THE TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK
Purple VRS owes FCC $18 million, and 2 banks $40 million. FCC has instructed
NECA to stop reimbursing Purple VRS.
How do we save Purple VRS?
Here is a quick fix for Purple VRS. Have a sale of shares. Sell 1.2 billion
shares at 5 cents each. This will help raise the $58 million Purple VRS needs to
get out of the hole.
This solution could be short lived as a recent communication from those
associated with FCC shows that FCC is leaning toward a single VRS vendor and
have started taking steps to get there.
Soon we'll see battles and a lot of blood between VRS vendors.
http://www.purple.us/news/
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101268/000119312510046057/d8k.htm
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THE GRAPEVINES
The US Department of Education's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has
recently audited Gallaudet University's internal controls over federal funds,
and released a final report on May 20, 2009.
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oig/auditreports/fy2009/a03i0009.pdf
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FACE TO FACE TIMES
Dear friends,
Please feel free to share this message of assurance in ASL video with others.
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/vrs_policies.html
Thank you.
Greg
Gregory Hlibok
Disability Rights Office
Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Voice/VP: (202) 559-5158
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THE FINGER BOWS
Two new websites to remember.
http://www.adaresources.org and http://www.adacourse.org
Your One-Stop Resources for Training and Materials on the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA)
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Take a look and bookmark our new search page!
Http://www.deafadvocacy.org/search.html . It's a good source of information you
can use.
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THE SOUR ORCHIDS
Around 95% of deaf children have hearing parents, most of whom are unfamiliar
with sign language. These children have consistently revealed a general delay in
the onset of language, as well as a slower rate of progression, resulting in
poorer linguistic abilities with respect to same-age hearing children. So as to
compensate for their difficulties in speaking, deaf children, and hearing
children with linguistic disabilities in general, rely more on the use of
gestures than their peers do. In this light, some language education and/or
rehabilitation programs for deaf children rely on simultaneous communication,
which consists of the spoken language and the simultaneous use of lexical signs
from the sign language used in the given country, yet following the grammatical
structure of the spoken language (in Italy, this form of communication is
referred to as "bimodal"). The supporters of simultaneous communication claim
that the use of a visual-gestural modality, which is not impaired in deaf
children, may improve the acquisition of spoken language.
In light of this, the JDSDE Author's is pleased to announce that the research of
Drs. Pasquale Rinaldi and Maria Cristina Caselli (Institute of Cognitive
Sciences and Technologies, Rome, Italy) is now available for review and
discussion. Drs. Rinaldi and Caselli's research, entitled " Lexical and
Grammatical Abilities in Deaf Italian Preschoolers: The Role of Duration of
Formal Language Experience,"
(http://jdsde-author-corner.wiki.educ.msu.edu/Italian_Preschoolers) will be
featured on the JDSDE Author's Corner from 2/22/2010 through 3/14/2010. You are
encouraged to participate in this research discussion, a discussion that will
serve to enhance our ability to effectively understand and communicate with
families of newly identified children who are d/hh.
To participate in the discussion simply:
Have Established a Logon/Password
1. Go to http://jdsde-author-corner.wiki.educ.msu.edu (Journal of Deaf
Studies
and Deaf Education: Author's Corner)
2. Click on "Sign In" (in the upper right-hand corner), enter the
appropriate
information, and click on the "Sign In" button
3. Click on "2. Current" (in the left hand menu bar)
Need a Logon/Password
1. Go to http://www.wiki.educ.msu.edu/ and click on the word
"Join" (in the upper right-hand corner). Enter the appropriate information.
2. Once you have established a logon and password, click on
Journal of
Deaf Studies and Deaf Education: Author's Corner
(http://jdsde-author-corner.wiki.educ.msu.edu/)
3. Once you are on the JDSDE Author's Corner home page, click on "2.
Current" (in the left hand menu bar)
That is it, "1 - 2 - 3" and you will be able to read and participate in an
interactive learning opportunity concerning a learning opportunity that is of
critical importance to us all. (Note: You will need to "Sign In" to the JDSDE
Author's Corner prior to posting in the discussion threads.)
Respectfully,
Harold Johnson
Harold A. Johnson, Professor
Deaf Education Teacher Preparation
Michigan State University/College of Ed
Dept. of Counseling, Ed. Psy. & SPED
343A Erickson Hall
East Lansing MI 48824-1034
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COME TO OUR MEETUPS!
The Orange County American Sign Language Meetup Group -
http://asl.meetup.com/37/ - and the Orange County Deaf & Hearing
Impaired Meetup Group http://deaf.meetup.com/38/ meets each 3rd Fridays of the
month.
We are currently pondering a new locations for all of our meetup events because
our competition appears to have hijacked the excitement, prestige, and normalcy
of our cherished monthly gatherings.
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FROM THE BLOGSPHERE
Petition seeks to return deaf babies back to a costly world of dependency.
The petition itself is full of ideological rantings and bears no factual basis
for it's purpose. Ruthie Jordon continues to shame and embarrass the closed
deaf society with her vlog rantings , actions, and worthless petitions. Ruthie
likes to grandstand at the deaf community's expense.
http://www.petitiononline.com/AFA62509/petition.html
So far it's garnered just under 1000 signatures, hardly a drop in bucket and
Ruthie has managed to get Deafhope saddled on her neverending grandstandings to
promote the petition.
The real deaf hope is to make deaf babies begin their lives learning how to live
independently and productively than be a real drain on our society.
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DO YOU HAVE TINNITUS? ARE YOUR EARS RINGING ALOUD BY ITSELF? DO YOU WANT THAT
TO STOP?
Tinnitus affects people with or without hearing loss.
Tinnitus is the ringing sensation that occurs in the ears. Severe tinnitus can
be painful and disable a person. Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center has two
people serving in a patient advocacy council. Orange County Deaf Advocacy
Center wants to help people retain their productivity by helping them manage
tinnitus.
We are introducing a nutraceutical cocktail of Ginkgo Biloba, Zinc, and Garlic
to manage tinnitus (ringing) in the ears. New studies show that a combination
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This cocktail doesn't create the flush reaction you get from using high dosage
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The funds generated from this offering will be returned to the community in the
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intended to diagnose, treat, or prevent any disease. There is no guarantee this
will help you manage tinnitus. This may work on some people and this may not
work on some people too.
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FROM THE VLOGSPHERE (VIDEO BLOGGING)
A New Public Service Announcement Series from the National Network of ADA
Centers Is Available on You Tube. This is the second of five PSAs that will be
launched the 26th day of each month to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the ADA
on July 26, 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynu33mRiWWQ and subscribe to the youtube account.
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