www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv8cnaoH4IY
Just a short vid on just how damaging this bill is already. And it hasn't been finalized in California. This is very scary cause if this bill stays on the records in California, other oralists in other states will jump on it and create similar bills. We will have another generation of deaf children without important life skills. Hopefully we, both hearing and deaf, can oppose this bill and get it thrown out.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Horrible bill in California
http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=12260
As a hearing person I am ashamed that this discrimination is still going on. This type of behavior has to stop. One of the supporters is from NY. If I see any type of bill like this one I will make sure to protest it & make dammed sure that my state congressman knows it too.
As a hearing person I am ashamed that this discrimination is still going on. This type of behavior has to stop. One of the supporters is from NY. If I see any type of bill like this one I will make sure to protest it & make dammed sure that my state congressman knows it too.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Views from the outside
As of today I am beginning my journey.
I am a 37yr old divorced mother of a 12yr old son. But I am working on getting into a American Sign Language Interpreting Training Program (ASL ITP, from now on) at Suffolk County Community College, NY. ASL is the 3rd largest recognized language in the US and has the least amount of interpreters for it.
And yes I am hearing.
I have been fascinated with ASL ever since I saw Linda on Sesame Street. My parents would also take me and my 2 elder sisters to the Mill Neck School for the Deaf annual Apple Festival. I came to appreciate the beauty and complexity of ASL.
For years, when everything else was hard for me to learn growing up. ASL was easy. It took me a long time to finally realize that this was my career. But I am glad I have.
This blog is not only for the 'older' students out there. But for those who are thinking about an ASL ITP. Comments and feedback will be appreciated, within reason.
I am a 37yr old divorced mother of a 12yr old son. But I am working on getting into a American Sign Language Interpreting Training Program (ASL ITP, from now on) at Suffolk County Community College, NY. ASL is the 3rd largest recognized language in the US and has the least amount of interpreters for it.
And yes I am hearing.
I have been fascinated with ASL ever since I saw Linda on Sesame Street. My parents would also take me and my 2 elder sisters to the Mill Neck School for the Deaf annual Apple Festival. I came to appreciate the beauty and complexity of ASL.
For years, when everything else was hard for me to learn growing up. ASL was easy. It took me a long time to finally realize that this was my career. But I am glad I have.
This blog is not only for the 'older' students out there. But for those who are thinking about an ASL ITP. Comments and feedback will be appreciated, within reason.
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