Are we still trying to fix disabilities???

For the last one or two years, I have been hearing more and more about a new kind of discrimination called, "Genetic Discrimination."

What is Genetic Discrimination?
According to Genome.gov, "Genetic discrimination occurs if people are treated unfairly because of differences in their DNA that increase their chances of getting a certain disease. For example, a health insurer might refuse to give coverage to a woman who has a DNA difference that raises her odds of getting breast cancer. Employers also could use DNA information to decide whether to hire or fire workers."

What's the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)?
Gina is a new federal law that protects Americans from being treated unfairly by health insurers and employers on the basis of their DNA. **However, it does not cover life insurance, disability insurance and long-term care insurance. That means health insurers.**

PARADOX

Here's something to think about... Now we are protected from virtually all kinds of discrimination. In other words, no one can treat us unfairly based on who we are, what we do, where we do things, when we do things, or how we do things.

Yet, everyday, doctors and scientists are trying to find ways to fix or cure something whether it is a disease or a disability. Eventually, we'll be able to create our own babies through computers. Every baby will be perfect!Will there be anything left to discriminate in the future???

Which is more important? Fight against DISCRIMINATION or Fix Disabilities / Cure Diseases

Deaf clubs are fading....

Hello Gentlemen and Ladies,

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. It is always nice to work only 4 days a week instead of the usual 5 days a week.

Meanwhile, I was sent an email with the title, "Why Deaf Social Clubs suffer?"(Deafdigest.com) Sure enough, I was intrigued. I opened it up and there was a link to a video. After watching it, I couldn't help it, but agreeing with the narrator.

He gave 5 primary reasons :

1. Disagreement among members
2. No volunteers
3. Deaf people stay home because of video chats
4. Older and younger members are apart
5. ASL and oral members are apart

I only have one simple response to this...

      Welcome to 21st century!!!! Everyday, technology (and science) force us to open our eyes to the world... the REAL world... By forcing us to open our eyes further, literally million of opportunities appear in front of us. We have so many more doors than before... How do we choose which door to open? I'll give you an easy example... Back in time, if we were to look for a job, we simply go into the newspaper or go to the employment office. That's pretty much it. Today, we can look for a job anywhere in the world; thanks to the Internet.

      (Looking at #4 and #5), ASL and oral students + Older and younger members socialized among each other. That was because they HAD to. Back in time, It was much harder to find other people who have the same interests. But now, we have Facebook, emails, VP, and etc. It is so much easier to find other people with same interests as you. It is only natural for us to abandon the old traditions and go onto new trends. Things are changing on a daily basis... Keep up with it or go home. :)

The truth is........

Yes, Deaf clubs are fading away......

BUT AT SAME TIME......

Hundreds of Deaf organizations are appearing.....

Deaf travelling to South Pole

That's right. You "heard" me.

A Deaf gentleman, Ian Berry, have already reached the North Pole and now will join a team of 4 in an attempt to reach the South Pole. No one ever has done it in the history of mankind.

"The expedition to the South Pole is part of Ian's mission to reach both Poles as an ambassador for the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS), a charity which transforms lives of deaf children and deaf young people in the UK" http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/Deaf-Ian-on-daring-polar.5904003.jp

One thing for sure, it'll be a World Guinness Record!

I applaud Ian Berry, an IT specialist, for his efforts and for being a role model. He is a true embodiment of a quote that is well-known throughout the Deaf communities in the world.

 "We DEAFinitely can do anything except hear." 

So let me ask you...... What is next?????

Deaf man on way to a Guinness world record

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091202/local/deaf-68-year-old-on-world-expedition-makes-it-to-malta

This just came in....Vladimir Yarets is embarking his life-long goal: to make it into the Guinness Book of world records for being the first deaf person to complete a round-the-world trip on a motorbike.

He's been to 76 countries in the world and there are 195 countries in the world. That means 119 countries to go! I don't know about you, but that's a lot of countries!

I wonder what are the other Guinness World Records out there that were established by Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blinds?

So far, I have found these:

• Graham Hicks, Deaf-Blind motorcyclist broke the Guinness World Record
• http://fookembug.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/graham-hicks-deaf-blind-motorcyclist-broke-the-guinness-world-record/
• San Diego Great Dane named world's tallest dog (who is Deaf, Blind, and Epileptic)
• http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_world_s_tallest_dog

Anyone know of more records??????

