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VIDEO [CC] The incredible moment a Deaf-Blind woman learns to surfing at the beach in California, 'I'm not afraid to get in the water, try something new'
SAN DIEGO, CA -- A 27-year-old Deaf-Blind woman decided to challenge herself this weekend when she learned to surf in San Diego, California.
Haben Girma, who was born Blind and Deaf and is now a disability rights attorney, took to the waves on Saturday at Swami's Beach with help from a surf instructor.
'One of the biggest barriers facing people with disabilities are negative attitudes, people assuming that someone who's blind can't do something, or assuming that someone that uses a wheelchair can't do something, but anything's possible,' Girma, from Berkeley, told CBS 8.
So Girma, the first Blind and Deaf Harvard Law School graduate, has decided to keep challenging herself.
'I've decided to explore the question, 'Can I learn to surf?',' Girma said.
Girma was named a White House Champion of Change and has given a TEDx talk on disability advocacy and public-service lawyers.
Her surf instructor, coach Matt Allen of the Maui Surf Academy, was worried about communication, but they persevered and used physical queues to get their timing in sync.
'It's obviously going to be tough to communicate as well as we normally can,' he told CBS 8. 'There's nothing i'd rather do than help someone's dreams come true.' ... Read More.
SAN DIEGO, CA -- A 27-year-old Deaf-Blind woman decided to challenge herself this weekend when she learned to surf in San Diego, California.
Haben Girma, who was born Blind and Deaf and is now a disability rights attorney, took to the waves on Saturday at Swami's Beach with help from a surf instructor.
'One of the biggest barriers facing people with disabilities are negative attitudes, people assuming that someone who's blind can't do something, or assuming that someone that uses a wheelchair can't do something, but anything's possible,' Girma, from Berkeley, told CBS 8.
So Girma, the first Blind and Deaf Harvard Law School graduate, has decided to keep challenging herself.
'I've decided to explore the question, 'Can I learn to surf?',' Girma said.
Girma was named a White House Champion of Change and has given a TEDx talk on disability advocacy and public-service lawyers.
Her surf instructor, coach Matt Allen of the Maui Surf Academy, was worried about communication, but they persevered and used physical queues to get their timing in sync.
'It's obviously going to be tough to communicate as well as we normally can,' he told CBS 8. 'There's nothing i'd rather do than help someone's dreams come true.' ... Read More.
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf people should be treated as equal and not discrimination.
This video to educate for hearing people which apparently to stop treating Deaf and Hard of Hearing people as second-class citizen. The business corporations or small companies often denied the job applicants which Deaf and HOH feels treated as less important than those of other people in the same society.
We don’t hire Deaf people here.”
“I’m sure you can do lots of things. But this is not the job for you.”
"The next time you come in here, bring an interpreter.”
“I think you people would rather work with people of your own kind.”
Unfortunately, when Deaf and Hard of Hearing people look for work, they may encounter employment discrimination. Prospective employers can discriminate, either openly or subtly. This discrimination happens because of either overt prejudice, or because of ignorance about deafness and hearing loss. For example, an employer may errenously think that a Deaf employee will need an interpreter all of the time.
Deaf People Can Do Anything Except Hear!
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was amended by the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 ("Amendments Act" or "ADAAA"), is a federal law that prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities. Individuals with disabilities include those who have impairments that substantially limit a major life activity, have a record (or history) of a substantially limiting impairment, or are regarded as having a disability. Questions and Answers about Deafness and Hearing Impairments in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Sources:
Myths and Facts About People with Disabilities
Deaf Discrimination: RIT NTID Students Appear on ABC’s “What Would You Do?” Program
Employment Discrimination Against Deaf Job Applicants
Audism - The Canadian Association of the Deaf
This video to educate for hearing people which apparently to stop treating Deaf and Hard of Hearing people as second-class citizen. The business corporations or small companies often denied the job applicants which Deaf and HOH feels treated as less important than those of other people in the same society.We don’t hire Deaf people here.”
“I’m sure you can do lots of things. But this is not the job for you.”
"The next time you come in here, bring an interpreter.”
“I think you people would rather work with people of your own kind.”
Unfortunately, when Deaf and Hard of Hearing people look for work, they may encounter employment discrimination. Prospective employers can discriminate, either openly or subtly. This discrimination happens because of either overt prejudice, or because of ignorance about deafness and hearing loss. For example, an employer may errenously think that a Deaf employee will need an interpreter all of the time.
