VIDEO: Youtube prankster Adeltube doing the sign language that hearing people does not understand.
Adeltube is the prankster and plays pranks on unsuspecting people and elicit funny reactions from people through hidden camera-style situations on this channel and want to entertain you with his upcoming videos. Enjoy to watch the prank candid camera video.
VIDEO [CC] - Hearing vs Deaf - Pros and cons of being Deaf.
Deaf feminist Mhairi Brown from Scotland sharing the video to educate Hearing people, not only the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Therefore, this is complete misplacement of the small 'd' again to suggest it is inclusive as well. Overall a pro Deaf create an inspiring thoughts within both of awareness and culture. Hearing versus Deaf - What an excellent campaign with positive for the community!
Deaf News: Deaf Canadian activist, Landon Krentz on being Deaf: This machine is a human - Self-portrait to raise awareness about a life with CI.
Landon Krentz is a Vancouver-based arts and events management professional and Deaf-queer individual. He has created a series of social media self-portraits to raise awareness of issue that Deaf people face. This is the second self-portrait in his series.
Are we programmed to behave robotically in social environments?
The cochlear implant (or CI) received its approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1990 and it has been controversial for over two decades. This machine had a significant impact on Deaf culture due to the perception of hearing people trying to force it on the community. The greater the force, the more some Deaf community members want to flip a table. For them, the CI is nothing but a computer inside a human body.
In this image, this person is the embodiment of a betrayal of the Deaf world, though Deaf culture remains a part of him.
His experience of Deafness is like a porcupine: when there are social dangers, a quill pricks him for every awkward encounter.
Every day, he is reminded of his interaction with Audisms and ensures that they’re comfortable with him, even though a large percentage of the hearing world will avoid Deaf people due to communication barriers.
He is often caught “checking out” of a conversation and, like a machine, nodding with a pseudo smile.
This bionic human experiences stigma and judgment from both Deaf people and the hearing world because he belongs to neither.
Though his Deaf identity is invisible, he has a choice: to hide or to reveal his beautiful self.
The CI may be a machine and technology will never be perfect. The gap between both worlds the Deaf and hearing worlds are great. It is up to you to decide to proceed with an open mind towards acceptance of all auditory binaries and spectrums. Source
This video is a talk about how hearing people can truly make changes...
Amber Galloway Gallego shares educational video with closed captions - Video Description: Split screen; on the left screen is white woman interpreting in American Sign Language with grey shirt, slightly hanging earrings shaped as triangle with pearls inside, dark brown hair with bright neon pink hair across forehead, wearing glasses. On right screen, same woman speaking in English with red V-Neck shirt sitting down.
VIDEO [CC] - hearing people can't focus on more than one thing at a time.
Why focusing on a visual task will make us Deaf to our surroundings. "Examination of hearing people's ability to detect sounds during the visual demanding task also showed a higher rate of failures to detect sounds, even though the sounds were clearly audible and hearing people did detect them when the visual task was easy."
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Concentrating attention on a visual task can render you momentarily 'Deaf' to sounds at normal levels, reports a new UCL study funded by the Wellcome Trust... Read The Full Article
Visual perceptual load induces inattentional deafness. "A wealth of research has suggested that the extent to which focused attention on a task results in reduced perception of irrelevant information depends on the level of perceptual load in the task." Read The Full Article
VIDEO: Deaf News: DeafNation CEO Joel Barish is being acquired by Lisa Wrench, the CEO of Language People is hearing woman who proclaimed the self-stamp "Deaf-Friendly Certified" company.
Deaf Nation: Deafaccountality? What's wrong to give a Deaf Enterpretur a chance to strive the growth, hope and business-alike visions? Boycott!
DeafNation World Expo is set to happen next year (July 5-8, 2016) at Las Vegas. The acquistion has no impact on the event. It is unclear at this time whether Language People will make an appearance at the event, or if Lisa Wrench, CEO of Language People, will be speaking or making an appearance at the event.
Joel Barish, CEO of DeafNation for the last 18 years, announced the acquisition. Joel will continue to manage DeafNation as a division of Language People, according to the Language People website.
As you know DeafNation has increased awareness of issues facing the Deaf community for over 12 years. And because of you, we created the spark that lit the fire of change in schools, businesses, and local governments everywhere. We now have a new vision, a bigger vision that will allow the Deaf Community to connect and communicate better than ever. To connect the Deaf community with all those around us. To improve the communication of ideas and knowledge. To create better awareness of the rights and needs of the Deaf. In connecting and communicating we will create a template for social change. To set this example and lead the way, we are proud to announce that DeafNation was recently acquired by Language People, a leader in the field of Deaf services, as part of a bigger plan of determined focus and commitment to shape a brighter future. Language People has developed a vision that fits with DeafNation’s vision for empowering the Deaf. Working together in the same company we will set the example for positive change. DeafNation will only get better. Our reach will be wider, our influence stronger. This joint effort will add more opportunity and services, influence social change, improve health care, government services, and increase social awareness. Join us as we connect, communicate, and create a world of endless possibilities for the Deaf community.
Language People provides 24/7 interpreting services to hospitals, courts, and many private companies. Along with in-person interpretation, Language People is also a VRI provider.
The Deaf Community is the 3rd largest cultural linguistic group in the United States.
Deaf consumers comprise an estimated 10 million individuals. For each Deaf person, there are approximately 3-5 people who are strongly influenced based on how their Deaf friends, family, and associates are treated, making a potential reach to 50 million consumers in the U.S. Deaf consumers also are members of every other demographic (i.e., language, race, socioeconomic status, geographical location, education etc.). These same marketing factors of influence exist internationally.
However, the Deaf community citing prior concerns raised in the past about Language People’s activities in “certifying businesses as ‘DeafFriendly' by a smaller competitor, DeafFriendly:
“LP Connect, also known as the Language People, used the privilege to certify businesses as ‘Deaf-Friendly’ without our knowledge. DeafFriendly recently presented an open vlog letter to LP Connect to cease their certification program used to certify local businesses as ‘Deaf-Friendly’.” - Jessica M. Lang.
LP Connect’s response on this issue can be seen here, along with DeafFriendly’s counter-response.
It is clear that Language People has some convincing to do when it comes to the deaf and hard of hearing community. However, Lisa (Language People CEO) appears undaunted by the challenge in front of her based on a quote by her addressing the DeafNation acquisition: “Together we can all make America equal opportunity for the deaf this is the only the start of many wonderful things at the destination.
Lisa Wrench, the CEO of Language People has been responsed on"DeafNation Acquired by Language People"...Read The Full Article.
Adeltube is the prankster and plays pranks on unsuspecting people and elicit funny reactions from people through hidden camera-style situations on this channel and want to entertain you with his upcoming videos. Enjoy to watch the prank candid camera video.
