As We Reflect Upon Ourselves, Lets Stop And Think Of The Less Fortunate Hearing Impaired And Disabled Folks.

At this time of the year, as we reflect upon our own lives, lets stop and think about the other hearing impaired and disabled around us who are less fortunate. Some of our friends like these cannot afford to feed their families. Some of them live in cars, in parks, or in alleys. For a few, its by choice, for most it's by chance.

This shopping list will be a good holiday basket to a family of 4.

• 3 cans meat (6.5 oz, tuna, pork, chicken, or beef)


• 3 cans vegetables (15 oz.)


• 3 cans fruit (16 oz)


• 3 cans soup (11 oz.)


• 3 boxes of macaroni and cheese


• 2 boxes of dry soup


• 2 boxes of hot cereal


• 2 lbs. dry beans


• 2 lbs rice


• 2 boxes powdered milk (2 qt.)


• 2 cans of evaporated milk


• 2 boxes crackers


• 1 jar peanut butter (18 oz.)

Optional items: dish detergent, toothpaste, soap bars.
Also add : Information on local food banks, food assistance programs, and local soup kitchens.

Also if you wish, you can add other food items to spice up the holiday basket with items like spices, ethnic foods, and cultural foods. I get messages each year that my shopping list is either boring, flavorless, and short-sighted.

So please, if you can afford it, grab some extra groceries for a hearing impaired and disabled's family. An ideal holiday gift to a needy family like these would be groceries that lasts a few days. Contact your local hearing loss/disability association for information on connecting to a needy family in your area.

Compassionately Yours,


Richard Roehm & State Senator Lou Correa

Nothing Wrong With Deaf People Wanting To Hear

This is rather a graphic video of a lady who just faced the ugly wrath, disrespect, and the scourge of the ASL extremists in the deafvideotv website. The only thing she did was get a cochlear implant.


My heart goes to her and my respect goes to her too for wanting to hear and for getting the cochlear implant. The video above is her response to the ugly colors of the ASL extremists who dont want deaf people to hear.

Not long afterwards she made another video of her intent to leave deafvideotv.



I dont blame her for making that video blog too. In fact I encourage her and other people to leave deafvideotv because its a dark coven of ASL extremists. And time and evolution is doing it's best to get rid of them for us.

And for this lady, she has my respect and she's a blue ribbon vlogger at the Hearing For Life Foundation website.

She's one of my heroes!

Richard

Nothing Wrong With Deaf People Wanting To Hear

This is rather a graphic video of a lady who just faced the ugly wrath, disrespect, and the scourge of the ASL extremists in the deafvideotv website.  The only thing she did was get a cochlear implant.

Since it's not captioned, I can only show the link to it http://seesmic.com/v/J2v7y2WZBp

My heart goes to her and my respect goes to her too for wanting to hear and for getting the cochlear implant.  The video above is her response to the ugly colors of the ASL extremists who dont want deaf people to hear.

Not long afterwards she made another video of her intent to leave deafvideotv.

Since it's not captioned too, I can only show the link to it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHy-llGEiS8

I dont blame her for making that video blog too.  In fact I encourage her and other people to leave deafvideotv because its a dark coven of ASL extremists.  And time and evolution is doing it's best to get rid of them for us.

And for this lady, she has my respect and she's a blue ribbon vlogger at the Hearing For Life Foundation website.

She's one of my heroes!

Richard

Click here if you wish to see the blog post with the videos embedded.

Low Vision Sign Tracking Explained

Low Vision Sign Tracking Explained
By Beth Koenig
Director Deaf-Blind Services
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center

Sign tracking, which is an off shoot of tactile signing, has the receiver gently holding the signer's wrists to follow general arm and hand movement. In this way, the receiver is able to get the location, position, and movements of a particular sign. This then allows the eyes to focus on the handshape formed for a sign, and switch back and forth between handshapes and facial expressions when "listening". It also allows the person to receive signs in a more relaxed manner as they always know where the signer's wrist and hands are located thus eliminating the need to exert one's visual energy in tracking or searching out such information.

This technique also allows the receiver to send subtle cues when signing goes out of their visual field. Cues can also be transmitted to the signer such as slow down, repeat, agreement ("yes", "yeah"), pause or hold, or move to better lighting (visual field).

It should be noted that in the deaf-blind world, such use of technique means "yes, I am paying attention and focused on what you are saying". Letting go of one wrist but holding the other tighter can signal "hold, I need to do something", losing grip and moving one hand under the signers hand signals that the receiver would like to say something.

All of this seems to be learned and applied naturally by the two people conversing over the course of the conversation. Simple physics and practical studies can further the understanding of this technique.

Low Vision Sign Tracking Explained

Low Vision Sign Tracking Explained
By Beth Koenig
Director Deaf-Blind Services
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center

Sign tracking, which is an off shoot of tactile signing, has the receiver gently holding the signer's wrists to follow general arm and hand movement. In this way, the receiver is able to get the location, position, and movements of a particular sign. This then allows the eyes to focus on the handshape formed for a sign, and switch back and forth between handshapes and facial expressions when "listening". It also allows the person to receive signs in a more relaxed manner as they always know where the signer's wrist and hands are located thus eliminating the need to exert one's visual energy in tracking or searching out such information.

This technique also allows the receiver to send subtle cues when signing goes out of their visual field. Cues can also be transmitted to the signer such as slow down, repeat, agreement ("yes", "yeah"), pause or hold, or move to better lighting (visual field).

It should be noted that in the deaf-blind world, such use of technique means "yes, I am paying attention and focused on what you are saying". Letting go of one wrist but holding the other tighter can signal "hold, I need to do something", losing grip and moving one hand under the signers hand signals that the receiver would like to say something.

All of this seems to be learned and applied naturally by the two people conversing over the course of the conversation. Simple physics and practical studies can further the understanding of this technique.