Deaf People Can Do Anything Except Hear!
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was amended by the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 ("Amendments Act" or "ADAAA"), is a federal law that prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities. Individuals with disabilities include those who have impairments that substantially limit a major life activity, have a record (or history) of a substantially limiting impairment, or are regarded as having a disability. Questions and Answers about Deafness and Hearing Impairments in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Sources:
Myths and Facts About People with Disabilities
Deaf Discrimination: RIT NTID Students Appear on ABC’s “What Would You Do?” Program
Employment Discrimination Against Deaf Job Applicants
Audism - The Canadian Association of the Deaf
VIDEO: [CC] - Deaf Can! Educate hearing people how to communicating with Deaf people.
Talking about Deafness, Deaf Life, Advocate and Do's and Don'ts in certain situations. Here is a video of questions hearing person get due to being Deaf.
Hope you learn a few new things and think twice when communicating with a Deaf and Hard of Hearing person.
We are capable of doing anything/everything like a hearing person can, we just can't hear. Some of the questions are quite funny though, not going to lie.
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Talking about Deafness, Deaf Life, Advocate and Do's and Don'ts in certain situations. Here is a video of questions hearing person get due to being Deaf.Hope you learn a few new things and think twice when communicating with a Deaf and Hard of Hearing person.
We are capable of doing anything/everything like a hearing person can, we just can't hear. Some of the questions are quite funny though, not going to lie.
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VIDEO [CC] New restaurant staffed largely by Deaf people opens at Yonge and Wellesley on July 16th, 2014.
TORONTO, CANADA -- Imagine ordering your next meal out without even saying a word. That's the concept behind a new Toronto restaurant, ‘Signs’ where almost every server is Deaf or Hard of Hearing and customers are encouraged to order in sign language, the Toronto Star reports.
The restaurant is the brainchild of Anjan Manikumar. A former manager at a Markham, Ont. Boston Pizza, Manikumar noticed one of his regular guests, who was Deaf, couldn't communicate with staff. Manikumar then chose to learn American Sign Language. His education led to the development of Signs. Described as a restaurant where "noise meets silence," Signs will provide diners with "cheat sheets" to order their meals, BlogTO writes.
What's most novel about the restaurant, though, is that it will employ those who have faced obstacles in attaining steady work in Canada: A 1998 survey found 37 per cent of Deaf Canadians were unemployed.
According to Toronto Life, Signs will serve a blend of Canadian and international foods with a focus on game meat, so get your signs for rabbit and bison down pat before you visit. It is not yet known when the restaurant will officially open, a note on their Facebook page posted on June 15 simply stated that the grand opening would be delayed. Source
Follow Signs Restaurant - www.facebook.com/SignsRestaurant
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TORONTO, CANADA -- Imagine ordering your next meal out without even saying a word. That's the concept behind a new Toronto restaurant, ‘Signs’ where almost every server is Deaf or Hard of Hearing and customers are encouraged to order in sign language, the Toronto Star reports.
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The restaurant is the brainchild of Anjan Manikumar. A former manager at a Markham, Ont. Boston Pizza, Manikumar noticed one of his regular guests, who was Deaf, couldn't communicate with staff. Manikumar then chose to learn American Sign Language. His education led to the development of Signs. Described as a restaurant where "noise meets silence," Signs will provide diners with "cheat sheets" to order their meals, BlogTO writes.
What's most novel about the restaurant, though, is that it will employ those who have faced obstacles in attaining steady work in Canada: A 1998 survey found 37 per cent of Deaf Canadians were unemployed.
According to Toronto Life, Signs will serve a blend of Canadian and international foods with a focus on game meat, so get your signs for rabbit and bison down pat before you visit. It is not yet known when the restaurant will officially open, a note on their Facebook page posted on June 15 simply stated that the grand opening would be delayed. Source
Follow Signs Restaurant - www.facebook.com/SignsRestaurant
Related:
Deaf-Owner Mozzeria, Chron's Onto Bouche
Deaf Owned 'Mozzeria' Small Business Story
Deaf Restaurant ‘Signs’ Opening In Toronto
DeaFined - Canada's New Deaf Restaurant
Kentucky Fried Chicken Operated By Deaf People
Indonesian Fingertalk Cafe Employs Deaf People
Restaurant Run & Staffed By Gaza Deaf People
More Deaf Entrepreneurs Show Signs of Success
VIDEO [CC] - The joyful moment Deaf woman Cindy Koch adopts Rosie, a dog that knows sign language.
