~ SHOW ME DEAF COMMUNITY ~ by Paul J Kiel

Karl White says, "deaf people don't know what's best for deaf babies."

2012-02-10T03:35:00.003-06:00

Karl White says, "deaf people don't know what's best for deaf babies."

Yes, Mrs.Moog is wrong about Deaf Culture! Stop Audism Now!

2012-02-10T02:59:00.004-06:00

Deaf Rally 2012 Updates

2012-02-10T02:52:00.001-06:00

Join us at the Deaf Rally 2012 in St. Louis!

2012-02-03T13:35:00.003-06:00

Our Deaf activists and advocates,

You know that in history during Revolutionary War, Paul Revere galloped through the night warning about the British invading. That was April 18, 1775 ( I think ) Now today, February 3, 2012, I am e-mailing to everyone to please think about coming to St. Louis to band together to show those people at EHDI Conference at Union Station Downtown St. Louis on Sunday, March 4, Monday, March 5 and Tuesday March 6. There are people from various organizations coming to help us have a peaceful rally to show them that we preserve our sign language and culture. The power is in numbers.

So come and be ally! We need you to show up. We welcome every Deaf from Indiana to come and show EHDI how you feel about audism happening at ISD and the community.

Don't get mad! Get EVEN! Show them! STAND UP for your rights!

I am welcoming you to St. Louis, Missouri so let's get the ball rolling for next month's showdown on EHDI!

Join us in marching down Market Street in front of St. Louis Union Station in Deaf Rally 2012 march!

Let's march in our parade on Sunday, March 3! Come snow! Come cold! Come rain! Come sunshine! We will march from St. Louis City Hall to St. Louis Union Station. It is 20 minutes walk. We meet around noon at corner of Tucker and Market (northeast of City Hall building) There will be a sign "DEAF RALLY 2012 meets here. As soon as everyone gets together, we will walk down to St. Louis Union Station building. We will use sidewalk and have a leisure walk carrying signs and balloons. We can chat and be cheerful, but remindful of what transpired in Indianapolis and around the world. We need to send POWERFUL message to the world that it is time to stop. Where does it stop?

We need to start with EHDI because that is where they are hovering around babies like vultures. We need to stop them in tracks and align the information sharing and system to include deaf culture and sign language.

Onward we go! See you in St. Louis on Saturday, March 3 at the deaf club (GSLAD) More info to follow!

E-mail to me at myfavaslworld@yahoo.com to let me know if you are coming so we can work out details you may need. Hotel and motel accomodations are your responsibility. We can help you where it is at and more information you need - just hit me up and I will refer you.

Thank you for coming to St. Louis!

The home of St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Rams and St. Louis Blues

Come and visit the deaf club at GSLAD - www.gslad.org - Use GPS to find it at 2190 Creve Coeur Mill Road, Maryland Heights, Missouri 63043.

It is time to raise our fists and demand solidarity!

Yours truly,

Paul Kiel
St. Louis, Missouri

We Want You To Stop Audism!

2012-01-31T14:29:00.002-06:00

CUT OFF FUNDING TO ORAL PROGRAMS FOR TERRORIZING DEAF COMMUNITY!

2012-01-31T13:17:00.003-06:00

CUT OFF FUNDING TO ORAL PROGRAMS FOR TERRORIZING DEAF COMMUNITY!

As I looked over information coming out of Indiana about how HB1367 came into play. It is obvious that St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf (Indianapolis) are using political tactics to get their way. Then now Hear Indiana as well as AGBAD are doing the same thing. It is snowballing to the point where they spread disinformation to the state legislators at the State House.

I watched the video this morning and I saw that some legislators were perplexed and confused from both sides. It shows that St. Joseph Institute has not been honest with the public information. The same goes for all oral programs around the country. It is an act of terrorism. We are experiencing domestic terrorism from those audists.

They use money and power to influence the politicians as well as the community.

It is time to act up and turn the tables back to them. Let's work together to turn off the money spigot! We need deaf leaders from sea to shining sea in USA to do something about it. It is time to work together to end audism. We need to ACT UP and MAKE NOISES!

It is time to turn the spigot to shut off the funding to oral programs.

