Showing posts with label Deaf Blind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deaf Blind. Show all posts
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Deaf-Blind families for the Cogswell-Macy Act (H.R. 3535) in the United States.
WASHINGTON -- On September 17, 2015, a comprehensive BILL to reform the education of Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind or Visually Impaired, and Deaf-Blind students was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The bill was sponsored by Congressman Matt Cartwright (D- PA 17th), with original co-sponsors David McKinley (R-WV 1st), Mark Takano (D-CA 41st), Tony Cardenas (D-CA 29th), Kathy Castor (D-FL 14th), Alan Grayson (D-FL 9th), Michael Honda (D-CA 17th), Jared Huffman (D-CA 2nd), and Tim Ryan (D-OH 13th). H.R. 3535, the Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act, will amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to address the unique needs of these populations. This is truly a historic event, and we should be proud of our efforts to make this happen in the United States.
However, there still is much work to be done. The bill needs to gain the sponsorship of many more House members, and it needs to be introduced in the Senate. Please take a few moments to contact your Congressional members to ask them to sponsor this bill. It is easy to contact them through their web site, and you can use the sample letters. Be sure to tailor them to your particular situation. Cogswell-Macy Act information can be found at http://ceasd.org/child-first/alice-cogswell and http://www.afb.org/info/get-connected/take-action/12
Thanks for all you do to support Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind, Visually Impaired, and Deaf-Blind children in the United States.
WASHINGTON -- On September 17, 2015, a comprehensive BILL to reform the education of Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind or Visually Impaired, and Deaf-Blind students was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The bill was sponsored by Congressman Matt Cartwright (D- PA 17th), with original co-sponsors David McKinley (R-WV 1st), Mark Takano (D-CA 41st), Tony Cardenas (D-CA 29th), Kathy Castor (D-FL 14th), Alan Grayson (D-FL 9th), Michael Honda (D-CA 17th), Jared Huffman (D-CA 2nd), and Tim Ryan (D-OH 13th). H.R. 3535, the Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act, will amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to address the unique needs of these populations. This is truly a historic event, and we should be proud of our efforts to make this happen in the United States.
However, there still is much work to be done. The bill needs to gain the sponsorship of many more House members, and it needs to be introduced in the Senate. Please take a few moments to contact your Congressional members to ask them to sponsor this bill. It is easy to contact them through their web site, and you can use the sample letters. Be sure to tailor them to your particular situation. Cogswell-Macy Act information can be found at http://ceasd.org/child-first/alice-cogswell and http://www.afb.org/info/get-connected/take-action/12
Thanks for all you do to support Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind, Visually Impaired, and Deaf-Blind children in the United States.
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Deaf-Blind housing project will be first of its kind in Manitoba, Canada.
CBC WINNIPEG -- 10 suites at Gas Station Arts Centre redevelopment will be designed for Deaf-Blind people. Winnipeg will soon be one of the first cities in Canada to have specialized housing designed for people who are both Deaf and Blind.
Bonnie Heath, executive director of the Resource Centre for Manitobans who are Deaf-Blind, has put down payments on 10 suites in the residential portion of the new Gas Station Arts Centre, which is slated for the corner of River Avenue and Osborne Street.
"We're very excited," Heath said, adding that the need for this kind of housing is great.
"The Deaf-Blind individuals that I'm in contact with in their own homes right now feel isolated and unsafe."
She added, "You have a combination of you can't see and you can't hear; you don't know who's coming into your place. You don't know, for example, one of my Deaf-Blind friends said she wouldn't even know the toilet was running over until the water was at her ankles in the dining room."
Heath works with dozens of Manitobans who are Deaf-Blind - people with a combination of no vision or low vision and hearing that rely on interpreters to communicate.
The apartments will not only bring members of the Deaf-Blind community under one roof, the apartments will be designed with them and for them for safer and easier living, said Heath.
"Sharp edges, you know, things that we take for granted when we can see, getting around corners - those types of things will be avoided."
Winnipeg-based architect Steve Cohlmeyer, whose resume includes The Forks, will tackle the project, which he acknowledges will be a first for him.
