Amidst the uproar over the AG Bell’s letter to Pepsi, I thought it was worthwhile to recognize that we are making a difference for the better and celebrate that. We have more than two oral/CI deaf individuals learning American Sign Language, thanks to the DeafRead vlogs and blogs.
They are: Kim of Living The Questions, Val of Tales from a CI Gal, Abbie of Chronicles of A Bionic Woman
Then we have Jodi, a hearing mother of a deaf CI child, learning Italian Sign Language (LIS). In her blog she directly acknowledged us on DeafRead for prompting her to learn the language.
And lest people think all deaf oralists support AG Bell’s letter to Pepsi – they do not. Meryl of Bionic Ear Blog wrote an entry opposing the letter.
That shows the power of our vlogs and blogs. We are making a difference. People are listening to us and even taking up our languages.
If we want to make a greater impact and effect change even more, then I encourage all of you to join NAD and donate money to the organization. With our individual knowledge, words and money put together, we will inspire others to discover the truth about our culture and language. ASL and our culture will be brought into the light, despite AG Bell.
Update: Another person is learning ASL! Jennifer, a deaf CI user of Surround Sound left a comment below, stating she too is learning ASL, thanks to DeafRead.
Amidst the uproar over the AG Bell’s letter to Pepsi, I thought it was worthwhile to recognize that we are making a difference for the better and celebrate that. We have more than two oral/CI deaf individuals learning American Sign Language, thanks to the DeafRead vlogs and blogs.
They are: Kim of Living The Questions, Val of Tales from a CI Gal, Abbie of Chronicles of A Bionic Woman
Then we have Jodi, a hearing mother of a deaf CI child, learning Italian Sign Language (LIS). In her blog she directly acknowledged us on DeafRead for prompting her to learn the language.
And lest people think all deaf oralists support AG Bell’s letter to Pepsi – they do not. Meryl of Bionic Ear Blog wrote an entry opposing the letter.
That shows the power of our vlogs and blogs. We are making a difference. People are listening to us and even taking up our languages.
If we want to make a greater impact and effect change even more, then I encourage all of you to join NAD and donate money to the organization. With our individual knowledge, words and money put together, we will inspire others to discover the truth about our culture and language. ASL and our culture will be brought into the light, despite AG Bell.
Update: Another person is learning ASL! Jennifer, a deaf CI user of Surround Sound left a comment below, stating she too is learning ASL, thanks to DeafRead.