They use money to terrorize and oppress the Deaf Community.

We need to write letters/e-mail to government officials, foundations, community groups, donors and the media.

The public's donations to oral programs further their terrorism acts against Deaf Community and American Sign Language.

A NEW H8 GROUP THAT HATES ASL AND DEAF!

2012-01-31T11:33:00.002-06:00

Kovacs,Daniels and Noe Inducted in Audist Hall of Shame!

2012-01-30T21:15:00.005-06:00

It is with disappointing note that these three people are HELL BENT on changing the way of our Deaf lives. They refused to listen to the Deaf community. They have peppered the HB1367 with pack of lies and dishonest facts. It is a battle now between Deaf and Hearing.

Those hearing people are selfish and disrespectful. They are inducted into AUDIST HALL OF FAME tonight - January 30, 2012.
They have conspired to attack the Deaf Community. They are terrorists in our eyes.

Please VOTE them out of their offices, organizations and anything. They cannot be trusted again.

AG BELL's MASTER PLAN TO BRAINWASH AND COLONIZE DEAF

2012-01-29T12:22:00.002-06:00

AG BELL's MASTER PLAN TO BRAINWASH AND COLONIZE DEAF

WARNING: BUNCH OF VULTURES IN INDIANA!

2012-01-26T14:33:00.004-06:00

Open Letter about not supporting HB1367

2012-01-21T13:22:00.002-06:00

Dear Hear Indiana, AGBAD, Rep. Noe, Governor Daniels and those who are selfish and not listening to us,

I would like to share my personal story about how oralism affected me. It was depressing and frustrating putting up with hearing people fighting over the choices of communication.

I have taken other languages such as Latin and French as well as some Spanish. I have not seen anyone fighting over how those languages should be used. Only debate is the accent and the grammar.

Yet, you and AGBAD continue to put ASL in the negative spotlight. Come one! Will you please quit playing games with us?

Your actions prove that you are corrupting and antogonizing our Deaf lives with your hidden agenda and motivation to satisfy your own selves.

I have been oralist and asl user. I have been to both sides of fence - oralist and signer….I wish oral school never existed. I have been exposed to abuses and ignorances. I have grown up naively thinking asl is bad.

That was what some teachers told me. ASL is for stupid people. ASL is low class. Don’t do it. It is better to use your voice and speak.

Years of practice yields more bullshit! I am trying to “deprogram” myself away from audism and be more advocate for ASL and proud Deaf culture. I may be angry at them for abusing me, but I have learned to move on.

I was slammed on both hands with a wooden ruler by an angry oral teacher!!! Geez whiz! What is their frigging problem? They were so manipulative and selfish! So damn arrogant about their actions and how they wanted to control deaf children. It is an abuse!

This is going on for 132 years! Can we stamp out audism? It is imperative that we take action to reverse the trend!

Thanks!

Paul Kiel
January 21, 2012

Police abuse Emmett on Switched at Birth is a proof!

2012-01-20T11:10:00.006-06:00

On a recent Switched At Birth show, Emmett was arrested by police. The police brutality on that show is an exact exmple of what is going on around the country. It remains very high at 99.5%.

There is not enough deaf activism to remedy the situation. There is always a turnover at police department. The morale is not always great there and the funding is scarce to make the time to pay attention to the real needs of the deaf community. Only a few success stories between deaf and police is not enough to turn the tide of police brutality.

This video was made few years ago based on collection of stories around the country:

This video was made by Amy Cohen Efron, "Deaf World as Eye See it":

**Thanks to ABC Family for making it happen. It is a proof in the pudding that it occurs all over the country. We need to use this as a teaching tool to put the police at bay and avoid any future confrontations like you see in the video by ABC. We need to train them to respect the Deaf and make things easier. We need a standardized system to help the police avoid lawsuits and problems stemming from ignorance and lack of respect.

TIME TO STAMP OUT AUDISTS IN INDIANA!

2012-01-20T00:05:00.005-06:00

With recent developments, those evil people at Indiana Statehouse and in the Indianapolis community are plotting evil deeds against Indiana School For the Deaf. Those selfish people including Governor Mitch Daniels and Rep. Noe are plotting to screw up the successful plans that ISD and the deaf community spent so many years working on it.