Disabled, and Seeking Acceptance in Fashion

I read this article and it made me wonder........ What are your opinions on this one?

The article was telling about a new show in England (Great Britain) called "Britain’s Missing Top Model."

"Britain’s Missing Top Model,” a reality show that begins on Tuesday on BBC America that pits disabled women against one another to compete for a photo spread in the U.K. edition of Marie Claire magazine."

The winner gets a photo spread in the Marie Claire magazine.

It happens one of the contestant, Sophie who is paralyzed all the down from the hip, is complaining about another contestant, Kellie. The reason she is complaining is because Kellie is Deaf and relies on British Sign Language to communicate.

Sophie commented, “5he chance to meet a designer who is willing to put a disabled girl in his show is such an opportunity, but I want someone to choose a girl with a really obvious, really visual, really kind of blatant disability,” Sophie says after Kellie wins an audition. “So that it makes a change. And choosing someone like Kellie is not really the same — it’s the same as just picking a girl that speaks French.”

Mhmmm, who is right in this situation? While Deafness is a considered a medical disability, but is it a valid disability in the fashion world?

According to the United Nations (UN);

• Disability: Any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being.

• Handicap: A disadvantage for a given individual, resulting from an impairment or disability, that limits or prevents the fulfillment of a role that is normal, depending on age, sex, social and cultural factors, for that individual.

Mhmm, that's a toughie! 

Here's an interesting thought. 

The name of the show is "Britain's Missing Top Model." If we are to take the title literally, then the show would be open to those who are missing a physical limb such as an arm, hand, fingers, nose, and etc. 

I suppose before we can argue, we'll need to ask the producers to provide a copy of their criteria and their mission statement (their goal for this show). 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/arts/television/01model.html?_r=2

Online videos will now become Closed Captioned!!!!

Hey, I hope you are enjoying your Thanksgiving weekend! We all know we need a break from our crazy year! Struggling economy. New president. New political issues. New Deaf president at Gallaudet University. 26 people got arrested for VRS fraud. The list goes on forever.

Fortunately, I found out something that'll make you say WHOOO HOO!!!!

There is a new feature that is coming out where you can tell Google to put Closed Captioning on any new videos you're uploading!

Thank you, Ken Harrenstien, the software engineer behind this technology. He is also Deaf!

"Today, here in D.C., we announced the preliminary roll-out of automatic captioning in YouTube, an innovation that takes advantage of our speech recognition technology to turn the spoken word into text captions. We also announced that if you have a transcript of your video, you can upload it to YouTube and we'll time the captions for you."



http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/11/automatic-captions-on-youtube.html

NETFLIX, (who doesn't provide CC on their online dvds) YOU'RE NEXT! Whoo hoo!!!!!

FCC arrested 26 people for Video Relay Services (VRS) fraud!!!!!

On Thursday, November 19, 2009, Federal Communications Commission's (FCC), who oversees the regulations of Video Relay Services (VRS), made 26 arrests in 9 states for "tax" fraud...

What those 26 individuals did was they "made, caused others to make, or processed fraudulent VRS calls that were then submitted to the FCC for reimbursement. These calls, often referred to as "r calls," "rest calls" or "run calls," served no purpose other than to generate call minutes that would be billed to the FCC’s VRS Fund."

In other words, they made HOURS and HOURS of bogus calls to the interpreters just to get money from FCC. FCC gives away about $400 for each hour. So that means 1 week worth of bogus calls cost FCC more than $65,000... And those 26 arrests came from 6 different VRS providers. Therefore, 6 VRS providers x $65,000 equals about $400,000... More than 1.5 million dollars every month...

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/November/09-crm-1258.html

That's our TAX MONEY!!!!! Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk!!!!!

After reading bunch of blogs, one particular one struck to me immediately.

Mishka Zena replying to Tom on http://www.mishkazena.com/2009/11/19/over-2-dozens-arrested-for-vrs-overbilling-scams/

"Tom, this is going to hurt Deaf Community big time. FCC was already objecting to the high expenses incurred by VRS companies. Finding out that millions of dollars were generated fraudulently isn’t going to help VRS companies in the long run, even though the other VRS companies may be innocent. Several more VRS companies are rumored to be generating fake calls, too. I hope this rumor turns out to be false. It’s a sad time for the Deaf Community."

