Showing posts with label Deaf Activists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deaf Activists. Show all posts

Friday, July 15, 2016

Being Blind Versus Being Deaf

VIDEO [CC] - A vision loss activist Collab with Deaf Youtuber Rikki Poynter discussion and conversation questions "Being Blind Versus Being Deaf"





Molly Burke (Collab) a visually impaired Canadian woman from a rural community Oakville, Ontario, she was amazing opportunity and inspiring chatter with a Deaf activist Rikki Poynter. The young women explains how the difference between "Being Blind VS. Being Deaf" video with closed captions.





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Check this out Rikki's channel: How Do Deaf And Blind People Communicate ?



Subscribe to Rikki's channel: http://youtube.com/rikkipoynter



Follow @MollyBurke:

Facebook - http://facebook.com/mollyburkeofficial

Twitter - http://twitter.com/mollybofficial

Blog - http://mollyburke.ca/blog

Official Site - http://mollyburke.ca



Follow @RikkiPoynter:

Subscribe - https://youtube.com/rikkipoynter

Twitter - http://twitter.com/rikkipoynter

Instagram - http://instagram.com/rikkipoynter

Tumblr - http://rikkipoynter.tumblr.com



Related Rikki Poynter:

Shit Hearing People Say About Deaf People

Rikki Poynter In British Deaf News Magazine

Being Deaf and Socializing



Related Deaf vs. Hearing:

Deaf Versus Hearing - Eat And Talk

Deaf Pity Versus Hearing Pity

Deaf vs. Hearing - Reaction To The Light Flashing

Hearing People Versus Deaf People

Being Blind Versus Being Deaf

Deaf Community Versus Hearing Community

Living In Between The Deaf And Hearing Worlds

Shit Hearing People Say About Deaf People

Deaf Lifestyle - Oralism Versus Manualism

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Deaf Gay Pride 2015 - Maspalomas, Spain

VIDEO [CC] - Gay Pride Deaf in International Sign, el Pride para personas Sordas LGBT 2015.





Maspalomas, Spain is a tourist town in the south of the island of Gran Canaria, it remains as the largest tourist destination in the Canary Islands and a worldwide-known destination for LGBT tourism.



Michel van Hese, gay rights activist Gayprideaf founded five years ago in Maspalomas. Since then this LGBT Pride for the Deaf has not stopped growing, Gran Canaria has become an international meeting place for the Deaf LGBT community. Gayles.tv interviewed Michel van Hese and Cristina Arrayas, organizers of the event.





Español: Michel van Hese fundó el Gay Pride Deaf hace cinco años en Maspalomas. Desde entonces este Pride para personas Sordas LGTBI no ha parado de crecer, Gran Canaria se ha convertido en un lugar de encuentro internacional para este colectivo. Gayles.tv ha entrevistado a Michel van Hese y a Cristina Arrayas, organizadores del evento.





Follow Deaf LGBT Community:

Subscribe - https://youtube.com/channel/gayprideaf maspalomas

Official site - http://gayprideaf.com

Gay Pride Maspalomas Tourism - http://gaypridemaspalomas.com

Facebook - https://facebook.com/deafflgbt



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Why Don't Deaf People Believe In Bisexuality ?

Wells Fargo Ad: Learning American Sign Language

Disability Film Challenge - Passengers

Virtual Deaf Church: God Is A Transgender

Gallaudet University LGBT 'It Gets Better'

ASL Music Video 'Born This Way'

Deaf LGBT Filipinos Sees Rise In HIV Cases

Have You Annoy Deaf LGBT Today ?

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Deaf Adopted Child To Force On Cochlear Implant

Family flies Deaf child to Italy for surgery not approved in United States.



LUBBOCK - From an onlooker’s perspective, Anna Burch is like any other 5-year-old. She’s friendly, energized and quite interactive. But if you call her name, she won’t respond. She’s not being rude. She simply can’t hear you.