The evil empire by AGBAD has plotted to overthrow ISD and take out the outreach program and become a politcal ball game between some evil hearing people and deaf people. Governor Daniels is corrupting Indiana School For the Deaf by placing two anti-ASL people there. They are from Hear Indiana who partners with AGBAD.

It shows how disrespectful those people are towards the deaf community!

I say SHAME ON THEM!

See this video down there and we should arrest them for infringing on our constitutional and human rights!

The Preservation of Sign Language: George W. Veditz's Letter - 1913 Video 3 of 3

2012-01-14T13:52:00.003-06:00

The Preservation of Sign Language: George W. Veditz's Letter - 1913 Video 3 of 3

The Preservation of Sign Language: ISD and HearIndiana Video 2 of 3

2012-01-14T13:49:00.003-06:00

The Preservation of Sign Language:ISD and HearIndiana Video 2 of 3

The Preservation of Sign Language: EHDI in St. Louis Video 1 of 3

2012-01-14T13:46:00.004-06:00

The Preservation of Sign Language: EHDI in ST. Louis Video 1 of 3

Bye to 2011 and Hello to 2012!

2011-12-27T21:51:00.005-06:00

Whoo! I was looking back the whole year of 2011. I am realizing that I did a lot in a short time. I have missed a few opportunities and I am trying to bring them to front burner, but it takes time. Just in few days, 2011 will be disappearing into the mists of time. Where did the time go?

My grandfather, Kenneth Howe usually keeps a diary. He titled "How(e) Time Flies!"

He would show it to me what he was doing daily while in Gamaliel, Arkansas. Facebook is similiar to what he did. We keep notes and share news and information. It is interesting.

I loved reading his journals everytime I go down there to Lake Norfolk. I miss it very much, but I am disappointed as they took out ferries and put in bridge on Highway 101.

Will plan to visit that area the Spring of 2012 before the summer crowd takes over the lake. I used to spend summers with my grandfather fishing at the lake. I cherish every moment with him. He tried his best to talk to me, but it was difficult to read his lips so I had no patience. I am kind of wishing I did learn to be more patient, but after 20 minutes or more, I am outta here. This is why he wrote journals to help himself remember and me to read. Even tho brief notes, it spoke volumes.

Now back to year in review of 2011 -- I need to prepare some plans for 2012. Yes, I will continue teaching ITP program and I need to benefit more by going to workshops or training to enable me to help ITP students.

I try few sources, but the schedule is not there and I hope there is something that can help me prosper as ASL Professor. I need workshop on linguistics as well as other pertinent curriculum for a 4 year program. June 30, 2012 is supposedly the deadline for requirements to be implemented for a 4 year program for interpreters. This is a new challenge to learn and go along!

and also I want to see more opportunities for CDI (certified Deaf interpreters)...yes, I mean deaf people in interpreting profession. It has been considered for more than 50 years, yet the oppression continues in that area from some hearing interpreters.

Good news is that those audistic interpreters are being reduced, but still the system needs to be overhauled somewhat!!! I frankly am not satisfied with those organizations, but no offense to them - I am outsider and it is easy for me to notice some areas that need strengthening. I do rely on sign language interpreters for legal, medical and personal needs.

Being a consumer of interpreting services, I am sharing my experiences and my dedication to raise the bar with the interpreting programs that can churn out professional interpreters.

Sign Language Interpreters are the gatekeepers of communication, therefore it is our dedication to see that the system be compatible and satisfactory for the deaf community at large.

As I said more than a few times, that we need laws with more teeth to keep those interpreters on respectable level and be respectful to our communication needs. This is how and why we need political process to protect our proud Deaf culture. So be it and onward we go!

Quincy University goes silent for Deaf Awareness Day

2011-11-19T13:22:00.002-06:00

Quincy University goes silent for Deaf Awareness Day

or copy on url: http://www.wgem.com/story/16069286/2011/11/17/quincy-university-goes-silent-for-deaf-awareness-day

QUINCY, IL (WGEM) -- Imagine a world without sound and not being able to communicate with a vast majority of the people around you.