GRAND ISLAND, NE (KHGI/CNN) Unique bond: Deaf dog adopted by Deaf woman. Watch this heartwarming rendezvous of a Deaf dog, Rosie who finds a home with a Deaf woman Cindy Koch.
Rosie's new owner tells CNN affiliate KHGI, "Because I'm Deaf and we want to relate to her and understand how she feels want to communicate with her through sign language, teach her signing."
Now, she has a forever home with a Deaf woman. ... Read more http://www.hlntv.com/video/2014/05/12/unique-bond-deaf-dog-adopted-deaf-woman
GRAND ISLAND, NE (KHGI/CNN) Unique bond: Deaf dog adopted by Deaf woman. Watch this heartwarming rendezvous of a Deaf dog, Rosie who finds a home with a Deaf woman Cindy Koch.Rosie's new owner tells CNN affiliate KHGI, "Because I'm Deaf and we want to relate to her and understand how she feels want to communicate with her through sign language, teach her signing."
Now, she has a forever home with a Deaf woman. ... Read more http://www.hlntv.com/video/2014/05/12/unique-bond-deaf-dog-adopted-deaf-woman
VIDEO [CC] Exclusive interview with the NFL's Derrick Coleman of the Seattle Seahawks.
(CBS News) - A television commercial starring Seattle Seahawk’s fullback Derrick Coleman is the latest Internet sensation. Coleman is the only athlete in NFL history to play offense, despite the fact he is legally Deaf.
Now, he’s getting ready to break one more barrier - the Super Bowl.
When the Seahawks take on the San Francisco 49ers, no one will be paying better attention than Coleman. “I have to be aware,” he told CBS News’ Bill Whitaker. “I have to be focused more than everybody else.”
Diagnosed with profound hearing loss, Coleman relies on lip-reading and his own unique way of communicating with the quarterback.
"He knows to look at me if he makes an audible at the line of scrimmage,” said Coleman. “He knows just tell everybody and just turn back at me one more time and he'll tell me the play." It's the way he's always played the game.
When the world tells you "no", you have two options: You can roll over and quit or you can trust your power. Derrick Coleman, running back for the Seattle Seahawks, trusted the power within.
Although he's Deaf, he never let adversity stand in his way, on his road to the NFL. Share to inspire others to trust their power within and achieve their dreams. #TrustYourPower.
He told Whitaker that he’s “capable of doing what everybody else can do,” despite his hearing loss. “You can't use your problem as an excuse,” he said. “Because you use an excuse, you're not going to get to your dream. “
He was taught that philosophy at an early age. To really know Coleman’s story you have to meet the parents, his mother, May Hamlin and father, Derrick Coleman, Sr. "You feel that uncertainty, that fear as a fear as a parent, you know, that, is my child going to be OK," said Coleman, Sr.. His mother told Whitaker that Coleman was “definitely teased, he was bullied” and kids would call him “four-ears."
“My mom always said people who make fun of you and are trying bring you down - they're already down. They're trying to bring you to their level,” said Coleman.
These days Coleman wears a skullcap to keep his hearing aids in place under his helmet, but as a kid, he had to improvise. ... Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/deaf-nfl-player-derrick-coleman-inspires-on-and-off-the-field/
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(CBS News) - A television commercial starring Seattle Seahawk’s fullback Derrick Coleman is the latest Internet sensation. Coleman is the only athlete in NFL history to play offense, despite the fact he is legally Deaf.Now, he’s getting ready to break one more barrier - the Super Bowl.
When the Seahawks take on the San Francisco 49ers, no one will be paying better attention than Coleman. “I have to be aware,” he told CBS News’ Bill Whitaker. “I have to be focused more than everybody else.”
Diagnosed with profound hearing loss, Coleman relies on lip-reading and his own unique way of communicating with the quarterback.
"He knows to look at me if he makes an audible at the line of scrimmage,” said Coleman. “He knows just tell everybody and just turn back at me one more time and he'll tell me the play." It's the way he's always played the game.
To activate this feature, press the "CC" button.
