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    Young Deaf Cat $35 to good home

    Ok, a little up date on Kitti. He is a she. Thats right, it's a girl! My mom had said it was a boy and I thought my mom knew. Well, after my two years in animal care I should know better. I was playing was Kitti and I noticed something was off. Well, I looked closer and it's a girl. Kitti is...
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    Young Deaf Cat $35 to good home

    Kitti, that is what I am calling him for now, is doing well. He was sleeping on my bed last night. This morning I tried the leash on him and he did well. It might be a bit before he understands the signal tugs. Or was he just ignoring me like the hearing cats do? I am going to try to make a vlog...
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    Young Deaf Cat $35 to good home

    This cat was being feed by some neighbors that moved out a few months ago. I was outside with my mom today and noticed the cat does not respond to sound. He is very alert and responsive to non-auditory signals and I have begun training him with a flashlight. He is very loving and will come when...
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    OCDAC is giving away free computers!

    The computers work quite well. We have installed Ubuntu on all of them. The reason we use Ubuntu is that it's free, it doesn't get viruses, and it almost never crashes. Ubuntu Home Page has more info about the Ubuntu OS. Beth Koenig bethko@gmail.com
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    Call Alert Devices Work with VP systems

    eBay: TTY or Video Phone Call Alert Visual Light Signaler Lot (item 230059558391 end time Dec-07-06 10:35:58 PST) That's the link to the item.
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    myspace news.. anyone else heard this

    I have good reason to beleave this information to be false. First I can not find the quoted artical anywhere. Second the things talked about in this artical have been going on since the internet began and it happens all the time else where because parents aren't aware of their kids online...
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    resident manager issues...

    You guys also have to be aware of state and local laws as sometimes they have addtional laws that protect service animals and their handlers. In California people with low income can qualify for $50 a month from the state to help off set the cost of caring for a service dog. Also many states are...
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    AADB Conference

    Well, last years AADB convention was bigger than the National Federation of the Blind of California convention that was just held in Oct. The AADB convention was more educational for me, though the NFBC convention was interesting. As for Deaf-Blind people going to conventions in general there is...
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    What's a good reading curriculum for the deaf and why?

    Try www.readinga-z.com they got lots of stuff to help kids learn to read. All you need is a printer and you can print all the matterials you need to teach the lesson. Cost $30 for a 6-month subscribtion and is well worth the price. They have 30 free sample books that you can print to see what...
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    Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please

    Pull him out of school and home school him. And I agree with deafdyke, keep the closed captions on every tv in your house. Some hearing people find them distracting but give it a few monthes and they will learn to filter them out like background noise. And in the mean time your son will be...
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