That's the reality for millions of people who suffer from hearing loss.

Quincy University held a Deaf Awareness Day on campus Friday and did something to get people's attention; they made a statement without saying a word. Students and staff went the whole day communicating only by sign language, to show how difficult it can be.

"We want to make sure everyone knows about deaf culture, about sign language. Trying to develop more awareness so that people know how hard it is for deaf people to communicate and more hearing people need to know," signed Paul Kiel, American Sign Language Teacher at Quincy University.

Students and staff wore blue ribbons today to bring attention to the discrimination against the deaf.

** from www.gem.com website for educational purposes.

Doctor's recent fishing trip

2011-11-10T08:14:00.002-06:00

DOCTOR's RECENT FISHING TRIP

A TYPICAL SCHOOL RUN BY AUDISTS

2011-11-10T08:10:00.003-06:00

A TYPICAL SCHOOL RUN BY AUDISTS

AUDISTS WORSHIP BELL LIKE SATAN!

2011-11-10T08:05:00.003-06:00

AUDISTS WORSHIP BELL LIKE SATAN!

Audist's favorite fantasy: Hearing Tests

2011-11-10T07:56:00.007-06:00

AUDIST'S FAVORITE FANTASY: HEARING TESTS

My mom and her breast cancer

2011-10-25T14:44:00.004-05:00

Jane Howe Kiel (mother) and Paul Kiel (son) - Thanksgiving 1972 ( not realizing it was her last picture. )

At around 4 a.m. the morning of October 25, 1973, my maternal grandmother woke me up to inform me that my mother had passed around 12:30 a.m. October 25, 1973.

I was trying to get awake from lack of sleep the past 2 weeks since I got home from Gallaudet College. I was at her bedside days and nights. I was hoping for miracle, but my family doctor said that there was no hope. It was advanced cancer as a result of a breast cancer.

Trying to snap out of sleep, I told my grandmother, Ruth and my younger brother, Robert to hurry up and get in the car. Once everyone was in the car, I put the car in reverse and pulled out of the driveway. I made a beeline for the hospital.

I rushed into the hospital and jumped into the elevator going up to the 5th floor... (more in my book, To Be Deaf or Not To Be Deaf...)

**October 25, 2011 - now 38 years later - I am pleased with today's results of women group fighting for breast cancer awareness. Back in 1973 - it was not a reality and it was a "hush" "hush" -- something like in dark ages. The family doctor was male and his attitude sucked.

Everytime I observe the breast cancer awareness program (25 years) and Susan G Komen Race for the Cure (28 years), it reminds me how difficult and emotional life was with my mother.

Yes, it was very difficult watching her die of cancer. it all started back in October of 1970. We were excited about planning a trip to Houston, Texas to see family for Thanksgiving.

I got home from high school football game and was heading to my room. My mother was taking bath and she used her hand to hit the bathtub to make noises to get my attention.

"Jay", Jane yelled, " get over here please!".

I turned around and asked her what was wrong and I saw her look on her face. She asked me to feel that lump on her breast and she knew I recently took Health course at school where we recently discussed the very same subject. Feeling for lumps on body...she asked me to do it and I felt it. Yes, there was a lump.

The next 3 years was hell! (more in the book)...

My mother was special and my best friend. I miss her!

Mom, thank you for being with me with the time we had!

Love,
Paul..

BEHIND ENEMY LINES: AUDISM

2011-10-14T17:02:00.006-05:00

I agree with Candy.

Miss Kat and parents are making mountain out of molehill.

I am the culprit in her story about leading a deaf group.

I speak the truth from my heart in deaf activism and advocacy.

So to turn the tables, some hearing people (audists) are the enemy.

I did offer to meet Miss Kat and her parents to share the notes.

I am looking forward to meeting such a brilliant lady.

Cheers,

Paul

Dummy Hoy was on St. Louis Browns baseball team in 1891!

2011-10-14T16:33:00.003-05:00

While watching Cards, it is worthwhile remembering a great Deaf hero in baseball....Dummy Hoy played for St. Louis Browns here in 1891. I am proposing to local deaf club to have a wall mural about him to remember his history and his contribution of the signals that umpires and players use nowadays! He is a hero in my heart! See his uniform with St. Louis Browns.

