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The Spiral Dance Providing ASL Interpreters

Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Deafness, Equal Communication Access, Interpreting, Magick, Paganism, Ritual, Sabbats, Sign Language, Spirituality, Women's Spirituality, witchcraft on Monday October 12 2009 | 15 Comments »

Back in the early eighties, when I was just beginning my journey down the Pagan Path, I bought my first book on Paganism. A book that changed my life profoundly back then, and continues to do so to this very day. That book was The Spiral Dance, written by the well-known Pagan leader and author, [...]

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Happy 25th Anniversary, Ocean!

Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Archives #2 On Being Deaf and Pagan, Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Archives #5 Fire Walk With Me, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Deafness, Empowerment, Equal Communication Access, Ethics, Firewalking, Humor, Interpreting, Magick, Nature, Paganism, Ritual, Sabbats, Sign Language, Spirituality, Women, Women's Spirituality, witchcraft on Sunday June 21 2009 | 13 Comments »

At the time of the Summer Solstice … June in the year of our Lady – 1984, I stood before the sacred altar and in the name of Ocean, took my vows as a High Priestess of Wicca, pledging to serve the Goddess and God to the best of my ability. 25 years ago…WOW. How [...]

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Accessing PantheaCon

Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Archives #2 On Being Deaf and Pagan, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Deafness, Equal Communication Access, Interpreting, Paganism, Ritual, Sign Language, Spirituality, Women's Spirituality, witchcraft on Tuesday March 10 2009 | 9 Comments »

As many of my readers may already know, much of my spare time during the first weeks of 2009 was spent advocating for and helping to coordinate interpreting services for PantheaCon, one of the nation’s largest Pagan-themed conferences, held here in the Bay Area. It’s been nearly a month since PantheaCon took place, and I [...]

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Update on PantheaCon’s Equal Communication Access Efforts

Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Archives #2 On Being Deaf and Pagan, Broom Closet, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Deafness, Empowerment, Equal Communication Access, Interpreting, Magick, Paganism, Ritual, Sign Language, Spirituality, Women's Spirituality, witchcraft on Saturday February 7 2009 | 13 Comments »

If you have been following Deaf Pagan Crossroads lately, you know that one of the main projects I am working on right now is promoting Equal Communication Access at PantheaCon – one of the nation’s largest indoor conferences focusing on Pagan spirituality. For more information about PantheaCon and its Equal Communication Access Efforts, please check [...]

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PantheaCon Spiritual Conference to Provide Sign Language Interpreters

Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Archives #2 On Being Deaf and Pagan, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Deafness, Equal Communication Access, Interpreting, Paganism, Ritual, Sign Language, Spirituality, Women's Spirituality, witchcraft on Saturday January 10 2009 | 11 Comments »

It gives me great pleasure to announce that this year, for the first time, PantheaCon will be offering Sign Language Interpreters for Deaf individuals wishing to attend this event. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO BOTTOM OF POST FOR INFORMATION FOR DEAF ATTENDEES & INTERPRETERS The 15th Annual PantheaCon Feb 13 – 16, 2009 President’s Day Weekend [...]

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Doing Sign Language

Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deafness, Equal Communication Access, Interpreting, Sign Language on Tuesday September 16 2008 | 24 Comments »

I was having a chat with an old high school chum last week (keep in mind, I was the only deaf student in a hearing high school), and she started telling me about this friend of hers whom she thought I ought to meet… I think you’d really like him… he does sign language. Hmmm. [...]

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You like me, you really like me… (and I like you too!)

Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Deafness, Empowerment, Humor, Paganism, Photography, Poetry/Prose, Sign Language, Spirituality, Universal Issues, Women, Women's Spirituality on Monday September 15 2008 | 3 Comments »

Sabrina over at Pagan Dawn recently chose to bestow Deaf Pagan Crossroads with the following award: Thank you, Sabrina. I’m both honored and humbled. Pagan Dawn is an infant in the blogosphere, begun by a woman who readily confesses to being new both to blogging and to Pagan Spirituality. I enjoy reading it, if for [...]

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Reasonable Accomodations for Closed Captioned Televisions?

Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deafness, Empowerment, Equal Communication Access, Uncategorized on Thursday August 21 2008 | 14 Comments »

Are employers required to assure that televisions in private residences where they employ staff to care for clients are closed captioned for any deaf or hard of hearing staff to be able to enjoy watching television the same as the hearing staff do? Would this fall under the category of “reasonable accommodations”, even if the [...]

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Does Hypnosis Work In the Deaf Community?

Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deafness, Equal Communication Access, Healing, Interpreting, Sign Language on Sunday June 29 2008 | 28 Comments »

A good friend of mine, who is a licensed Mental Health Specialist and has a background in hypnotherapy, sent me an email recently asking an interesting question: Can hypnosis be used effectively with someone who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing? Apparently he got into an interesting discussion with another hypnotist who questioned whether or [...]

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Winning Jockey Has Deaf Son

Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Beasts and Animals, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deafness, Equal Communication Access, Sign Language on Friday June 6 2008 | 7 Comments »

This Saturday, many eyes will be focused on the Belmont Stakes in New York, as Big Brown, a strapping bay three-year-old colt, attempts to become the first to win the Triple Crown in thirty years and thus go down in horse racing history. Big Brown will be piloted by jockey Kent Desormeaux, who rode the [...]

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