My response to it is this:

You are right. It'll hurt the Deaf community, but at same time, it was inevitable. It was bound to happen at some point anyway. One of the greatest irony in life is we fight for freedom, yet too much freedom is bad for us. Think of this way. When we go into Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, we are so tempted to do WHATEVER we want to do... But if you do recall from watching the movie or reading the book, every kid failed because they simply did NOT follow Willy Wonka's rules. The temptations were too much.

Rules are not meant to restrict us. Instead they are meant to guide us in avoiding making stupid mistakes and treating others unfairly. We think and fight for our survival. And fighting for our survival is egocentric. Egocentrism is part of human nature. We prefer to satisfy ourselves before anyone else. The reality is if we kept doing that, none of us would have last... In other words, rules are designed to help us succeed in the long run...

Now, it is unfortunate that there are always individuals who just don't want to follow the rules, but they are still a necessary evil. They help us to keep our freedom in check.

In conclusion, it'll hurt the Deaf community, but not too much. I am not even sure if we'll notice it!!! VRS is too much a part of our life. We can't live without it and don't want to live without it. We'll be fine...

What do you think?????

Scientists are teaching computers how to become Deaf-Blind

Background Info: How do Deaf-Blind communicate?

• Adapted Signs
• a Deaf-Blind person watches her interpreter about five (5) feet from each other
• Tactile Sign Language / Fingerspelling
• The Deaf-Blind person puts his or her hands over the signer's hands to feel the shape, movement and location of the signs.
• Tracking
• Some Deaf-Blind people with restricted, but still usable vision, hold the signer's arms to help them follow the signs more easily.
• Tadoma
• Deaf-Blind people put their thumb on the other person's chin and their fingers on the other person's cheek to feel the vibrations and the movements of their lips.

After my previous post about computers using its own cameras to read and understand us, it made me quite curious to see what else are the scientists doing? I found something that seems plausible and much more likely to happen in our lifetime... 

"Muscle-Based PC (Computer) Interface"

Basically, what the scientists are doing, is they would attach bunch of wires onto your upper forearms. On the end of each wire, is an attached electromyography (EMG) sensors that can sense movement. Therefore, when you move your fingers, the EMG sensors will feel it, send electricity to the computer, and the computer will do whatever it is supposed to do. 




The scientists are looking for "better-integrated ways to interact with the machines in our lives." Do you have any other ideas of how this can improve our everyday lives? Post it up! We all want to hear your opinions!

Will Pcs and Laptops understand American SIgn Language?

Take a moment and imagine this....

The alarm clock hits 6 am. The bed begins to vibrate and Bob responds by signing "finish." The bed suddenly stops vibrating. Next, Bob softly signs "turn the light on" and the lamp on the nightstand followed his instructions exactly; the light bulb lit up gently. Finally, Bob signed, "coffee" and went to bathroom to take a shower and get dressed. By the time, he was clean, dressed up, and came downstairs, a fresh pot of coffee brewed was ready for him.

How "Star Trek"-like would that be; allowing the computer to have such an ability to understand American Sign Language or any other form of body language? Is it feasible? Is it even possible?

Well, I think I can shine some light to this. I love reading Popular Science and I stumbled onto this article. http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-11/video-microsoft-demos-next-gen-computer-motion-sensing-and-eye-tracking?page=. 

Microsoft is developing a new motion sensing and eye-tracking interface. This interface will be able to read your body language / gestures and do what you want it to do.

In this example, the man is giving a presentation and there is an object on the screen. He made a circular motion with his finger around the object. As result, the computer circled the object, but that's not all. The man stared at the object for an extra second and the computer acknowledged him by automatically zooming into the circled object.

I personally don't think it'll be possible in our lifetime to have a computer to understand American Sign Language or any other Sign Languages, but I will NOT be surprised if they do develop technology where it'll understand the basic signs of ASL within our lifetime... What do you think?

Do you think we can do it?????

Videeconferencing on our cellphones UPDATE

THE FUTURE OF INTERNET

http://saygus.com/

Looks like I spoke too soon!!!!!!

Saygus, a new company, announced that they are entering the market with a new high-end smartphone with a large touchscreen and a sliding qwerty keyboard, named the Vphone

What makes Vphone unique is it will be the first smartphone to feature VIDEOCONFERENCING!!!!!!