Congrats! D. Dornan Inducted in Audist Hall of Shame!

2011-10-12T19:12:00.003-05:00

It is creepy what she is doing! She must have Bell and Hitler blood in her! She is evil! She has no brains or understanding about our proud Deaf culture. She should NOT be getting the award. She belongs in the Audist Hall of Shame!

Come and Occupy EHDI! March 5 and 6 2012

2011-10-11T15:17:00.002-05:00

Come and Occupy EHDI! March 5 and 6 2012

Join us on the Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/deafrally2012/

Your support will be appreciated!

Deaf Social Media Pulse Workshop

2011-09-25T11:12:00.014-05:00

Deaf Social Media Pulse Workshop

A workshop on organizing for social change using the social media:

This helps understand the principles of human engineering in providing advocacy and activism.

This workshop will enable the deaf community leaders and advocates of deaf programs and services how to better serve the communities in protecting the rights of the deaf and hard of hearing individuals.

The workshop will cover these areas:

*What is advocacy?

*What is political process?

*What is community activism?

*How do we empower the community?"

*How do we utilize the legal system?

*How can we use the social media?

The workshop will be available in your city/town. Please e-mail to Paul Kiel,
if you are interested in hosting the workshop.

Please view this video here:

This video was made by Paul Kiel in December 2007 to lay out the plans for better advocacy and activism in protecting the rights of the deaf and hard of hearing.

About the Presenter:

Paul J. Kiel has been advocating and activist in protecting the rights of the deaf more than 40 years. He was raised in oral communication program until he discovered the American Sign Language. His world changed after that discovery. He loves and appreciates the deaf culture and the language.

He experienced discrimination and audism everyday since he put his foot in an oral education program.

He believes that social media and change are to be used to fight for our rights to an effective communication and our place in the society.

He is finalizing details on his upcoming book, "To Be Deaf or Not To Be Deaf:The Paul Kiel Story". He is currently a b/vlogger since 2006 with "SHOW ME DEAF COMMUNITY" It can be seen at this link.

He is videographer and does videography. He owns Deaf Image - a digital video production company that contributes videos to groups and use them for advocacy. It can be seen at this link.

He is currently president of a deaf club in St. Louis. It is known as GSLAD - Greater St. Louis Association of the Deaf, Inc. It is a successful deaf club in the United States. It owns a building and it provides events and activities every week for the past six years. It can be seen at this link .

For registration and information on upcoming workshop, please e-mail to Paul Kiel.

Audists/Cronies of Bell: PLEASE MOVE OVER! GO AWAY!

2011-09-24T13:07:00.004-05:00

September 24, 2011

(in honor of Deaf Awareness Week - WFD)

Jean Moog, Moog Deaf Education Center, St. Louis Mo.
Robin Feder, Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis, Mo.
To whom it may concern, St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis, Mo
Special School District of St. Louis

and many oral programs around the world including USA (from sea to shining sea)

Re: To Be Deaf or Not To Be Deaf

After more than forty years, the answer has fallen on my lap in the search for truth in deaf education.

I am pleased that Audism Free America had prepared this important information package that is long overdue.

Please review this link:
http://audismfreeamerica.blogspot.com/2011/09/afas-dos-and-donts-for-parents-of-deaf.html

I am asking you who are running oral programs in St. Louis to please modify the program to fit in with the AFA's Do's and Don'ts for Parents of Deaf Children.

This will be included in present and future EHDI activities.

It is time to stop hogging the deaf community to meet your selfish wishes and goals that only benefit you and your cronies.

I am slamming my foot down and ready to draw the line between you audists and my deaf community.

It is time to modify the deaf education programs at your respective schools as well as many other manipulated deaf education programs under your selfish management.

It is time to end years of lies and misinformation.

I dare you to clean up your acts now or get out of the picture of our deaf community. You do not fit in our picture and it is time for you to pack up and leave.

I am pointing my finger to the EXIT door and I am asking you to cease and desist your manipulation of our Deaf education.

