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Photographing the Silence & Darkness by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I came across this site by photographer Harvey Finkle, by simply typing Deaf Blind in Google Images Search.I am blown away by the beautiful snapshots by Finkle, who goes aroun ... Read on »

Equipment for the Deaf-Blind by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I came across this link which provides information on various accessible equipment designed for the Deaf-Blind people. This site is fairly old, in the age of technology, but i ... Read on »

Contributing Writers Wanted by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Tactile the World is recruiting writers to make a contribution to information access on the Web for the Deaf Blind community and educating others who are sighted.Those who can ... Read on »

Fun with Braille by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness by Marisa Bennett, contributing writer Fun with BrailleRecently, when bored by insomnia, I entertained my brain in a way that only sighted Braille dorks like me (who are also ... Read on »

Site Help, Please! by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Greetings -Several people have commented on the hard-to-read font colors on my site - and I have no clue how to change them other than doing my entries on Wordperfect, then ch ... Read on »

Blindness & Poverty In Canada by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Worth reading for those blind & living in Canada. This article made me feel very, very fortunate I just got a well-paid part-time job as a teacher. I have no clue what the ... Read on »

Are We Disabled? by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Are the people that have lost sight and hearing considered disabled? Or double-disabled? Or just a thorn in normalcy?One of the readers brought up a very good question and it& ... Read on »

VEEing Usher Syndrome, and with a sense of humour. by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I was googling images on Tunnel Vision and Usher Syndrome when I came across these and a cup of sugar. so dolly the sheep had Usher’s, too? rotfmao to be this young and ... Read on »

The Buff and Blue: Fix The Cracks by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Moderator’s Note: This article was published in the fall of 2005 while I worked at the SBG feverishly to pinpoint the structural errors and hazards and the administratio ... Read on »

A Horse Guides The Blind - CNN by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness We all know labradors are good for guiding the hearing and deaf blind people. Now there’s a new twist, as reported in CNN.com.A blind woman has turned to her miniature h ... Read on »

Deaf-Blind Triplets on Dr. Phil by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness There was a recent episode on Dr. Phil that featured three deaf-blind triplets and their frustrated parents. I haven’t seen it yet - but from what I hear, I’m not ... Read on »

Opening Doors into Blogland by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness After such a liberating day yesterday finding out that a) people woke up to the fact that Deaf-Blind weren’t as much a part of the Deafhood theory as they’d though ... Read on »

Vlog Transcribing and Captioning, Accessibility in Ottawa & More by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness In my recent post, I had vented about the arising issue of transcribing and/or captioning vlogs, a fad that is quickly becoming the hot property in the Deaf community nationwi ... Read on »

Vlogs and the Deaf-Blind by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Is it just me or is the Deaf Blind community even further from the other half of our communities than ever before?With the amazing speed of advancement in technology that enab ... Read on »

Retinal Implants by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Howdy! I wrote a commentary about an article that was dropped in my lap six times in the past few days. Go on to read the commentary & the article on my other blogsite: ... Read on »

No Sight, No Sound by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Here is an article about a developmentally delayed Deaf Blind 5- year old boy in Virginia and how his parents cope with raising him. I like how his parents tailored the commu ... Read on »

National Gallery of Canada’s White Cane Week by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I am passing on information from the NAG in Ottawa. If you are in town, blind on any level & form and would like to attend, contact Elizabeth Sweeney to obtain a Deaf-Blin ... Read on »

Face Blindness by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Read this linkhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/02/02/face.blindness/index.htmlVery interesting and informative read on “face blindness” - it is a disorder ... Read on »

Be Patient by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Under construction to suit the visual needs of the Deaf Blind and the sighted alike.Meanwhile, work on some contributing articles, will you? I have not gotten one since my ann ... Read on »

Open Letter to President Davila by Coco Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Several alumni and current students of Gallaudet including myself collaborated to write a letter and convince President Davila to see us on Friday, March 30 to discuss the pre ... Read on »

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