Category: Deafness


INSIDE THESE WALLS, by Kayla Siebold

Filed under: Deafness, Hearing Loss, late deafened, Life, Relationships by iseewhatyousay — 1 Comment
April 14, 2012

I woke up in a house of glass, and I can’t find the key…

Somewhere in the darkness I seem to have lost me….

I see you standing there, in your heart I know you care;

Although your smile warms my heart,
our souls are still “miles” apart

The walls are closing in on me,
the air is getting thin, I need to find an opening,

I want to let somebody in…

In your eyes I see the the pain that you wear
as you witness the burden I must bear

In your voice I find my peace,
for this is my strength I need release….

Kayla, a young mother, lost her hearing suddenly the day before her wedding in the fall of 2007. 

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We Are Everywhere and Approximately 300 Million People Strong, Globally……..

Filed under: Accommodations for Deaf, ADA, Aging and hearing loss, Assistive Listening Devices, captions, Closed Captioning, Cochlear Implants, Deafness, Disability Rights, Hard of hearing culture, Hearing Loss, internet videos, late deafened, Life, Lip Reading, Miscellaneous Ramblings, Politics by SaytheWord — Leave a comment
April 10, 2012

  Have you ever turned to your favorite t.v. series and wished it were captioned?  How many times have we sat through a movie wishing it were captioned on opening night?  Did you miss your train because you had no way of knowing it had arrived at the platform?  Did your emergency broadcast system caption the warning in your area of a tornado watch?  These and many other daily life happenings that hearing people take for granted and yet, we as hearing impaired, deaf, late deafened miss on a daily basis and are left out.

The time is NOW to get involved.   We are everywhere.  Collaborative Communication Access via Captioning (CCAC) is making a short film with YOU as the speaker.  CCAC is seeking volunteers globally to help make this short film.  CCAC has the producers and all they need are the volunteers to make a short video with a pre-arranged script that they provide for you.

Are you interested? Go to this link for all the information but hurry because the deadline is soon.  CCAC plans to debut the film in June at the IFHOH Conference in Norway.  Be part of the action, be part of the advocacy.  We are everywhere!

http://ccacaptioning.org/resources/international-media-campaign/film-instructions-script/

How this came about:  http://ccacaptioning.org/resources/international-media-campaign/

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