http://www.deafcanadian.com Shelley Potma's Coffee-soaked Philosophies Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:53:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ENGLISH VERSION (loosely translated from ASL): Once upon a time, in an Italian city far, far away, the Milan 1880 Resolution was passed that removed the use of sign languages from educational programs for the Deaf around the world.  Just last Monday, thanks to the hard work of the BC Deaf ... http://www.deafcanadian.com/2010/07/26/iced-2010-forgiveness/ ENGLISH VERSION (loosely translated from ASL): The New Era Presentation Monday Night, July 19, 2010 The Deaf community was invited to the Douglas College for the New Era Presentation  and Global Panel ( Mon and Tues nights) offered by the BC Deaf committee.  (See the open invitation flyer in the video) This vlog ... http://www.deafcanadian.com/2010/07/26/iced-2010-the-new-era-what-do-we-do-now/ English Version: Hello, everyone. I have just arrived from Vancouver, B.C. yesterday, and am still jetlagged. My body is on Pacific Time, and haven't adjusted to Ontario (EST) time yet. I was in B.C. for three reasons: Deaf Canada Conference and ICED 2010.  I gave some presentations at both conferences, but ... http://www.deafcanadian.com/2010/07/24/iced-2010-initial-reaction-to-rejection-of-milan-1880-resolution/ A commenter in my previous blog  referred me to a glossy website, Communicate With Your Child with the claim that this  website provided unbiased information from many various organizations.  She suggested that I click on “My baby has a hearing loss” section, which leads the viewer to various states that we could research.  She ... http://www.deafcanadian.com/2010/05/23/got-neutrality/ Neutrality: the absence of a declared bias In other words, neutrality means having no opinion and declining to take sides.  "I'm neutral about this. I refuse to take an opinion. Here are the options, and each has equal viability.   I take no stand either way." Does this type of neutrality ... http://www.deafcanadian.com/2010/05/02/neutrality-does-it-exist/ One commenter in my last post asked for better examples of how Deaf parents had their parental rights overridden or violated.  Well, here are some, from a source whom I shall keep anonymous: a) "In Holland, I was told by deaf parents that their child would be placed in a mental ... http://www.deafcanadian.com/2010/04/18/better-examples-of-violations-of-deaf-parents-rights/ Sigh... I wasn't planning to blog on the AB2072 issue that was raised lately; however, I was a little disturbed by the lack of balance in this blogger's post.  This blogger and her commenters were all het up on the behalf of Hearing parents of Deaf children at the possibility ... http://www.deafcanadian.com/2010/04/18/imbalance-in-the-advocacy-of-parental-rights-re-ab2072/ Hello!  Now that I've made my confession re: dysconscious linguicism in my previous vlog, I will discuss what linguicism and dysconscious linguicism are.  They are kind of complex concepts, so I will attempt to simplify them and keep this post short and sweet. LINGUICISM: What is it? It's a form of prejudice that ... http://www.deafcanadian.com/2010/04/10/guilty-of-dysconscious-linguicism-part-ii/ English version: Guess what.  I'm guilty.  Guilty of what, you ask?  Dysconscious Linguicism!  What is that?  That is something I will explain in Part 2 of this vlog series.  In this part, I will give my background and tell my story.  In doing so, I will explain the reason for accusing ... http://www.deafcanadian.com/2010/04/10/guilty-of-dysconscious-linguicism-part-i/ Into which category do we Deaf people fit? Race or Disability? Well, this vlog is a sequel to the first vlog (The Canadian Definition of Audism). In that vlog, the CHS (Canadian Hearing Society) is of the view that Deaf people are not only disabled, but also an ethnic (race) ... http://www.deafcanadian.com/2010/03/18/breaking-attitudinal-barriers-in-canada/