Amy Burch is a single mother of three adopted girls Amelia, 8; Lucy, 3; and Anna, 5. Burch adopted Anna from Anyang, China, just a few weeks before her fifth birthday with the help of her parents. Debra Burch, Amy’s mother, said she and her husband Mike were with her daughter when she made the decision to adopt Anna. “We knew she was Deaf,” said Debra.



The disability didn’t hinder the family’s excitement to adopt her and figured Anna’s deafness could be treated with a hearing aid or cochlear implant. The extent of Anna’s condition was unknown until the family had her hearing assessed.



Anna was born with no cochleas, said Dr. Steven Zupancic, assistant professor of Speech-Language & Hearing Sciences at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Allied Health Sciences. The cochlea is what allows hearing, said Brittany Hall, clinical supervisor for SLHS at TTUHSC SAHS.



Anna was profoundly Deaf. Debra said cochlear implants and hearing aids would be of no use, so the family began looking into other options. She was taken to Hall for an assessment in August.



“Anna is such an amazing little girl,” Hall said. “She has no formal language of communication, but she is such a communicative little girl. … I saw her for an assessment in 2012. She was communicating, but it wasn’t through words. With the help of the family, she learned sign communication.”



Hall said before Anna’s departure to Verona, she was working to teach her Anna to pair signs with speech by reading lips. ... Read more: http://amarillo.com/news/texas-news/2013-02-19/family-flies-deaf-child-italy-surgery-not-approved-us



Related of Cochlear Implants:

If you travel consider which company you use. Your dreams could be destroyed. Some of you may be considering a Cochlear Implant for yourself or a child. As a Cochlear Implant Recipient, The following video is important for you to watch before making a decision on which implant to receive: Warning To Cochlear Implant Users



Historically, women and girls have faced forced laws that tell them what to do with their bodies against their will which is a violation of human rights: A Violation of Human Rights: Forcing A Deaf Child to Wear CI



My experience with people telling me there is a "cure" for deafness: Cochlear Implants Is NOT A Cure!



Related Hearing Parents With Deaf Children:

Interview With Hearing Parents Of A Deaf Son

Educate Hearing Parents of Deaf Children

Early Language Acquisition of Deaf Babies

Deaf Awareness: One Deaf Child

Deaf Culture - Have We Cured Deafness ?

American Sign Language For Babies & Toddlers

Cochlear Implants Is NOT A Cure !

Cochlear Business Is Dirty Business!

Why Is It Important To Learn Sign At Birth For Deaf Child ?

Educating Hearing People About The Deaf World

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Forcing A Deaf Child To Wear Cochlear Implant

VIDEO [CC] - A Violation of Human Rights: Forcing a Deaf child to wear cochlear implant.



Historically, women and girls have faced forced laws that tell them what to do with their bodies against their will which is a violation of human rights.





The sad part is that it is still happening today here in America that the judge ordered the father to force his daughter to wear a cochlear implant at all waking hours.



She already has a cochlear implant since 14 months old which works good for her until she got a second one at 5 1/2 years old, it is not as effective. (voiced-over, girls' actual screams and moanings even the dog barking during physical struggling scenes and some texts available.) As seen on youtube: A Violation of Human Rights Re: Forcing A Deaf Child to Wear CI



Cochlear Implants Are A Form Of Child Abuse



On the surface, cochlear implants sound like a promising medical solution to the problems surrounding hearing loss or total deafness. A cochlear implant uses existing nerves and electronic signals to override damaged auditory nerves, thus restoring a sense of hearing to the recipient. However, this technology has also caused serious divisions within the Deaf community concerning the hearing society's position on deafness in general. A number of members of the Deaf community choose to view their Deaf status as a subculture of society, in the same sense as a Hispanic person would embrace his or her Hispanic culture.