That means we will be able to see each other (face to face) on the phone!

"It will be an option for Verizon subscribers in the next few months." (But I'm sure others will follow soon)

This is going to be amazing. This'll change the way we communicate once again. Will twitter become "Video" Twitter? Will texting eventually become obsolete? So many questions... We'll find out soon. However, there's one thing that I wouldn't be surprised if it does happen. This probably will be the final straw for the Congress upon their ability to ban using cellphones during driving.

What do you think?

(Beside, I wonder how does this affect all the hard work and research conducted by University of Washington upon their MobileASL prototype. Will Vphone void everything or do they have another plan with it? Any ideas?)

Videeconferencing on our cellphones

In Europe and Asia, Deaf and Hard of Hearing people can call each other through their cellphones and see each other at same time! Why can't we do that here???

"Most U.S. cell phone networks lack the bandwidth to handle streaming video. As a result, cell phone makers do not offer many models that have adequate processing power to run video smoothly, and digital cameras in U.S. cell phones are on the opposite side from the display screen (which would make it impossible to see the person on the other end of the line while exchanging sign language)." http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cell-phone-sign-language

Do not despair! University of Washington got a grant of $500,000 to develop a way to resolve that problem. Check out their prototype!

All the main US phone carriers such as ATT, Tmobile, Sprint, and Verizon are keeping a close eye upon the University of Washington.

We may be able to talk and SEE each other on our cellphones sooner than we think........

WIMAX

What we can do now with our WIFI:

• Internet browsing
• Making calls
• Watching videos online instantly
• Playing games online with the rest of the world 24/7
• Instant Messaging
• Wireless Videophone (VP) => relay calls and point to point calls

i don't know about you, but I am tired of being limited to 10 to 100 feet of any WIFI spots. I want to be able to connect to the Internet and stay connected to it everywhere I go!

Now, we finally can!!!!!!!!!!!

WIMAX is basically a "super" WIFI that will allow us to stay connected up anywhere from 3 to 10 miles! In other words, for residents of Washington DC, you'll stay connected everywhere! (DC has a radius of 5 miles or less). It'll take time to set up WIMAX throughout USA, but if you want try it out, go and fly to Portland, Oregon.

What is next??? WI_STATE ? Up to 100 miles per connection? How sweet is that!?

For more information => http://www.wimax.com/education

Deaf Awareness spreading like wildfire???

It is a common knowledge among the Deaf communities in USA that it was around 1960s when the awareness upon Deaf Culture and ASL appeared on the radar. Supposedly, it spread across USA like wildfire!

I am curious there is any truth to that? There is an easy way to find out. Let's find out how many students are taking American Sign Language BEFORE entering college.

According to the Standard and Poor's website, the total number of K-12 students in the U.S. is about 50 million people.

Additionally, Modern Language Association ranked ASL as the 5th most learned foreign language or 4%. Spanish is #1 at 55%, French is #2 with 15%, Germany is #3 with 7%, Italian is #4 with 5%, and the other 14% goes the rest of other languages.

So if we take the 50 million students and mutiply it by 4%, that'll mean about 2 million students are learning ASL...

And

According to the National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIDCD), "about 2 to 3 out of every 1,000 children in the United States are born deaf or hard-of-hearing. Nine out of every 10 children who are born deaf are born to parents who can hear." That's .02% - .03%. http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/statistics/quick.htm

Gallaudet University published an article in 2005, stating "About 2 to 4 of every 1,000 people in the United States are "functionally deaf..." That's .02% - .04%. http://gri.gallaudet.edu/Demographics/deaf-US.php

And there are about 305 million people living in USA.

If we do math... There are between 610,000 and 1,220,00 "functionally" deaf...

In conclusion, the total # of people learning ASL is twice the total # of Deaf people in USA...

Mhmmm. Not bad at all! It's been only 50 years..

Additoinally, I stumbled onto an article published by Dr. Wilcox. "More and more colleges and universities are accepting ASL in fulfillment of foreign language requirements. The University of California system (all campuses) will soon accept ASL in fulfillment of foreign language entrance and graduation requirements. Harvard and Yale are among some of the schools which are investigating similar action. Recently, we have witnessed tremendous activity by state legislatures to support the teaching and acceptance of ASL as a foreign language. Many states now recognize ASL as a foreign language for the purpose of meeting high school graduation requirements." http://web.mac.com/swilcox/UNM/facts.html

Again, not bad at all!!!!!

