This post includes a video which talks about captioning and its importance to the Deaf Community. Scroll down to watch this video, which is captioned to allow for Equal Communication Access to all of Deaf Pagan Crossroads readers. Watch this video, give it some serious thought, and then share this link with all of your [...]
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Caption This!
Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deafness, Empowerment, Equal Communication Access, Interpreting, Sign Language, Universal Issues on Sunday May 20 2012 | 5 Comments »
A Deaf Artist Paints the Mother Earth
Posted in Archives #2 On Being Deaf and Pagan, Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Art & Literature, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Deafness, Earth Day, Eco-Psychology, Equal Communication Access, Nature, Paganism, Sign Language, Spirituality on Wednesday February 15 2012 | 4 Comments »
The Deaf Community lost a very special friend recently with the death of Chuck Baird. Chuck showing some of that warm humor for which he was known Chuck was a brilliant Deaf artist especially known for his skill in incorporating aspects of Deaf Culture (particularly sign language) into his artwork. One of Chuck’s paintings, showing [...]
A Deaf Imbolc Ritual
Posted in Archives #2 On Being Deaf and Pagan, Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Art & Literature, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Deafness, Equal Communication Access, Irish/Celtic, Magick, Paganism, Poetry/Prose, Ritual, Sabbats, Sign Language, Spirituality, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Thursday February 2 2012 | 5 Comments »
Recently I have begun corresponding with a Deaf family who has been studying about Paganism and undertaking their own spiritual journey down the Pagan Path. Both the wife and husband are Deaf, and they have three Deaf children.Together, the family has been begun celebrating the Wheel of the Year and eight Sabbats. I recently shared [...]
A Winter Solstice Ritual
Posted in Archives #2 On Being Deaf and Pagan, Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Equal Communication Access, Interpreting, Paganism, Ritual, Sabbats, Sign Language, Spirituality, The Yule Series, witchcraft on Wednesday December 21 2011 | 1 Comment »
photo by johnivara SpiritWolf steps forward and in voice and sign calls all the members to the Circle: The wheel of the year turns on taking us from season to season one to the next. Life and time moving endlessly, it is as it will be, without beginning or end. And so it has brought [...]
Putting Down Roots
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Beasts and Animals, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Eco-Psychology, Empowerment, Nature, Paganism, Spirituality, Universal Issues, Women on Thursday September 29 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this year I wrote a post here at the Crossroads about “year words”…words which set the theme for what your year is going to be, what your focus will be. I chose the word “roots.” To me it felt like the proper word, since I was beginning a journey in 2011 to explore my [...]
Helping vs. Controlling
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Empowerment, Ethics, Interpreting, Paganism, Spirituality, Universal Issues, witchcraft, Women, Women's Spirituality on Wednesday September 14 2011 | 3 Comments »
Continuing my theme of “help”… I now discuss the issue of helping someone as opposed to just taking over and controlling everything for them. This is a subject that many deaf and hard of hearing people know all too well – “do-gooders” who might have the best of intentions and who truly believe they are [...]
Another Video Captioning Option
Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Broom Closet, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deafness, Empowerment, Equal Communication Access, Interpreting, Paganism, Sign Language, Spirituality, Universal Issues, Video Posts on Sunday May 29 2011 | 2 Comments »
Recently I’ve put up a couple of posts here at the Crossroads about captioning your videos…an issue which – as a Deaf person myself – is near and dear to my heart, as well as an important one for many deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Since many people do use YouTube for downloading their [...]
Adding Captions to Your YouTube Video
Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Cinema, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deafness, Empowerment, Equal Communication Access, Paganism, Spirituality, Universal Issues, Video Posts, witchcraft on Friday May 27 2011 | 17 Comments »
In a previous post, I talked about the importance of adding captions to the videos that you create, in order for them to be accessible to deaf and hard of hearing individuals. In that post, I mentioned that YouTube has come up with a new automatic captioning program by which it can automatically add captions [...]
It’s the First Day of May
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Deafness, Humor, Interpreting, Music, Paganism, Sabbats, Sign Language, Spirituality, Video Posts, witchcraft on Sunday May 1 2011 | 5 Comments »
This post includes a video, which uses American Sign Language (ASL) and is also captioned for the “signing impaired.” Scroll down to watch this video. There is also a non-signed version with printed lyrics for those who prefer to watch such. The first day of May is commonly known as Beltane, and also referred [...]
Racing for Mom
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Beasts and Animals, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Empowerment, Healing, Music, Universal Issues, Women on Tuesday April 26 2011 | 2 Comments »
Some of you may recall the story of my “Derby Grandpa” – Gus Wolzenski, who introduced me to the fine art of playing the ponies. Grandpa died of cancer on Derby Day…May 7th, 1994. Earlier that day he and I had our final conversation…about the Kentucky Derby and the fact that a horse named Go [...]
Providing Access
Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Deafness, Empowerment, Equal Communication Access, Interpreting, Paganism, Sign Language, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Sunday April 3 2011 | 6 Comments »
Recently I have been involved in some education and advocacy efforts within the Pagan Community regarding the need for greater access for Deaf Pagans, or Deaf individuals interested in learning more about Paganism or topics related to Paganism. Rather than trying to “reinvent the wheel” so to speak, or repeating the same thing over and [...]
SignWriting
Posted in Archives #1 Deafness and Accessibility, Creating Accessibility, Deaf/Hearing Relations, Deafness, Equal Communication Access, Interpreting, Sign Language on Tuesday March 1 2011 | 6 Comments »
One of my contacts in the Pagan Community is an individual who first introduced me to the concept of signwriting. For those of you who are not familiar with this, signwriting is a writing system which uses visual symbols to represent the handshapes, movements, and facial expressions of signed languages. It is an “alphabet” – [...]
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Ocean is the creator & manager of this blog. Born deaf into an all-hearing family, she was raised oral and attended hearing schools. Ocean began learning sign language at the ripe old age of 16, and after meeting a Deaf man began her own journey through Deafhood. She graduated from Gallaudet College (now University), and has held positions both within & outside of the field of Deaf Services.
Ocean has been a practicing Pagan for 30 years, and considers herself "an eclectic witch," with a primary focus on Celtic Spirituality, but an interest in many different areas. A skilled tarot reader, she once donated her services to help raise funds for a Domestic Violence agency. She has also done workshops on aromatherapy, herbalism, & Paganism for the Deaf Community.
As a passionate advocate, Ocean often speaks out on the need for greater access for Deaf people (Pagan or otherwise) - interpreters, captioned videos, CART, etc...and works to build bridges between the Deaf & Hearing communities.
She lives not far from her hometown on the banks of the Ohio River with her two cats, Karma & Gandalf.
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