Recent content by TheSpirit

I went deaf at 21 from unknown causes.

It's a shame that 'the old deaf guard' lost the protest and JKF is still president elect. Wait, a... My producer is signaling me. This just in! The protesters didn't actually lose the protest. Nesmuth's calculations of 20% of the population have won!

Nesmuth, you sure make your way around the net. You posted the same thing on signcasts as you did at the top of this page of the thread. And you got ignored or shot down in both situations.

Success!!!

And, as was previously pointed out, nobody is asking who they are. The dude wants a definition of the title. That's all.

Doesn't make any sense to spend so much time promoting a cause, Nesmuth, and then refusing to help... promote... your cause.

It's not comparable to blindness or paralysis because of the culture that is the driving force behind the label of Deaf. As Cheri stated, "Not Deaf Enough" just means that, regardless of your upbringing, you haven't adopted the cultural values and norms of the Deaf community.

probably that they have a different political perspective as a whole.

If the world isn't siding with the students, why are there rallies and tent cities showing up world wide?

you're not... serious, are you?

Susan gets everything right when it comes to reporting on Deaf culture. I've been impressed with her articles and I read hers for all of the news regarding the protest. With other reporters, I get upset when they say, "James said through an interpreter." The story is about deaf people and...

There are terps at my school that are both vrs and uni terps. The companies are not stealing the terps. Perhaps the school can't or won't match the vrs companies on terp pay, so the terps, themselves, choose to take the same job with more pay, as you pointed out. Nobdy is to blame but the...

I can't agree with you here, Nesmuth. I saw your video earlier in the day before this post, but I still don't feel that they fit the role of the deaf guard. They're not militant in the old sense and they don't exclude people on the basis of deaf status. They want a campus where someone will...

not to be mean, but that is the first post I've read from you in the last 10 that wasn't thoughtless and apparently intentionally abrasive.

I am not a parent of CI children but this was concern also when hearing aids became used wide. I think this is not as big concern as maybe it seems.