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Found this here, a statement from WFD, About us I find it a bit funny that they say it's not acceptable to use the term "deaf-mute" for deaf persons who can't talk. I'm a member of WFD by the way. What do you think?

I have some thoughts about religion in the public space, not about religions itself, that bothers me. I get that the moderators here complains about the extra work with monitoring flamethreads in the religion section, and a overall hostile mood on their site, and that's ok with me as a reason...

It was disappointing to see my thread closing after only two days. I didn't get the chance to thank some of you for your support and for really trying to save my thread from derailing into a mess. It's easy to see that two hellbent parents just couldn't stop, so know that I don't blame the rest...

I've decided to stop considering getting CI for the rest of my life and throw my HA's, and embrace utter silence. It's SO exciting, though I am a bit nervous. It will start on next friday. I know it will be a hard journey, but expect that utter silence will help me to think better, focus more...

The end of this article had some interesting points: Israel ship raid puts Obama in diplomatic hot seat - Taiwan News Online "Difficult U.S.-Turkish relations are bound to be seriously set back if Obama does not condemn the Israeli ship raid. That carries the possibility for major problems...

Tunisia is a popluar tourist destination in europe. They got some touristy desert trips, where tourists can interact with "exotic" nomadic berbers. Those berbers have a great sense of humor. It's not uncommon by them to offer tourists, say 20 camels, for their wives or daughters. Tourists...

In the latest long long CI thread, someone posted a quatation of Helen Keller, where she confessed that deafness was a burden. I was intrigued by this a found more quotes at wikiquote.org. See for yourself below. As I know little about Helen Keller, I wonder: 1. Are they telling us hard facts...

Wow, this is serious stuff. An UN official warns commercial fishing can end in 50 years. He also says free market forces can't fix this. BBC News - UN official warns on fisheries losses

We are living in a bit too interesting times here in europe at the moment with the crisis in greece and the other countries. Now greece want to sue american banks. What do you think about that? Greece Considering Legal Action Against U.S. Banks for Crisis - Bloomberg.com Greece Considering...

I think this case was interesting, in the light of the posts here claiming that the tea party really is something like a bunch of peace lovin' hippies. Not sure if this have been posted on AD already, but here it goes in case it hasn't. Massey CEO Donald Blankenship Committed Negligent...

It's a lot of language courses online, but all of them seems to focus on speech an listening lessons. I want to learn to read and write. I can perhaps learn to speak, but listening.. LOL. Speaking does not matter much, and can ask later if I know how to write and read. Do you know if it exist...

Inspired by another thread, I challenged myself to see if I could come up with what's wrong with europe, and realized europe not is that perfect. Many politicans and corporates are corrupted here. It's plenty of cases, look at Italy, where the ruling party was funded with aid from the scilly...

Trying again, hence "2" in the subject. The original thread was moved to a closed part of forum, because we started to talk religion. No warnings were given prior to moving the thread, wich I find strange, but the message is clear. I ask people to NOT PULL INN CLAIMS FROM ANY RELIGIOUS PEPOPLE...

Lately, there have been a lot of zombie arguments from a climate denier or two on AD. Here is all you need to make replies(feeding the troll?). Arguments from Global Warming Skeptics and what the science really says

I have searched through alldeaf.com on opinions on charter schools, but hard to find answers. Hope some of you can answer this one. My question is limited to bilingual charter school vs. a bilingual state deaf school. Some parents seem to like the idea of charter schools because it's more...

Just curious what other deafies out there feel? Most parents seems to want to give their child a CI for the sake of better opportinities and fear the deaf child will be angry at them if a CI not was provided early. Is this what most deaf people feel, too? Please no flame posts etc.

Al Jazeera English - Focus - Obama's strategies failing in Iran This one was interesting. It explains how Obama can't be firm against Iran and support the democratic movement there because he is at the moment making good relationship with Iran-style goverments in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Obama...

We are moving toward a society, where universal access is becoming a part of legal terms and human rights. Deaf organizations have contributed to this trend. Universal access gives many people more freedom, but it isn't possible without some responsibility. We have to constantly remind the...

Found this page with great info on oral education! Here is the info that proves it's no problem learn your children to speak and listen, no need for asl or cued speech or anything that makes your child struggle with beeing different. Check facts for yourselves: Alexander Graham Bell...

I look for posters to put up on a boring wall here. I would like to have some kewl and really cool posters with deaf stuff in it. Anything goes, as long it look good. Advertisement for cultural happenenings or just plain art that looks good with deafness/ASL/sign language in it. If someone...