Deafness is not a handicap per se, but a shared experience which gives the Deaf community its unique cultural identity. To members of this Deaf subculture, cochlear implants are considered disrespectful and insulting, since the medical community views deafness as a handicap which must be treated or corrected: http://www.cochlearwar.com/myths_and_facts.html.



Certain factions of the Deaf community also believe a Deaf person's ability to live a full and meaningful life is not compromised by his or her deafness, so the suggestion that cochlear implants provide advantages over a Deaf lifestyle is shortsighted and insensitive.



Many Deaf people cope very well with their deafness, learning sign language and lip reading and adapting their work and home environments to accommodate their loss of hearing. Perhaps the cochlear implant is only for the MONEY as the dirty business? Cochlear Business Is Dirty Business! with captions.



Another controversy surrounding cochlear implants and the Deaf community is the safety and effectiveness of the procedure. Cochlear implantation involves major surgery in an area of the body filled with delicate nerves which control facial movements. One mistake during surgery could cause long-term facial paralysis, also and it is might be a risk to cochlear implant users where the thunderstorms approaching, Cochlear Implant User Struck By Lightning.



Cochlear implants can also destroy any remaining healthy auditory nerves, which means a Deaf person could lose all remnants of natural hearing which may have helped them adjust to a Deaf lifestyle. Cochlear implants require the recipient to undergo significant fine-tuning sessions, and success can vary widely from recipient to recipient. The controversy over cochlear implants often pits hearing parents against Deaf parents when it comes to raising their Deaf children in a hearing world. Many Deaf parents would prefer to raise their Deaf child in a Deaf culture, including the use of sign language and lip reading. Hearing parents who are not familiar with the Deaf community may opt for the cochlear implant surgery to correct their Deaf child's perceived handicap, Cochlear Implant Cruelty.



The result may be a Deaf child who can partially hear, or a hearing child with a Deaf cultural heritage. Either way, the child may face social ostracism from both communities if the parents do not consider the long-term effects of cochlear implant surgery. Not all members of Deaf community view cochlear implants as an unnecessary procedure, but hearing parents facing a difficult decision concerning a Deaf child may want to research both sides of the controversy before committing to cochlear implant surgery. Hearing impairment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_impairment



What Is the Leading Cause of Child Abandonment?



History of Abandonment/Abuse - History tends to repeat itself and this is especially true of abuse and neglect patterns. Parents who experienced abuse, neglect or abandonment at the hands of someone when they were a child are more likely to repeat the pattern and abuse, neglect or abandon their own children. UNICEF estimates that 13 million children worldwide have been abandoned by both parents for various reasons, abuse and neglect among them. Watch the video in behavioral problems for not learning in sign language and oppression: Alone In A Hearing World.



Handicap/Illness of Child - A child born with a handicap, birth defect or chronic illness has a higher chance of being abandoned by their parents. Since infants and children are needy to begin with, parents living with a child with a chronic condition may not be able to cope with the increased demands of their child. Like parents who live in poverty, these parents believe their child will be better off without them and abandon these child to the foster care system or to live with other relatives.



Behavioral Problems - All children experience behavior problems as they grow and learn about the world around them. For some parents, their child's misbehavior is a source of extreme stress they are unable to handle. Other parents have children with extreme, even criminal, behavior that they are unable or unwilling to control. These children are at an increased risk of being removed from their parent's care or having their parents find alternative placement situations for them: Alone In A Hearing World.



STOP to abusive the childrens from the quacks from the profits!



Cochlear Implants Failure... Lawsuits...Call Lawyer... Cochlear Implant Lawyer for Advanced Bionics and Clarion Devices. Get a free lawsuit review for Advanced Bionics cochlear implants and earlier Clarion models by completing the form on this page. A Deaf attorney is available to review your information and can discuss it by videophone (VP). The lawyers of Weitz and, Luxenberg P.C. have expanded litigation against Advanced Bionics related to defective Advanced bionics cochlear implants implanted in young children and adults. http://www.cochlear-implant-lawyer.com