Colleges and Universities offering Deaf-related studies

Now, I wonder how many Deaf-related programs are being offered on a postsecondary, graduate, or doctorate level in USA? After researching and searching throughout hundreds of websites including college websites, here's my listing. My apologies if I missed any. So far, there are 198 programs in USA! Mind boggling!

• ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, TEXAS
• AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE
• ARIZONA WESTERN COLLEGE
• AUGUSTANA COLLEGE
• AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• BALL STATE UNIVERSITY
• BARTON COLLEGE
• BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
• BERKELEY CITY COLLEGE
• BETHEL COLLEGE
• BLACK HAWK COLLEGE
• BLINN COLLEGE
• BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
• BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
• BURLINGTON COUNTY COLLEGE
• CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY
• CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-FRESNO
• CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-NORTHRIDGE
• CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-SAN JOSE
• CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE
• CANISIUS COLLEGE
• CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• CINCINNATI STATE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• COCHISE COLLEGE
• COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN IDAHO
• COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS
• COLLEGE OF THE SEQUOIAS
• COLLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
• COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO
• COLUMBIA COLLEGE, SC
• COLUMBUS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY
• COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA
• CONVERSE COLLEGE, SPARTANBURG
• COWLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: EASTERN CAMPUS
• CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: METROPOLITAN CAMPUS
• CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: WESTERN CAMPUS
• DEL MAR COLLEGE
• DELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
• EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
• EASTFIELD COLLEGE
• EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• FAIRMONT STATE UNIVERSITY
• FLAGLER COLLEGE
• FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE AT JACKSONVILLE
• FONTBONNE UNIVERSITY
• FREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• FRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
• GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY
• GATEWAY TECHNICAL COLLEGE
• GEORGIA HIGHLANDS COLLEGE
• GEORGIA PERIMETER COLLEGE, CLARKSTON
• GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
• GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE
• GOSHEN COLLEGE
• HARPER COLLEGE
• HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, TAMPA, FL
• HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
• HOWARD COLLEGE
• HUNTER COLLEGE, CUNY
• IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY
• ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE
• ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
• INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
• IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• ITAWAMBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• J. SARGEANT REYNOLDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• JOHN TRACY CLINIC/UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO
• JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, OVERLAND PARK
• KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
• KEUKA COLLEGE
• KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• LAKE REGION STATE COLLEGE
• LAMAR UNIVERSITY
• LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• LENOIR-RHYNE COLLEGE
• LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM
• LOS ANGELES PIERCE COLLEGE
• MACMURRAY COLLEGE
• MARSHALL UNIVERSITY
• MARYVILLE COLLEGE
• MCDANIEL COLLEGE
• MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: MAPLE WOODS
• MIAMI DADE COLLEGE
• MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
• MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE
• MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY
• MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY
• MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE
• MOUNT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE
• NASHUA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• NASHVILLE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF (NTID)
• NAZARENE BIBLE COLLEGE, COLORADO SPRINGS
• NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY
• NEW RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, MINNEAPOLIS (CHRISTIAN)
• NORTH HENNEPIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, MINNESOTA
• NORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE
• NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, BOSTON
• NORTHERN ESSEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• OCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE
• OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
• OHLONE COLLEGE IN FREMONT, CA
• OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY: OKLAHOMA CITY
• OXNARD COLLEGE
• PALOMAR COLLEGE, SAN MARCOS
• PHOENIX COLLEGE
• PIKES PEAK COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• RADFORD UNIVERSITY
• RANDOLPH COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
• SADDLEBACK COLLEGE
• SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE
• SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE
• SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• SCOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• SEATTLE CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• SHAWNEE STATE UNIVERSITY
• SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• SMITH COLLEGE
• SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY
• SPARTANBURG COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• SPOKANE FALLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• ST. CATHERINE UNIVERSITY
• ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT FLORISSANT VALLEY
• ST. PAUL COLLEGE
• ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE
• STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY
• SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• SWARTHMORE
• TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE
• TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
• TERRA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
• TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
• TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY
• THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
• THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
• TOWSON UNIVERSITY IN MD
• TULSA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• TURABO UNIVERSITY
• TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE
• ULSTER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• UNION COUNTY COLLEGE
• UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
• UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
• UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK
• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
• UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
• UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER
• UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD
• UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I AT MANOA
• UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
• UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO
• UNIVERSITY OF NC AT GREENSBORO
• UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
• UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AT MANCHESTER
• UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
• UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS
• UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO
• UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA
• UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO
• UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
• UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
• UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
• UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
• UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
• UNIVERSITY OF TULSA
• UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE
• UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY-LOGAN
• VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY
• VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY
• VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
• VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
• WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY VANCOUVER
• WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
• WAUBONSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY
• WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY, FULTON
• WILSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Thanks to contributions made by :

