Tag: Deaf

Deaf Lawyer Writes Succinct Synopsis of Gallaudet Protest

This article by deaf lawyer Kelby Brick is the most succinctly and eloquently written synopsis of the Gallaudet protest I’ve seen to date — and it puts the hearing media’s coverage of the event to shame! I first saw a link to this article on ridorlive.com.

November 7, 2006
Hearing World Still Sides with Fernandes

Thanks to my friend and colleague who tipped me off to this poll and its accompanying article: Gallaudet Dumps Incoming President – AOL News After my friend voted today shortly after noon, he wrote: What do you think of the school’s decision to fire its incoming president? It seems unfair 46% It seems fair 30%…

October 30, 2006
Open Letter to NPR Re: "Blogs Capture, Amplify Gallaudet Protest"

I have been an ASL interpreter since 1990 and have trusted NPR as my primary news source for more than a decade. Sadly, you shook my faith in your reporting last night when you made ostensibly “factual” statements about Jane K. Fernandes that sounded like they came right out of her administration’s Public Relations Office.…

October 26, 2006
Was Canonized Saint at Milan Conference?

When I heard last week on NPR that an Italian priest who “helped the deaf” in the late 1800s had been canonized as a saint, I couldn’t help wondering: was he at the Milan Conference of 1880, a conference of “educators of deaf-mutes” who moved to forbid sign language and mandate oralism. Filippo Smaldone lived…

October 23, 2006
Thoughts on “pre-screening” ITP candidates

The “attitude” of an interpreter toward ASL and Deaf Culture is highly valued by the deaf consumers we serve. Hence, an ASL ITP should teach the attitudes and cultural values that are desired by deaf consumers. Some say that one way to weed out “unsuitable types” from ITP’s and from the interpreting field is to…

October 22, 2006