When the world tells you "no", you have two options: You can roll over and quit or you can trust your power. Derrick Coleman, running back for the Seattle Seahawks, trusted the power within.
Although he's Deaf, he never let adversity stand in his way, on his road to the NFL. Share to inspire others to trust their power within and achieve their dreams. #TrustYourPower.
He told Whitaker that he’s “capable of doing what everybody else can do,” despite his hearing loss. “You can't use your problem as an excuse,” he said. “Because you use an excuse, you're not going to get to your dream. “
He was taught that philosophy at an early age. To really know Coleman’s story you have to meet the parents, his mother, May Hamlin and father, Derrick Coleman, Sr. "You feel that uncertainty, that fear as a fear as a parent, you know, that, is my child going to be OK," said Coleman, Sr.. His mother told Whitaker that Coleman was “definitely teased, he was bullied” and kids would call him “four-ears."
“My mom always said people who make fun of you and are trying bring you down - they're already down. They're trying to bring you to their level,” said Coleman.
These days Coleman wears a skullcap to keep his hearing aids in place under his helmet, but as a kid, he had to improvise. ... Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/deaf-nfl-player-derrick-coleman-inspires-on-and-off-the-field/
Related Post:
First Deaf Offensive Player In The NFL History
Deaf Seahawks Player Inspires Deaf Community
Deaf Seahawks Player Inspires Young Hearing Impaired Fans
Deaf NFL Player Derrick Coleman of the Seattle Seahawks
Deaf NFL Derrick Coleman Arrested For Hit & Run
Related Super Bowl:
Marlee Matlin Signs The Anthem At Super Bowl 50
Deaf Singer Super Bowl XLIX National Anthem
Super Bowl: NBC Discriminates Deaf Community ?
Super Bowl XLVII: John Maucere Got Hand Insurance
First Deaf Offensive Player In The NFL History
Bob's House - Pepsi's Super Bowl Commercial
Top 10 Super Bowl Commercials 2015
The 10 Best Commercials Of Super Bowl 50
VIDEO: Sign Language Frees Cambodian Deaf From 'Prison'
PHNOM PENH - At a hairdresser's shop in the Cambodian capital, there is none of the usual chit chat you might expect when getting a haircut because the barbers are all Deaf.
They have graduated from the only education course for Deaf adults in Cambodia, where the vast majority of people with hearing problems never had the opportunity to learn sign language.
"I didn't have any contact outside of my family. It was like being in prison. I was stuck there. I couldn't do anything. I didn't have any money. I didn't have any education," barber trainee Oeun Darong, 27, explained in Cambodian Sign Language. Until the late 1990s, Cambodia was one of the few countries in the world without its own sign language.
But that is changing thanks to the work of American priest Charlie Dittmeier, who began to develop the kingdom's own version with help from foreign linguists and researchers after he was posted in the Southeast Asian nation 13 years ago.
"We get people coming to us at the age of 25, 30, 35. They have never been to school a day in their life. They have no language," said Dittmeier.
His Deaf Development Program (DDP) is one of only two groups running schools for people with hearing problems in Cambodia. The other one is for children.
About 30 Deaf students aged 16 or older are currently taking a two-year course at the DDP centre in Phnom Penh, learning simple sign language, writing, reading and other life skills, said Dittmeier.
A third year is spent in job training like at the barber shop, where the students receive instructions given in sign language on how to offer hair cuts, shaves and ear cleaning.
'I couldn't talk to my family' ... Read more: http://gmanetwork.com/news/story/lifestyle/artandculture/sign-language-frees-cambodian-deaf-from-prison
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PHNOM PENH - At a hairdresser's shop in the Cambodian capital, there is none of the usual chit chat you might expect when getting a haircut because the barbers are all Deaf.They have graduated from the only education course for Deaf adults in Cambodia, where the vast majority of people with hearing problems never had the opportunity to learn sign language.
"I didn't have any contact outside of my family. It was like being in prison. I was stuck there. I couldn't do anything. I didn't have any money. I didn't have any education," barber trainee Oeun Darong, 27, explained in Cambodian Sign Language. Until the late 1990s, Cambodia was one of the few countries in the world without its own sign language.
But that is changing thanks to the work of American priest Charlie Dittmeier, who began to develop the kingdom's own version with help from foreign linguists and researchers after he was posted in the Southeast Asian nation 13 years ago.
