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17 comments:
a great ASL comment JOHN!
you made me laugh,,,
thanks for the good medicine!
That reminds me of an incident... when I lived in Colorado, working on a dude ranch, a white lady who was into Native American medicine, showed me the book of the ailings and the cures. She pointed out "deaf" and showed me that the cause for deaf was anger. I was like, huh, I was born angry, huh? The cure for it was that I had to wear the skull of rattlesnake on my head for a week, believing that it could absorb anger from me and then I'd become hearing. Whoa, interesting. Well, she was quite an interesting lady, owning a small store in Steamboat Springs, selling quartz, stones, feathers, herbs, etc.
I remember a friend narrating to me as a kid he was taken to several religious revivals by his mom, in hopes he will become hearing. He humored her, however he didn't become hearing ;)
Believe it or not, I went to one of those "miracle crusades" in downtown LA with a hearing high school girl from an East LA high school who tried to convince me that I would become hearing there. I went to humor her, and after we left, she said, oh my, maybe you didn't believe in it and that's why it didn't happen for you. I told her that it was a farce. She didn't talk to me anymore after that. Whatever!
I agree with you it was nice closing relate to our knowledge is powerful than just ear and mouth!
Off the point .. sorry for the loss of your little pup. Well -- I am a dog hard lover.
A good show last nite .. wow a very powerful show.
Yes, when i was growing up, the big fad among deaf children was accupucture. I would see deaf childrens faces and ears marked with X and that they would go for accupuncture treatments after school. Even some of them went to China for pure accupuncture. Im glad my parents didnt take that route (i guess they didnt have enough money or didnt believe in it).
yes there are still some people in this day and age that still ignorant about deaf people. I went to my son's girlfriend's graduation party and met her parents and relatives for the first time. Her grandmother was so apologetic..kept saying I'm so sorry you're deaf. I told her that there's no reason to be sorry. I'm happy with who I am!
And the airplane remind me of my mom's story..her father was upset that she was deaf so he took her on one of those plane rides!!!
I think today is a great improvement than long ago. WE still have a long way to go!
How about a deaf Eyes time machine??
By the way... I'm sorry about your dog.
I remember back in early 1970s when I was at the middle-school age and lived at the dormitory, there was a newspaper article about a deaf person in Europe (Germany?) who one day sneezed and suddenly became hearing and the doctors were baffled. So everyone would try to sneeze to see if we could become hearing. I wonder if anyone can find that article???
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OH MY GOSH u make me so LAUGHED! because, u talk about DEAF POWER! KNOW WHAT?! i did to my family when i was younger they look at me "what are u doing?!" i said i am deaf power! they said oh that's hell scared them out of crap! lol i think it's so FUNNY when i said it to other HEARING people see what they said!? lol. by the way i am sad................................................................................. i missed see that show (crying!) i was out of house last night wish stay at home watch that show! grrrr! i wish they have dvd so i can watch it! :( oh well...... but i glad u discuss about it get idea what they talk about. keep up with ur vlogs!
Joshua Womick
i think it s funny what u just said so i will never never forget when i went to subway want to order a sandwich there a india lady she asked me what would u like to order i told her sorry i cant hear and i would like to hae paper and pen guess what she feel sorry for me when im all done what i want for my sandwich and get ready to pay for the subway she said it s urs it s free i feel bad that u are deaf it was very embarrassed i told her noo dont need to be sorry!! deaf can do anything just like you she said she still feel sorry it s made me soo maddd but i walk out with my subway i even said to her thanks for the subway and i never go back to this stubway place again
Good humor! :-)
In 1985, after church service, a hearing guy approached me, asked me if I'm deaf. I reply, "Yes, I'm deaf." The guy felt sorry for me being deaf, look so sad at me. He asked me if I don't mind having him hold my ears to heal my deaf. I reply, "I didn't want any part of that." He kept begging he would "heal" my ears. I reply back, "fine, go ahead." with disgusting remark. After he finish, asked me if I could hear it yet. I smile at him reply, "sorry, I am still DEAF! I'm proud of it." He pout and walked out. LOL.
I'm grateful to be deaf.. :-)
You just made the perfect comments on that show "Through Deaf Eyes". It did show lot of history how we had deaf school, oral school, Speaking, ASL, etc.. I completly agree with you that it has showed little too much on oral than ASL. Two favorite parts I liked the most was "Can you read my lips?" and "Knowledge is more powerful than ear and mouth. Keep up the great vlogs in the future. Yours and Jay Krieger were the best vlogs that inspired me to set up my new blog. Pretty soon will send my first two vlogs coming up.
Many thanks from Texas
Don Stewart :)
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Good News For Joshua Womick who missed "Through Deaf Eyes". There will be showing again. Here's list:
It is repeated on Channel PBS on the following dates, eastern time:
Monday,April 2 - 7:30am
Monday, April 2 - 10:00pm
Tuesday, April 3 - 8:30am
Tuesday, April 3 - 8:30pm
Wednesday, April 4 - 9:30am
Wednesday, April 4 - 10:00pm
Thursday, April 5 - 10:30am
Thursday, April 5 - 8:30pm
Friday, April 6 - 7:30am
Friday, April 6 - 10:00pm
Saturday, April 7 - 7:30am
Saturday, April 7 - 4:30pm
Sunday, April 8 - 8:30am
Sunday, April 8 - 8:30pm
Hey ABC
yes,that is interet. you should yell someone (( I am deaf power )). sorry,I am honest with you so I did yell (( I am deaf power )) sorry,that is me deaf deaf!!!! I am human a being and you are a human being.I want to tell you story and interest about my wife's parent so her parent know me deaf and cant hear so They were speak with her grandmother about me so They said (( Bobby should join in Church and become holy in church and holy very strong. Bobby will be fine and safe in future so I do not want EIVL Bobby down because Bobby is deaf so I am worry about Bobby my son in law )) my wife can hear what did They said about me. my wife told me about what did They said. I wont angry at them and wow, that is very interest. so her parent are very strong holy and They really love BUSH and They are live in West Texas that people are very power holy like Bush,Please not joke. I am very respect of my dad and my mom in law that is fine but my wife really fully support deaf culture so my wife is fully heraing. sorry,my wife and I do not like Bush,cool but I love my wife's parent very much and They are very very nice because They always help with us in my home. my wife's parent did tried to learn sign l language so I was surprise but my parent never to use sign language that my parent are very strong mexican culture and my wife's parent are very strong white holy culture. my wife name is Laura McCoy-Lopez. me me me, I am very power deaf huh yes MUST LAW POWER DEAF FOR LIFE, NO JOKE. I AM VERY SERIOUS,OK......excuse me, I never been in Gallaudet University,darn but honest,I am not good education so I was grad 1983 in Texas School for the Deaf. yes I herad story history about Gallaudet. my wife is very high education because she was gard in Texas University. my wife already know me very strong ASL,wow.....sorry shut my mouth up. Please keep POWER DEAF!!!!!!
Lopez ;-)
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