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All, Netflix did it again. Screwing Deaf customers again and again. You screwed me THREE TIMES, and I am cancelling you for the final time. You just don’t listen and care about Deaf and Hard of Hearing customers. Why? Netflix is currently battling against two lawsuits filed by National Association of the Deaf and Don Cullen representing for deaf customers. […]

Dear Family and Relatives, I read someone’s status on Facebook that was circulating around. It asks me to cut and paste to pass this message. I did. Being left out of a hearing family/friend’s conversations just because I’m the only deaf person in the family or circle of friends. Whoever is hearing needs to realize it is so hurtful for […]

All, What blew me away was that I spent over 2 hours watching 13 videos of Gallaudet University’s President, Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz, giving a presentation before the Bay Area’s Gallaudet University Alumni Association Chapter on December 2010. That was 8 months ago, but this website with 13 videos was published YESTERDAY (August 18, 2011)! All videos were uploaded on […]

First published on January 21, 2008 – and I am reviving it again with some edits. This is in response to New York Times’ Op-Ed piece on Deaf Schools, and the timing for the community to take an action. There is the Facebook group led by Sheri Farinha asking for the community input. It is called, “Deaf Community Action: Open […]

All, Yesterday, on Sunday, July 31, 2011, New York Times published the five-part series (articles) debating about “Should We Need Deaf Schools” with five different experts, including one deaf person. It is my understanding the general definition of debate always have BOTH sides of perspectives using facts and research. This article is very one-sided and it does not offer any […]

Readers, This is my re-post of my previous blog that was published in October 20, 2009. July 27, 2011 Statement from Amy Cohen Efron: Each time when I expressed my opinions or statements regarding ANYTHING, especially about ANY organization which their actions that I feel it was not cool. A re-tweet, or a brief comment on my facebook status, or […]

All, Mobile ASL? A new way of expressing ourselves? We use American Sign Language. ASL allows us to use both of our hands, especially one hand is a dominant one with another hand as a ‘support’ one. For example, if you sign, “STOP”, you use your dominant hand, with a B shape chopping on a supporting hand, a B shape […]

All, Another short film written and directed by Ted Evans, from Great Britain. All in British Sign Language with voiceover, with open captions. Click this image below, and it’ll take you to the British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT) website. The short film is there. Synopsis Starting in the 1980’s, drama ‘The End’ follows 4 Deaf children over 60 years. […]

Hello all, I was able to create this Flash map of Schools for the Deaf in the United States. Grey color means the lowest number of students enrolled compared to bright green color that comes with the highest number of students enrolled. I used 2008-2011 data from various sources (state websites, school performance data sites, and etc.) and I combined […]

All, This is the best week ever! As you can see the picture on the left are major players involved in lawsuits against Time Warner, Inc., owner of CNN.com website, and Netflix for their failure to caption online content. I am so happy that this week, two major lawsuits were filed on Wednesday, June 15th and Thursday, June 16th. This […]