Entitlement

When you think of “entitlement”, do you picture someone with their arms crossed and a demanding attitude? Do you associate negative thoughts with the word? I have heard the word “entitlement” discussed at length in various groups lately.

More at http://hearingelmo.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/entitlement/

Full Of Anxiety These Days

I'm full of anxiety these days and at the top of my list is Christian's IEP in a few weeks with our public school that we plan on transitioning to next Fall for Kindergarten. On one hand we're completely at ease. We know we are making the right choice, that Christian will be great, and the teachers will amazing.

More at http://livelaughlovefamily.blogspot.com/2011/11/im-full-of-anxiety-these-days-and-at.html

Treking Towards Thanksgiving...

We are about a week and a half away from Thanksgiving. We have two appointments this week, one today with a neurologist, and one on Wednesday with Dr. Volk, for Brady's post-operative follow-up. Brady seems to have healed well. We're down to just very little discharge from his nose and he handled a slight cold over the weekend well.

More at http://antayafamily5.blogspot.com/2011/11/treking-towards-thanksgiving.html

Hearing Aids Creatively Concealed in the 20th Century

Don Grushkin shared with us a great webpage, Deafness in Disguise, that provides examples of how hearing aid devices were "concealed" in certain fashions during the 20th century. With some of the designs, it seems as if they went through a great deal to creatively conceal the bulky and strange looking hearing devices of that time.

More at http://www.ehwhathuh.com/2011/11/hearing-aids-creatively-concealed-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EhWhatHuh+(Eh%3F+What%3F+Huh%3F)

An ASL Interpreter Beaten and Choked by Police During Occupy Portland.

From a tweet: ‘Though Justin was lying on the ground in compliance, Portland Police continuously beat him in the back with clubs until his eyes rolled back in his head. Fellow protesters thought he was dead. He is now in critical care.’
Allegedly one of the protesters, Justin James Bridges, an ASL interpreter for Occupy Portland General Meeting, was savagely beaten and choked by the clothing around his neck by the police until he passed out.

More at http://www.mishkazena.com/2011/11/14/an-asl-interpreter-beaten-and-choked-by-police-during-occupy-portland/