improve lives of Deaf people.
If you have seen it before, it is always good to reflect again and do share your thoughts here.
Best,
Joey
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September 4th, 2006 Joey Baer
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 Joey Baer
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 Joey Baer
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 Joey Baer
Born to a German Deaf mother and American Deaf father, Joey grew up in Maryland with one Deaf brother and two Deaf sisters. Joey first learned filmmaking as a freshman at the Maryland School for the Deaf from his big brother, Derry Keeshan, and immediately knew he had found his passion: recording Deaf life.
Joey headed to Gallaudet in 1985, where he continued his passion for filmmaking by majoring in television, film and photography. Realizing that job opportunities for Deaf filmmakers were, unfortunately, scant at the time, he switched to business management and graduated with a bachelor’s degree, then a master’s degree in deaf education from San Jose State University, then a Education Specialist degree in Change Leadership in Education from Gallaudet University.
In 2005, Joey participated in a Deafhood discussion, based on Dr. Paddy Ladd’s Understanding Deaf Culture book. After learning about Dr. Ladd’s views on discourse in the Deaf community, Joey realized that historically, the Deaf voice has rarely been heard in the media or public forums, especially because of the lack of access to American Sign Language (ASL). Joey made up his mind to return to his passion, and created his first ASL video log, or vlog, in February 2006. In his second vlog, Joey discussed the three Gallaudet president finalists just before the protest erupted. Then he did a third, a fourth and the rest is history! He considers 2006 one of the high points in Deaf history, especially because of the Gallaudet protests and the increase in vlogs made by Deaf people.
Joey lives in Fremont with his beautiful wife, Julie, and their three children, Jacob (10), Rachel (7), and Sarah (3). He has been at the California School for the Deaf, Fremont for 14 years, and is an instructional television teacher specialist there where he aspires to increase the emphasis on visual media for the students, our beloved leaders of tomorrow.
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November 30th, 1999 Joey Baer