"We get people coming to us at the age of 25, 30, 35. They have never been to school a day in their life. They have no language," said Dittmeier.
His Deaf Development Program (DDP) is one of only two groups running schools for people with hearing problems in Cambodia. The other one is for children.
About 30 Deaf students aged 16 or older are currently taking a two-year course at the DDP centre in Phnom Penh, learning simple sign language, writing, reading and other life skills, said Dittmeier.
A third year is spent in job training like at the barber shop, where the students receive instructions given in sign language on how to offer hair cuts, shaves and ear cleaning.
'I couldn't talk to my family' ... Read more: http://gmanetwork.com/news/story/lifestyle/artandculture/sign-language-frees-cambodian-deaf-from-prison
Related:
Deaf Cambodians, A Punishment ?
Deaf Girl Forced Into Sex Trafficking
National Geographic - Deaf Culture in Cambodia
VIDEO [ASL/CC] - Myths or Facts: Can Deaf People Drive ?
Check this out the sweetest blonde deaf girl, it will be worth to watch a clip "Can Deaf people driving a vehicle ?"
Danielle Graybill's new video at YouTube, to educating and awareness about the life as a Deafness. Please share with your family and friends.
Danielle Graybill is being a filmmaker is her hobby. She was born and raised in Pennsylvania. Currently, I live in Austin, TX, the weird city!
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Check this out the sweetest blonde deaf girl, it will be worth to watch a clip "Can Deaf people driving a vehicle ?"
Danielle Graybill's new video at YouTube, to educating and awareness about the life as a Deafness. Please share with your family and friends.
Danielle Graybill is being a filmmaker is her hobby. She was born and raised in Pennsylvania. Currently, I live in Austin, TX, the weird city!
Follow Danielle Graybill:
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Twitter: twitter.com/DaniGraybill
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VIDEO: Deaf police to monitor security cameras in Mexico.
OAXACA, MEXICO - The Oaxaca government has invested 56 million pesos ($4.4 million) to place at least about 230 security video cameras in the downtown historic city of Oaxaca and the suburbs that are monitored by Deaf and speech impaired police.
The camcorders are 15 meters (49 feet) high and can reach various points simultaneously with an infrared camera. Ignacio Villalobos Carranza, Deputy Secretary for the Ministry of Public Security of Oaxaca, said most of the monitoring of the 230 cameras is done by law enforcement officials that are hearing or speech impaired.
He noted these police officers have a very strong Deaf and visual sense and can better detect what is happening in different places where the cameras are located; they can often remotely read the conversations of people, to the benefit of this security system that operates 24 hours a day.
Spanish-language video from BBC Mundo Deaf police to monitor security cameras in Mexico - The ability to lip read conversations is a fantastic advantage, but the project raises the question of whether Deaf people would actually be better at security monitoring in general. As far as I know, there are no studies comparing hearing and Deaf people on specific monitoring tasks but there is evidence that Deaf people have certain advantages in visual attention.
This isn’t vision in general, such as having sharper visual acuity where there seems to be no difference, but there is good evidence that Deaf people are better at noticing things in the periphery of vision and detecting movement. This potentially makes them perfect for the job and likely better than their hearing colleagues. So the project turns out to be a targeted way not of recruiting ‘disabled people’ into the workforce, but of recruiting the ‘superable’. In fact, turning the whole idea of disability on its head... Read more: http://mazmessenger.com/2012/05/26/quick-news/deaf-police-monitor-security-cameras/
OAXACA, MEXICO - The Oaxaca government has invested 56 million pesos ($4.4 million) to place at least about 230 security video cameras in the downtown historic city of Oaxaca and the suburbs that are monitored by Deaf and speech impaired police.
The camcorders are 15 meters (49 feet) high and can reach various points simultaneously with an infrared camera. Ignacio Villalobos Carranza, Deputy Secretary for the Ministry of Public Security of Oaxaca, said most of the monitoring of the 230 cameras is done by law enforcement officials that are hearing or speech impaired.
He noted these police officers have a very strong Deaf and visual sense and can better detect what is happening in different places where the cameras are located; they can often remotely read the conversations of people, to the benefit of this security system that operates 24 hours a day.
Spanish-language video from BBC Mundo Deaf police to monitor security cameras in Mexico - The ability to lip read conversations is a fantastic advantage, but the project raises the question of whether Deaf people would actually be better at security monitoring in general. As far as I know, there are no studies comparing hearing and Deaf people on specific monitoring tasks but there is evidence that Deaf people have certain advantages in visual attention.