http://www.deafed.net/PageText.asp?hdnPageId=120

http://acedhh.org/

http://www.caid.org/

http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/annals/

http://adream4.tripod.com/asl/colleges.html

Friends / Word of mouth

Colleagues

Deaf Schools

I often wonder how many Deaf schools are there across USA... I found a great link that provides a map of USA. http://www.csdf.k12.ca.us/deafschools/site/main_site.htm. This listing may be missing couple more Deaf schools out there. My apologies...

So far, I counted 98 schools....

• Alabama School for the Deaf
• Alaska State School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Arizona State School for the Deaf and Blind
• Phoenix Day School for the Deaf
• Sequoia School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Arkansas School for the Deaf
• California School for the Deaf, Fremont
• California School for the Deaf, Riverside
• Jean Weingarten
• Oralingua School f/t Hearing Impaired
• Marlton Charter School for the Deaf
• Colorado School for the Deaf
• Rocky Mountain Deaf School
• American School for the Deaf
• Delaware School for the Deaf
• Kendall Demonstration Elementary School
• Model Secondary School for the Deaf
• Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
• Florida School for the Deaf and Blind
• Blossom Montessori School for the Deaf
• National Deaf Academy
• Atlanta Area School for the Deaf
• Faith Christian School for the Deaf
• Georgia School for the Deaf
• Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind
• Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind
• Indiana School for the Deaf
• Iowa School for the Deaf
• Kansas State School for the Deaf
• Kentucky School for the Deaf
• Louisiana School for the Deaf
• Maryland School for the Deaf
• Montgomery County Public Schools
• Beverly School for the Deaf
• Clarke School for the Deaf
• Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Learning Center for Deaf Children
• Perkins School for the Blind
• Willie Ross School for the Deaf
• Michigan School for the Deaf
• Metro Deaf School
• Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf
• Apollo High School
• Minnesota North Star Academy
• Mississippi School for the Deaf
• Missouri School for the Deaf
• Central Institute for the Deaf
• Moog Center for Deaf Education
• St. Joseph Institute
• Montana School for the Deaf and Blind
• Bruce Street School for the Deaf
• Lake Drive School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf
• Summit Speech School
• Midland Park High School
• Presbyterian Ear Institute Oral School
• New Mexico School for the Deaf
• Cleary School for the Deaf
• Lexington School for the Deaf
• Mill Neck Manor School for Deaf Children
• New York State School for the Deaf, Rome, NY
• New York School for the Deaf, White Plains, NY
• St. Mary's School for the Deaf
• Rochester School for the Deaf
• St. Francis de Sales School for the Deaf
• St. Joseph's School for the Deaf
• Central North Carolina School for the Deaf
• North Carolina School for the Deaf
• Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf
• North Dakota School for the Deaf
• Ohio School for the Deaf
• St. Rita School for the Deaf
• Oklahoma School for the Deaf
• Oregon School for the Deaf
• Tucker-Maxon
• DePaul Institute
• Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
• Scranton State School for the Deaf
• Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
• Archbishop Ryan School
• Rhode Island School for the Deaf
• South Dakota School for the Deaf
• South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind
• Memphis Oral School
• Tennessee School for the Deaf
• West Tennessee School for the Deaf
• Jean Massieu Academy
• Melinda Webb School
• Sunshine Cottage
• Texas School for the Deaf
• Regional Day School Program for the Deaf
• Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind
• Austine School for the Deaf
• Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind
• Washington School for the Deaf
• West Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind
• Wisconsin School for the Deaf
• Cathedral Home for Children