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Deaf Babies + ECA = Winning Combination

Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Equal Communication Access on Tuesday July 31 2007 | 1 Comment »

As I read the various posts at DeafRead in which many Deaf individuals express their thoughts and opinions about the recent Deaf Bilingual Coalition demonstration at the A.G. Bell Conference in Virginia, I am struck by an important thought…

The main goal of DBC isn’t just about sign language for deaf children, nor is DBC about being against speech therapy and cochlear implants.

The main goal of DBC is one that all of us want – for ourselves, for deaf children, and for the deaf and hard of hearing community as a whole…

EQUAL COMMUNICATION ACCESS

Deaf children need that full equal access to language, to communication, to understanding. They need it in all the different ways possible…this can include lipreading, auditory aids, visual cues…

AND SIGN LANGUAGE

By having such access, deaf children can grow up to be happy, healthy, successful deaf adults.

This is why I’m involved in the Equal Communication Access Campaign, and I encourage you to get involved also!

How can you do this?

ENTER THE

EQUAL COMMUNICATION ACCESS

BLOGGING/VLOGGING CONTEST

This is a great opportunity for you to express your thoughts and feelings about the issue of communication and how important it is…for Deaf children and Deaf adults both!

Your blog or vlog or video doesn’t have to be long and fancy…it can be short and sweet if you prefer!

Just tell us what you think…tell us how you feel.

How did the recent DBC/AGBell demonstration influence the way you think about Equal Communication Access? What do you think Equal Communication Access means? What should it include? Why is it important? Should deaf babies have the right to Equal Communication Access? Should deaf adults have that same right to Equal Communication Access? How can we work to advocate for and promote Equal Communication Access?

So create your blog or vlog or video…post it on your site…and then send in your entry for the ECA Blogging/Vlogging Contest soon!

Remember, the deadline for entries is Saturday, August 25th

For more information on how to enter the contest, click here

 

 

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Otters Just Wanna Hold Your Hand

Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Humor, Music, Nature on Monday July 30 2007 | 5 Comments »

Who says there ain’t love in the animal world?

In the background, the Beatle’s song “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” is playing

video remix created by “SupremeEffort”

 

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Oh yeah, I’ll tell you something,
I think you’ll understand.
When I’ll say that something
I want to hold your hand,
I want to hold your hand,
I want to hold your hand.

Oh please, say to me
You’ll let me be your man
And please, say to me
You’ll let me hold your hand.
Now let me hold your hand,
I want to hold your hand.

And when I touch you I feel happy inside.
It’s such a feeling that my love
I can’t hide, I can’t hide, I can’t hide.

Yeah, you’ve got that something,
I think you’ll understand.
When I’ll say that something
I want to hold your hand,
I want to hold your hand,
I want to hold your hand.

And when I touch you I feel happy inside.
It’s such a feeling that my love
I can’t hide, I can’t hide, I can’t hide.

Yeh, you’ve got that something,
I think you’ll understand.
When I’ll feel that something
I want to hold your hand,
I want to hold your hand,
I want to hold your hand.

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Lazy Woman’s Cobbler

Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Food on Monday July 30 2007 | 1 Comment »

This is a good recipe for using those blackberries you might find during your country walk!

 

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Lazy Woman’s Cobbler

1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 and 3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons shortening
1 egg
3 cups fruit (I prefer blackberries)

Sift together flour, 3/4 cups sugar and baking powder. Blend in
shortening, milk, egg and vanilla. Pour batter into baking dish. Heat
fruit and 1 cup sugar together until clear, pour over batter. Bake in
oven about 35-40 minutes.

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Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches

Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Food on Sunday July 29 2007 | 1 Comment »

Reprinted from the Illinois Times newspaper, written by Kim O’Donnel

I won’t deny that Christmas held a certain cachet for me as a kid, with the oft-unbearable anticipation of Santa’s arrival and gift-delivery service, but none of it held a candle to Mother Nature’s gift of summertime, not then or now.

Visions of sugarplum fairies? Not for this kid. Instead, my thoughts turned to midsummer night’s dreams and the faeries of the enchanted forest, where no one was wearing a winter coat and all things seemed possible.

Mother Nature was there not just in spirit but also behind the scenes, making sure that everything went to plan, donating firefly night lights and perfuming the air with honeysuckle and jasmine. She made the grass soft and the trees shady so I could sit and plunge headfirst into a hunk of watermelon and slurp on peaches.

She made everything beautiful and bright, a parade of colors and a dance of sultry breezes and late sunsets that allowed for more time on my bicycle.

Everything was like magic; we even played with our food! Who needed a fork for a hot dog off the grill or an ear of boiled corn, a BLT with a tomato the color of Mom’s lipstick – or, best of all, freezer treats in some kind of handheld package?

I loved them all – Kool Pops, Fudgesicles, those Neapolitan combos on a stick, and, of course, the sandwich. When else but summer could a sandwich of ice cream be possible? How I loved the race against time imposed by the sun pouring down on my ice-cream middle, forcing me to lick around the edges to keep it from melting onto my bathing suit.

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photo by marmalade mel

 

Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwich Cookies

From The Perfect Scoop, by David Lebovitz

1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 cup granulated sugar

One large egg, at room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

6 tablespoons unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/8 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.

Beat together butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer, or by hand, until smooth.

Beat in egg and vanilla.

In a separate bowl, whisk together cocoa, flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir dry ingredients gradually into creamed butter mixture until completely incorporated and there are no streaks of butter.

Form dough into 16 1 1/2-inch rounds. On the baking sheets, flatten rounds so they’re 3 inches across, spacing them evenly. You can fit eight on a normal 11-by-17 baking sheet, with three going lengthwise down the sides and two in the center in between.

Bake for 20 minutes, rotating the baking sheets midway during baking, then remove from oven.

Once cool, sandwich ice cream of your choice between two cookies, then wrap each ice-cream sandwich in plastic wrap and store in freezer. Makes 16 cookies for eight ice-cream sandwiches.

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