This isn’t vision in general, such as having sharper visual acuity where there seems to be no difference, but there is good evidence that Deaf people are better at noticing things in the periphery of vision and detecting movement. This potentially makes them perfect for the job and likely better than their hearing colleagues. So the project turns out to be a targeted way not of recruiting ‘disabled people’ into the workforce, but of recruiting the ‘superable’. In fact, turning the whole idea of disability on its head... Read more: http://mazmessenger.com/2012/05/26/quick-news/deaf-police-monitor-security-cameras/
VIDEO [CC] - Scottish yachtsman in a bid to become the first Deaf person to sail single handed non-stop around the world, Gerry Hughes set sail from Troon Marina at 12.00pm on Saturday 1st September 2012.
GLASGOW, UK - A Scottish teacher who was born profoundly deaf is aiming to be the first Deaf person to sail single-handed, non-stop around the world past all five capes a journey made famous by the likes of Sir Francis Chichester and the legendary Sir Robin Knox Johnston.
This undertaking, being a landmark in the achievements of this incredible adventurer will also serve as beacon to the Deaf community and any of the many individuals who look to Gerry as a role model. Crowds gathered to witness this momentous and historic occasion.
Helen Moonie, Lord Provost of South Ayrshire was there in person to give her personal greetings and stepped on board the yacht to wish Gerry well and is looking forward to welcoming him back to Troon shores. Both Gerry and Quest III were blessed by Reverend Richard Durno and there were emotional scenes as Gerry bade farewell to close friends and family before waving up to the onlookers as he prepared to set sail.
Scottish production companies AC2.com Productions Ltd and Incorporated Media have joined forces to document this historic attempt and with footage shot by Gerry himself will create an intimate, emotional and inspiring record of his incredible journey.
SWNS was also there to capture the story in pictures for the National Press. You can follow Gerry's progress on the site via updates from Gerry as and when they are received. Please also see http://www.facebook.com/groups/GerryHughesQuestlll for further coverage.
We all wish Gerry the very best of luck and look forward to his safe return!
Visit http://www.gerrysmhughes.com for more information.
GLASGOW, UK - A Scottish teacher who was born profoundly deaf is aiming to be the first Deaf person to sail single-handed, non-stop around the world past all five capes a journey made famous by the likes of Sir Francis Chichester and the legendary Sir Robin Knox Johnston.
This undertaking, being a landmark in the achievements of this incredible adventurer will also serve as beacon to the Deaf community and any of the many individuals who look to Gerry as a role model. Crowds gathered to witness this momentous and historic occasion.
Helen Moonie, Lord Provost of South Ayrshire was there in person to give her personal greetings and stepped on board the yacht to wish Gerry well and is looking forward to welcoming him back to Troon shores. Both Gerry and Quest III were blessed by Reverend Richard Durno and there were emotional scenes as Gerry bade farewell to close friends and family before waving up to the onlookers as he prepared to set sail.
Scottish production companies AC2.com Productions Ltd and Incorporated Media have joined forces to document this historic attempt and with footage shot by Gerry himself will create an intimate, emotional and inspiring record of his incredible journey.
SWNS was also there to capture the story in pictures for the National Press. You can follow Gerry's progress on the site via updates from Gerry as and when they are received. Please also see http://www.facebook.com/groups/GerryHughesQuestlll for further coverage.
We all wish Gerry the very best of luck and look forward to his safe return!
Visit http://www.gerrysmhughes.com for more information.
VIDEO [CC] (english transcilbed) - Deaf, mute, but still able to fight fires.
WEST HAVEN, CT - Deaf Firefighter Joe Brown is strong, eager and dedicated. Just the kind of guy the West Haven fire department looks for..., except he's lacking one thing vital to the job. But that isn't stopping him from joining the ranks.
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WEST HAVEN, CT - Deaf Firefighter Joe Brown is strong, eager and dedicated. Just the kind of guy the West Haven fire department looks for..., except he's lacking one thing vital to the job. But that isn't stopping him from joining the ranks.
VIDEO: Deaf Art Community Jogja (group hip hop bisu tuli) from Jogjakarta, Indonesia.
