Comments on: “Semi-Monolingual” Vloggers Should “ASL Subtitle (VIDEO)” Too! http://asldeaf.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/%e2%80%9csemi-monolingual%e2%80%9d-vloggers-should-%e2%80%9casl-subtitle-video%e2%80%9d-too/ Children of the Eye's Deprivation of Natural Sign Language Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:44:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Terry http://asldeaf.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/%e2%80%9csemi-monolingual%e2%80%9d-vloggers-should-%e2%80%9casl-subtitle-video%e2%80%9d-too/#comment-179 Terry Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:09:46 +0000 http://asldeaf.wordpress.com/?p=25#comment-179 Dragom4n, Yes, this is how you read it in Deafread which is... as is. This is Deafread and if someone chooses to translate...so be it. Just don't tell them what to do...in DeafRead.com. This(DeafRead) is the real DEAF blogsphere. And this is how we should see(respect) it. Terry Dragom4n,

Yes, this is how you read it in Deafread which is… as is.

This is Deafread and if someone chooses to translate…so be it.

Just don’t tell them what to do…in DeafRead.com.

This(DeafRead) is the real DEAF blogsphere.

And this is how we should see(respect) it.

Terry

]]> By: Terry http://asldeaf.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/%e2%80%9csemi-monolingual%e2%80%9d-vloggers-should-%e2%80%9casl-subtitle-video%e2%80%9d-too/#comment-178 Terry Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:51:03 +0000 http://asldeaf.wordpress.com/?p=25#comment-178 I like how you say, "Monolingual Method". I think people are seeing the real Alexander Graham Bell and his ideology about no sign language and just oral only. We need to learn more about this organization, Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf. Are they really for the deaf or use the deaf to generate money for themselves. Terry I like how you say, “Monolingual Method”.

I think people are seeing the real Alexander Graham Bell and his ideology about no sign language and just oral only.

We need to learn more about this organization, Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf. Are they really for the deaf or use the deaf to generate money for themselves.

Terry

]]> By: Dragom4n http://asldeaf.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/%e2%80%9csemi-monolingual%e2%80%9d-vloggers-should-%e2%80%9casl-subtitle-video%e2%80%9d-too/#comment-176 Dragom4n Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:28:08 +0000 http://asldeaf.wordpress.com/?p=25#comment-176 And what... English-language blogs (e.g., this one) should have to translate their entries in ASL, or any other language? For that matter, should poorly-articulated podcasts by oralists come with captions so we might have a shot of understanding them? Hell, why not? The results should at least be interesting... And what… English-language blogs (e.g., this one) should have to translate their entries in ASL, or any other language? For that matter, should poorly-articulated podcasts by oralists come with captions so we might have a shot of understanding them?

Hell, why not? The results should at least be interesting…

]]> By: kim http://asldeaf.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/%e2%80%9csemi-monolingual%e2%80%9d-vloggers-should-%e2%80%9casl-subtitle-video%e2%80%9d-too/#comment-174 kim Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:03:18 +0000 http://asldeaf.wordpress.com/?p=25#comment-174 Yes--It makes perfect sense. I would respectfully like to suggest someone needs to clarify some rules of respect. 1)NO deaf/Deaf/deaf-blind/HH person should ever criticize another deaf/Deaf/deaf-blind/HH if their English skills are lacking when that person makes an effort to subtitle his/her vlogs or writes a blog or transcribes a vlog. It's unproductive and only serves to divide our community. 2)Likewise, no deaf/Deaf/deaf-blind/HH should criticize another for having poor ASL skills --especially if that person is late-deafened or oral deaf and grew up without the benefit of ASL -- because criticism is unproductive and only serves to divide our community. 3) No one--deaf/Deaf/deaf-blind/HH/oral deaf should ever criticize anyone's speech. Again its unproductive and only serves to divide our community. 4) Let us recognize that people within our community may prefer to communicate differently. Some choose to communicate with ASL. Others--those who are late-deafened, those with CI's, those who are HH, oral deaf who were raised without the benefit of ASL, those unable to sign because of paralysis. . . Some of us choose to communicate orally because we aren't proficient in ASL, or perhaps some are simply MORE proficient in speech. Our preferences for speech have nothing to do with being "uppity." Our reasons for speaking are personal and varied, but usually has a lot to do with the onset of our hearing losses and how we adapted or were taught to cope, and mostly these choices were out of our control for whatever reason. 5) Let's recognize that speech has nothing to do with intelligence. Writing has nothing to do with intelligence. The fact that someone grew up hearing does not mean that person thinks he or she is better than everyone who uses ASL or can't speak or write well. OK?? Can we all just RESPECT each other?? Yes–It makes perfect sense. I would respectfully like to suggest someone needs to clarify some rules of respect.

1)NO deaf/Deaf/deaf-blind/HH person should ever criticize another deaf/Deaf/deaf-blind/HH if their English skills are lacking when that person makes an effort to subtitle his/her vlogs or writes a blog or transcribes a vlog. It’s unproductive and only serves to divide our community.

2)Likewise, no deaf/Deaf/deaf-blind/HH should criticize another for having poor ASL skills –especially if that person is late-deafened or oral deaf and grew up without the benefit of ASL — because criticism is unproductive and only serves to divide our community.

3) No one–deaf/Deaf/deaf-blind/HH/oral deaf should ever criticize anyone’s speech. Again its unproductive and only serves to divide our community.

4) Let us recognize that people within our community may prefer to communicate differently. Some choose to communicate with ASL. Others–those who are late-deafened, those with CI’s, those who are HH, oral deaf who were raised without the benefit of ASL, those unable to sign because of paralysis. . . Some of us choose to communicate orally because we aren’t proficient in ASL, or perhaps some are simply MORE proficient in speech. Our preferences for speech have nothing to do with being “uppity.” Our reasons for speaking are personal and varied, but usually has a lot to do with the onset of our hearing losses and how we adapted or were taught to cope, and mostly these choices were out of our control for whatever reason.

5) Let’s recognize that speech has nothing to do with intelligence. Writing has nothing to do with intelligence. The fact that someone grew up hearing does not mean that person thinks he or she is better than everyone who uses ASL or can’t speak or write well.

OK?? Can we all just RESPECT each other??

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