Paul Kiel

AUDISM FREE AMERICA: AFA's Do's and Don'ts for Parents of Deaf Children
audismfreeamerica.blogspot.com

Flashback: Audism at Work 1997

2011-09-06T01:17:00.005-05:00

Flashback: Audism at Work 1997

This is the note that I wrote to my supervisor, Chris Brown at a bank where I was employed. I worked in the Operations Center and we were handling the business accounts of the bank customers. It was my third year with them. I saw an announcement posted on the bulletin board. They announced a staff meeting for all employees. I was considered to be part of the department. I simply wrote a note to remind my supervisor. I tried to get his attention, but he was busy running back and forth from his desk to the department divisions. I was furious as I thought he was being rude.

I wrote the note:

December 21, 1997
Sunday

Chris Brown -

I noticed that there is a staff meeting scheduled at 9 a.m. tomorrow as per the announcement on the bulletin board. I wonder if you had arranged a sign language interpreter for that purpose.

Thank you,

Paul J. Kiel

I gave it to Mr. Brown. He put it in his shirt pocket. I left for the day.

======

The next morning, December 22, 1997 Monday

I found note at my desk station.

He replied,

"Paul, I am sorry I was not able to set this up_ I did not work Sunday night. I hope you got the information you needed., Chris"

I looked at the note and was puzzled. He was actually there yesterday and yet he said he did not work Sunday night. I caught him in a lie. I got upset and demanded to see Nicole, the manager.

More information is in the book, To Be Deaf or Not To Be Deaf.

Come watch Versa Effect at GSLAD (St. Louis, MO)

2011-09-05T21:39:00.009-05:00

Come watch Versa Effect at GSLAD (St. Louis, Mo).

Here is a preview of the upcoming film.

Vultures Meeting At AGBAD

2011-08-18T14:13:00.002-05:00

It depicts their behavior lately!

AGBAD: a group of vultures

2011-08-18T03:07:00.001-05:00

I view AGBAD and others as a group of vultures circling above the deaf community...

Crybaby Award 2011 goes to....

2011-08-18T02:08:00.007-05:00

What is a crybaby? It is a person given to frequent crying or complaint.

This Crybaby Award 2011 goes to those people and groups who whined about the incident at the Volta Bureau recently.

They seem not to understand the abuses by those people since 1880.

It is time to pull up our socks!

Call those deafies who practice oppression on deaf, "Uncle Al"?

2011-08-18T01:57:00.004-05:00

After reading some blogs of how those stuck up deafies whined about other deafies, I think it is time to term them with a new name. If those peeps want to throw barbs and zings our way, they are considered, "Uncle Al"

A new derogatory term for those who practice audism against deaf friends or a deaf person who sucks up to hearing people and let them manipulate him or her. I am using Al from Alexander Graham Bell. So be it!

This comes from Uncle Tom idea -

Uncle Tom is a derogatory term for a person of a low status group who is overly subservient with authority, or a black person who behaves in a subservient manner to white people.[1][2]

ASHA + AGBAD = FRAUD!

2011-08-17T10:10:00.008-05:00

Now with recent discovery of Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) filing federal lawsuit against American Speech Hearing Association (ASHA), it is obvious how AGBAD and ASHA continue to abuse deaf community with their DISHONEST practices!!!

See this link: http://www.audiologist.org/_resources/documents/legal/Complaint%20w%20exh%208-2-11.pdf

another link: http://audiology.advanceweb.com/News/News-Watch/ADA-Files-Federal-Lawsuit-Against-ASHA-Alleging-Fraudulent-Activities.aspx

With recent dishonest activity by AGBAD to term all teachers as hearing specialists, it knocks them together as partners in crime as well as they sleep in same bed with cochlear implant companies.

They have been abusing us since 1880! It is important that we fight back and put them OUT OF BUSINESS!

IT IS TIME TO DECLARE WAR ON THEM!

DOD is soliciting contracts to wipe out the deaf community?

2011-08-16T01:14:00.014-05:00

Is the Department of Defense taking out the contract on the Deaf community just like a mafia contract?

Is it a repeat of Logan's Run under the guise?

