As I write this I am in line to enter the Panara theatre for the closing ceremonies of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)'s 40th (1968 to 2008) ... Read More

Multiple bloggers are reporting on the introduction of a bill that will make internet video captioning (with some exceptions) required just as it is on regular television. About time, too. ... Read More

This week the fifth annual deaf lesbian festival is being held in San Francisco, as reported by Deaf Queer News. In addition, the blog post includes an interview with Drago, ... Read More

A deafened teenager in Bahrain has literally withdrawn from life after losing his hearing. Hearing aids were tried, and failed. A cochlear implant is the only solution, but the family ... Read More

The Guardian newspaper from the U.K. has a report on a deaf girl of African heritage whose family faces deportation because their application to stay was denied. The family is ... Read More

Two items of interest recently: First, a European study has found a link between smoking and hearing loss. This is not new, but this study found a "clear link." Next, ... Read More

A deaf woman was interviewed by an ABC affiliate about being raped twice. The article states, "Sexual assault against members of the deaf community is four times higher than it ... Read More

Emg4963 has posted on the forum about the frustration a deaf brother had in trying to order at a McDonald's drive-in window late at night. The brother tried to hand ... Read More

IsraelNationalNews.com has an article about a deaf bar and bat mitzvah ceremony for fifty deaf teens in Israel. Now in its seventh year, the deaf bar and bat mitzvah program ... Read More

This article from the Progress-Index about Marcel Waters started off typically, but as I read further, it revealed something else. Waters had received a cochlear implant when he was a ... Read More

Here are this week's blogs of interest. Most were published in the past week (June 8 to June 14), but some were published earlier. Interpreter with ALS - Karen tells us ... Read More

In the summertime, heat and humidity are the enemies of hearing aids (and cochlear implants, as I have discovered). In fact, during the recent heat wave that we had, a ... Read More

According to this press release, Marlee Matlin will release her own autobiography (referred to as a memoir) in 2009. The book is expected to include her "confession" about her ... Read More

As regular readers of this blog know, I frequently receive emails from deaf and hard of hearing people sharing their tales of discrimination because of their hearing loss, on the ... Read More

As if the problem of deaf athletes struggling to get funding wasn't bad enough... now the government of the UK has diverted funds from deaf British Deaflympians to the regular ... Read More

Lisac747 is a teacher with a challenging issue, posted on the forum: one of her students and his brother are being difficult and taking advantage of the fact their parents ... Read More

I just learned about the existence of this nonprofit organization working to fund research into a cure for Usher Syndrome, which causes both deafness and blindness: HearSeeHope. The organization was ... Read More

These are the blogs of interest for June 1 to June 8. Law Enforcement and the Deaf - Eddie reveals he is the deaf son of a cop, and gives good ... Read More

Rosiea2008 has shared her work story on the forum. It is a bit long, but what is intriguing is what she has to say about her experience (and others') with ... Read More

Two good articles in the news today, about a deaf child and a deaf adult. The one about a deaf child is about Vivienne Crews, a talented artist who attends ... Read More

The Green Bay Press-Gazette has a profile of Sara Collins, who was valedictorian at the 2008 Gallaudet University graduation. The writing is a bit condescending and includes the usual "fourth ... Read More