Archive for the 'Deafhood' Category

A Complex Mixture of Deaf Identities ~

Posted by LaRonda on June 21st, 2008

Transcript below
Join LaRonda as she reflects on how each person is greater and more complex in their personal identities and make-up than the sum of their subdivided (D/deaf/HH/Late-Deaf/CI user) parts.

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Transcript:
Hello. It’s nice out tonight. Yes, it is night time. It’s 7pm, but it’s still daylight. The sun hasn’t [...]

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Assimilation vs. Defending a Way of Life ~

Posted by LaRonda on June 7th, 2008

At The Rim writes:
The ‘non-Deaf’ are inheriting the deaf world, and will change it probably to suit them.
The old ways can’t go on…
…deaf schools have been decimated, inclusion is here, and despite frantic and heated repulsion of these changes, they continue unabated…
I cannot see deaf culture surviving against the odds, and against other deaf [...]

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LaRonda Dances With Wolves ~

Posted by LaRonda on May 11th, 2008

Join LaRonda as she compares her journey of Deafhood to that of the character, Lt. John Dunbar (played by Kevin Costner) in the film: Dances with Wolves.

Dances with Wolves is one of my favorite films. I love it, not only for it’s breathtaking cinematography, but also because Kevin Costner made the film as authentic as [...]

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