“In nature there’s no blemish but the mind, none can be called deformed but unkind” (William Shakespeare in Twelfth Night Act III Scene IV)
Never has God created imperfect people, or what-is-so-called ‘disabled’. People who call them as disabled are the most cruel people. God created people with the highest perfection and having the same right to develop their potentials to gain wealth.
Until these days, the lives of disabled people and deaf people in Indonesia are still marginalized both structurally and culturally. There is injustice to get their rights for education, jobs, health, social, culture, law, access for information, and public facilities use. In other word, there is discrimination toward disabled people in the society. Attitudes towards disability are quite bad in Indonesia, and there is a lingering association of impairment with wrong-doing.
Most people are embarrassed about disability, and deaf children are sometimes hidden away, especially in rural areas. Some of the Deaf people in the organisations we work with say their parents let them come to meetings in the hope that they will ‘become normal’ by forbidding them from using sign language. Faced with negative attitudes like this, Deaf children often grow up to have low self-esteem and little self-confidence.
Too many people are busy with their own importance; trying to get more money, chasing better carriers, and thinking to get higher positions, or even cheating for their own sakes as they have forgotten their surroundings that need their hands.
Through this paper, I would like to invite people to step into the proud of, emergent DEAF-WORLD and learn about its language, values, history, and concerns and to see a ‘real world’ surround us, but might have not been seen or heard by our very own eyes & ears to ‘open’ other people’s eyes to see a deaf community that is considered as a minor-marginal-community in Indonesia as disabled people, while not many people realize that deaf community is not disabled people but they see themselves as ‘language minority group’ who are fighting to get their right of sign language as their first mother tongue language.
Through our presentation, we will guide all of you to have a wonderful journey tour into the deaf world in Indonesia, their deaf culture, sign language, deaf education and their life. We will have it through our interactive workshop, to give you an opportunity to experience a little of what the works is like for a Deaf person.
In everyday like, Deaf people try to overcome barriers to communication in an environment that is designed to meet needs of hearing people. We hope that this workshop will provide a valuable insight into the life of Deaf people.
By attending the workshop, you will gain a better understanding of how to communicate with deaf people (communication strategies), how to be deaf like is, some basic Indonesian sign, how deaf enjoy the music and culture art in theatre. Indonesia News video clip: Deaf Art Community Jogja
“In nature there’s no blemish but the mind, none can be called deformed but unkind” (William Shakespeare in Twelfth Night Act III Scene IV)
Never has God created imperfect people, or what-is-so-called ‘disabled’. People who call them as disabled are the most cruel people. God created people with the highest perfection and having the same right to develop their potentials to gain wealth.
Until these days, the lives of disabled people and deaf people in Indonesia are still marginalized both structurally and culturally. There is injustice to get their rights for education, jobs, health, social, culture, law, access for information, and public facilities use. In other word, there is discrimination toward disabled people in the society. Attitudes towards disability are quite bad in Indonesia, and there is a lingering association of impairment with wrong-doing.
Most people are embarrassed about disability, and deaf children are sometimes hidden away, especially in rural areas. Some of the Deaf people in the organisations we work with say their parents let them come to meetings in the hope that they will ‘become normal’ by forbidding them from using sign language. Faced with negative attitudes like this, Deaf children often grow up to have low self-esteem and little self-confidence.
Too many people are busy with their own importance; trying to get more money, chasing better carriers, and thinking to get higher positions, or even cheating for their own sakes as they have forgotten their surroundings that need their hands.
Through this paper, I would like to invite people to step into the proud of, emergent DEAF-WORLD and learn about its language, values, history, and concerns and to see a ‘real world’ surround us, but might have not been seen or heard by our very own eyes & ears to ‘open’ other people’s eyes to see a deaf community that is considered as a minor-marginal-community in Indonesia as disabled people, while not many people realize that deaf community is not disabled people but they see themselves as ‘language minority group’ who are fighting to get their right of sign language as their first mother tongue language.
Through our presentation, we will guide all of you to have a wonderful journey tour into the deaf world in Indonesia, their deaf culture, sign language, deaf education and their life. We will have it through our interactive workshop, to give you an opportunity to experience a little of what the works is like for a Deaf person.
In everyday like, Deaf people try to overcome barriers to communication in an environment that is designed to meet needs of hearing people. We hope that this workshop will provide a valuable insight into the life of Deaf people.
