“The eye speaks with an eloquence and truthfulness surpassing speech. It is the window out of which the winged thoughts often fly unwittingly. It is the tiny magic mirror on whose crystal surface the moods of feeling fitfully play, like the sunlight and shadow on a still stream.” ~ Henry Theodore Tuckerman Photo by: pareeerica “Her eyes are […]
Video gaming is a serious sport. Just ask the founders of AbleGamers, a website where users rank and review popular video games by their ease-of-use for gamers with disabilities. Video-game makers such as Epic Games, Sony and Electronic Arts treat accessibility with different levels of importance, and AbleGamers’ rankings vary from “awful” to […]
Scotty and I picked up the new game Dragon Age: Origins this past week. It was developed by BioWare, who also developed the fun game Mass Effect. While Mass Effect is a science fiction game set in space, Dragon Age is a fantasy game set in a fully developed medieval-era world.I really wasn’t expecting to love the game as much as I do! I started playing a few […]
This is going to be interesting observation on this topic. Are we experiencing Stockholm Syndrome? If it was 1880 resolutions that hijacked the lives of deaf community on September 11, 1880. I would concur that we have been suffering from Stockholm Syndrome for 140 years.According to Laurent Clerc’s journals, he mentioned, "I know what is going on. Impo […]
Today....Last night my son came to me and stated it was time he read some Shakespeare. He wants to know what all the fuss is about. He also found out that his reading fluency tests at the 11th grade level and he is in the 6th grade. He wants to improve so he is trying to challenge himself.Well that means I am going to have to read it also so I can answer que […]
’Around 10 per cent of the world’s population, or 650 million people, live with a disability. They are the world’s largest minority.’ - UN Enable Facesheet [Link: Laura Carlson] Isn’t that reason enough to make accommodations? Caption videos? Do voice...
I have been partaking in some Cochlear Implant research in conjunction with Auckland University. The research is being done to find out if people with Cochlear Implants can learn to sing in tune. So far I’ve had two singing lessons and I’m really enjoying it.I have been encouraged by the researcher, that I can sing in tune, and that I have a good quality voi […]
The movie, Gerald, was REAL GOOD! It should win an Oscar...Mark Woods gets an Oscar as well as Andy Vasnick gets an Oscar for excellent performance. The cast and story were good and gets 5 star rating - ***** By George, I had to cry. The plot thickens as the movie unravels its storylines....whoo! ASLFILMS did grand job! The fourth time! Now what is the fifth […]
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