"At the level of problem-solving, I think it's really exciting - and exciting because there's a whole service aspect and a kind of integration of a whole group I was unaware of when I first got the call," he said.
Some of the features Cohlmeyer is considering is a tactile approach to design - for example, surfaces that will distinguish between rooms.
"For people who have no sight and zero hearing, we'll certainly want to explore the kinds of things you can help feel your way through a space," he said, adding that for people with partial sight, high-contrast spaces may be important.
"Exaggerated colour difference or dark and light contrast will be a helpful thing to have," he said. "So you can see where a door cabinet is against a light floor as opposed to all-white cabinets and all-white floors."
In the coming months, Cohlmeyer will visit Deaf-Blind clients to "watch how they live" to source his design solutions. He said he is also travelling to Toronto and the United States to visit existing Deaf-Blind housing to learn what works well and what doesn't.
"Even when you're well-acquainted with an environment you can still bump into things, so we want to be watching and learning as much as we can about how we facilitate movement and operation of equipment within the unit itself and how they can move again between the unit and even elevators and an outdoor terrace." Source
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Manitoba Swimmer At Deaflympics
Deaf Homeless Man In Compassionate Gesture
Deaf Canadian Curling Champion Dies
Winnipeg Most Racist City In Canada: Maclean's
CBC WINNIPEG -- 10 suites at Gas Station Arts Centre redevelopment will be designed for Deaf-Blind people. Winnipeg will soon be one of the first cities in Canada to have specialized housing designed for people who are both Deaf and Blind.Bonnie Heath, executive director of the Resource Centre for Manitobans who are Deaf-Blind, has put down payments on 10 suites in the residential portion of the new Gas Station Arts Centre, which is slated for the corner of River Avenue and Osborne Street.
"We're very excited," Heath said, adding that the need for this kind of housing is great.
"The Deaf-Blind individuals that I'm in contact with in their own homes right now feel isolated and unsafe."
She added, "You have a combination of you can't see and you can't hear; you don't know who's coming into your place. You don't know, for example, one of my Deaf-Blind friends said she wouldn't even know the toilet was running over until the water was at her ankles in the dining room."
Heath works with dozens of Manitobans who are Deaf-Blind - people with a combination of no vision or low vision and hearing that rely on interpreters to communicate.
The apartments will not only bring members of the Deaf-Blind community under one roof, the apartments will be designed with them and for them for safer and easier living, said Heath.
"Sharp edges, you know, things that we take for granted when we can see, getting around corners - those types of things will be avoided."
Winnipeg-based architect Steve Cohlmeyer, whose resume includes The Forks, will tackle the project, which he acknowledges will be a first for him.
"At the level of problem-solving, I think it's really exciting - and exciting because there's a whole service aspect and a kind of integration of a whole group I was unaware of when I first got the call," he said.
Some of the features Cohlmeyer is considering is a tactile approach to design - for example, surfaces that will distinguish between rooms.
"For people who have no sight and zero hearing, we'll certainly want to explore the kinds of things you can help feel your way through a space," he said, adding that for people with partial sight, high-contrast spaces may be important.
"Exaggerated colour difference or dark and light contrast will be a helpful thing to have," he said. "So you can see where a door cabinet is against a light floor as opposed to all-white cabinets and all-white floors."
In the coming months, Cohlmeyer will visit Deaf-Blind clients to "watch how they live" to source his design solutions. He said he is also travelling to Toronto and the United States to visit existing Deaf-Blind housing to learn what works well and what doesn't.
"Even when you're well-acquainted with an environment you can still bump into things, so we want to be watching and learning as much as we can about how we facilitate movement and operation of equipment within the unit itself and how they can move again between the unit and even elevators and an outdoor terrace." Source
Related Deaf Winnipeggers:
Deaf 'Peg Faced 'Disrespect' During Traffic Stops
Study on Sarcasm and American Sign Language
Deaf Canadian's Gallaudet Dream
Manitoba Deaf Athletes To Get More Sign Language Help
Manitoba Swimmer At Deaflympics
Deaf Homeless Man In Compassionate Gesture
Deaf Canadian Curling Champion Dies
Winnipeg Most Racist City In Canada: Maclean's
VIDEO [CC] - Cool Stuff For Blind, Deaf, or Non-Verbal People.
Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, demonstrates unique products that help people with disabilities.
Filmed at the Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference in San Diego, California. Directed/Edited by Ben Churchill - http://youtube.com/RadioTripPictures
Exhibitors Featured In This Video:
Harpo
http://harpo.com.pl
Caption Call
http://captioncall.com
AbleNet
http://ablenetinc.com
Follow Tommy Edison
http://facebook.com/tommyedison
http://twitter.com/blindfilmcritic
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http://tommyedison.com
Follow Ben Churchill
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Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, demonstrates unique products that help people with disabilities.
Filmed at the Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference in San Diego, California. Directed/Edited by Ben Churchill - http://youtube.com/RadioTripPictures
Exhibitors Featured In This Video:
Harpo
http://harpo.com.pl
Caption Call
http://captioncall.com
AbleNet
http://ablenetinc.com
Follow Tommy Edison
http://facebook.com/tommyedison
http://twitter.com/blindfilmcritic
http://instagram.com/blindfilmcritic
http://blindfilmcritic.tumblr.com
http://tommyedison.com
Follow Ben Churchill
http://facebook.com/benjchurchill
http://twitter.com/benjchurchill
http://instagram.com/benjchurchill
http://youtube.com/RadioTripPictures
http://benchurchill.com
VIDEO: Don't call me 'Deaf and Disabled' in American Sign Language.
A thought provoking vlog about why the Deafblind is considered a group of disabled people in the Deaf community.... double standard... and watch til the end to see a much more positive catchphrase, word to replace 'disabled'.
Vlog done in International Sign and some American Sign Language. June 14 2012.
A thought provoking vlog about why the Deafblind is considered a group of disabled people in the Deaf community.... double standard... and watch til the end to see a much more positive catchphrase, word to replace 'disabled'.
Vlog done in International Sign and some American Sign Language. June 14 2012.
VIRAL VIDEO: Helen Keller sunglasses commercial video under fire for misleading and copyrights.
A Chinese company has grabbed international headlines by naming a line of sunglasses after Deaf-Blind activist Helen Keller.
Is it a smart thing to try and profit off of someone else’s tragedy? One company seems to think so. A Chinese fashion firm, Xiamen Jinzhi, has named a line of its sunglasses Helen Keller.
This is no marketing mistake, or lost in translation. A spokesman for the company, Chen Wenjing, told the Wall Street Journal, they were well aware Keller was blind, but saw merchandising value in her “philanthropist spirit.”
It appears Helen Keller is a famous figure Chinese children learn about in school, according to the article. But maybe the fashion company’s marketing team didn’t pay attention when the course was taught.
On the company’s Helen Keller sunglasses website, someone seems to have picked up a reference about Helen Keller from Wikipedia, “Helen Keller: She was the first Deaf-Blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.” Read more: http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/24/11370286-helen-keller-sunglasses-create-a-stir
A Chinese company has grabbed international headlines by naming a line of sunglasses after Deaf-Blind activist Helen Keller.
Is it a smart thing to try and profit off of someone else’s tragedy? One company seems to think so. A Chinese fashion firm, Xiamen Jinzhi, has named a line of its sunglasses Helen Keller.
This is no marketing mistake, or lost in translation. A spokesman for the company, Chen Wenjing, told the Wall Street Journal, they were well aware Keller was blind, but saw merchandising value in her “philanthropist spirit.”
It appears Helen Keller is a famous figure Chinese children learn about in school, according to the article. But maybe the fashion company’s marketing team didn’t pay attention when the course was taught.
On the company’s Helen Keller sunglasses website, someone seems to have picked up a reference about Helen Keller from Wikipedia, “Helen Keller: She was the first Deaf-Blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.” Read more: http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/24/11370286-helen-keller-sunglasses-create-a-stir
VIDEO [CC] - Stop Bullying The Deaf-Blind in American Sign Language.
The Deaf-Blind Anti-Bullying. Created by Eduardo Madera. This bullying must stop!
The Deaf-Blind Anti-Bullying. Created by Eduardo Madera. This bullying must stop!