By attending the workshop, you will gain a better understanding of how to communicate with deaf people (communication strategies), how to be deaf like is, some basic Indonesian sign, how deaf enjoy the music and culture art in theatre. Indonesia News video clip: Deaf Art Community Jogja
VIDEO: A presentation of the famous Deaf professional photographer of Tomas Kold from Sweden.
"It's one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it's another thing to make a portrait of who they are."
Visit http://www.koldsfotografi.dk for more details.
Se fotograf Thomas Kolds galleri på. http://www.koldsfotografi.dk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KoldsFotografi
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomas.k.erlandsen
"It's one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it's another thing to make a portrait of who they are."
Visit http://www.koldsfotografi.dk for more details.
Se fotograf Thomas Kolds galleri på. http://www.koldsfotografi.dk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KoldsFotografi
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomas.k.erlandsen
VIDEO : How a Deaf child fooled her hearing mother in American Sign Language
This is a funny true story how she led her mother to believe that there was a miracle about her being able to hear.
This is a funny true story how she led her mother to believe that there was a miracle about her being able to hear.
VIDEO [CC] - Exclusive interview Deaf female motocross rider in American Sign Language.
A famous Deaf person presentation on Ashley Fiolek biography video "Just Part of the Plan" The journal reporter interview with her about the career of the Motocross rider championship.
She is not only making waves as a female rider in the male dominated sport of motocross, but she's doing it without the ability to hear.
The original video with captions: Ashley Fiolek: 'Just Part of the Plan'" -cbn.com
The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) is a global ministry committed to preparing the nations of the world for the coming of Jesus Christ through mass media. Using television and the Internet, CBN is proclaiming the Good News in 136 countries, with programs and content translated into 42 languages.
Deaf on the CBN Videos:
http://www.cbn.com/media/player/search=Deaf
A famous Deaf person presentation on Ashley Fiolek biography video "Just Part of the Plan" The journal reporter interview with her about the career of the Motocross rider championship.
She is not only making waves as a female rider in the male dominated sport of motocross, but she's doing it without the ability to hear.
The original video with captions: Ashley Fiolek: 'Just Part of the Plan'" -cbn.com
The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) is a global ministry committed to preparing the nations of the world for the coming of Jesus Christ through mass media. Using television and the Internet, CBN is proclaiming the Good News in 136 countries, with programs and content translated into 42 languages.
Deaf on the CBN Videos:
http://www.cbn.com/media/player/search=Deaf
VIDEO [CC] - Official Hip Hop music video: Hype hype put your hands up in American Sign Language.
Hype Hype Put Your Hands Up (Deaf Hip Hop Artist) The Newest Summer Jam! Ghostmaster and the Deaf Movement making history in Deaf Community and the world to see that Deaf people can do anything to believe they can make the difference.
Ghostmaster is on a serious mission and putting the positive message to the world to see how life can change for once it opens your eyes! We enjoying music and have passion for what we love to do! Check out this awesome summer blast! Ya heard!
Hype Hype Put Your Hands Up (Deaf Hip Hop Artist) The Newest Summer Jam! Ghostmaster and the Deaf Movement making history in Deaf Community and the world to see that Deaf people can do anything to believe they can make the difference.
Ghostmaster is on a serious mission and putting the positive message to the world to see how life can change for once it opens your eyes! We enjoying music and have passion for what we love to do! Check out this awesome summer blast! Ya heard!
VIDEO: Pepsi Films presents: Whitney Meyer "Silence isn't all that I am" Deaf figure skater.
Deaf figure skater and actress, Whitney Meyer, in a short film directed by Jason Hastings. A top 10 selection of the Shanghai International Film Festival Pepsi Short Film Competition.
Whitney is on IMDb at http://www.imdb.com/Whitney Meyer/
Deaf figure skater and actress, Whitney Meyer, in a short film directed by Jason Hastings. A top 10 selection of the Shanghai International Film Festival Pepsi Short Film Competition.
Whitney is on IMDb at http://www.imdb.com/Whitney Meyer/
VIDEO [CC] - Sean Forbes is a Deaf rapper opening doors for the Deaf Community.
Doors that have historically been bolted shut. He uses signs, lyrics and captions making music accessible to more than one population. by Austyn Harrington.
Doors that have historically been bolted shut. He uses signs, lyrics and captions making music accessible to more than one population. by Austyn Harrington.