If you can remember 1976 science fiction film, "Logan's Run" it "depicts a dystopian future society in which population and the consumption of resources are managed and maintained in equilibrium by the simple expediency of killing everyone who reaches the age of thirty, preventing overpopulation." from Wikepedia, the free encyclopedia.

Please review this link as Department of Defense has awarded or seeking business with cochlear implant companies. It reeks of suspicious behavior of investors and greedy people who have their own agenda. They are invading deaf communities by leaps and pounds all over the world.

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=0ae5917f0f5b9ec10c081f3a73c7bb1a&tab=core&_cview=0

It is getting to the point of abuses and profiteering.

Please look again at what Department of Defense is doing....

This paragraph is eerie and it shows how greedy people are:

"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Denver Acquisition & Logistic Center (DALC), in support of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and the Department of Defense (DoD), has requirements for Cochlear Implants and associated items that are expected to be satisfied with Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery contracts awarded to two or more qualified manufacturers. The contracts are anticipated to cover national requirements for a base year and four one-year option periods."

Review where they are leaving numbers open to get large quantity of cochlear implants. See two strong indicators of abuse - "indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery contracts to two or more qualified manufacturers." This may help profit the pockets of investors for the next five years.

Who is profiteering from this abuse?

I could understand it if it is for aging veterans, but why have it at infinity number? It reeks of abuse and profiteering.

Then the hospitals will be purchasing them for babies and unwilling people.

What is going on?

Where is Paul Revere when we need him? He could alert the community that the Cochlear Implant companies are invading our privacy and lives.

Are we going to look the other way and kiss our Deaf culture gone?

Shame on Department of Defense and Cochlear Implant companies for sleeping in the same bed! They are whoring with each other!

Deaf Images introduces "IT IS YOUR DEAF LIFE!"

2011-08-09T19:11:00.003-05:00

Deaf Images introduces, "IT IS YOUR DEAF LIFE!" a new service available for families and friends

Deaf Images is opening a new program, "IT IS YOUR DEAF LIFE!" a documentary about your life from childhood to present. A good momento or gift for your loved ones or family or friends. If interested, e-mail to myfavaslworld@yahoo.com for information package. $50.00 off if you mention FACEBOOK! A great gift for birthday or any event that you want to give to a special person! The individual project requires 30 days or more to prepare for editing and preparing. The Fall Schedule is open for booking and do not forget to use the code FB to get $50.00 off the "IT IS YOUR DEAF LIFE!" There are templates to consider which package you can pick out. Also you can put that in Holiday stocking in time for Christmas season. DEADLINE TO PROCESS YOUR ORDERS IS November 30, 2011 for the rest of year. 2012 Schedule will open on December 1, 2011 - gift certificates are available for you to give to your loved ones on Christmas Day. Then they will love it sometime during 2012 when the project is completed according to schedule.

The "IT IS YOUR LIFE!" video on DVD can be enjoyed as pure entertainment. Think of it as a scrapbook - a multi-media type of scrapbook.

This new concept is better than the old scrapbooks that are laying around your house or still in closets gathering dust. Let's get them out of closets and save a space. No dust! No clutter! No worry!

Themes can be considered for your own copy of "IT IS YOUR DEAF LIFE!" - your themes can be divided into variety of topics. This program displays birth, baptism, child's play, bar mitzvah, other religious events, holiday events, picnic events, reunion, family reunions, parties of all kinds, vacations, sports, graduation, retirement and many more! It is your imagination that makes it happen. This is how and why "IT IS YOUR DEAF LIFE!"

After signing the agreement, you can help make "IT IS YOUR DEAF LIFE!" a pleasant one. Everyone will be able to view the show together at home or gatherings. Share the fun of showing your "IT IS YOUR DEAF LIFE!" to your visitors.

You all get to laugh, applaud, cheer, hug and do more.

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2011-08-05T13:59:00.002-05:00

"Hearing Specialist" card is a straw that broke the camel's back!

August 5, 2011

Alexander Graham, CEO, AGBAD
Susan Boswell, Director of Communications and Marketing, AGBAD

With recent bad membership campaign, it is a straw that broke the camel's back.

Having studied the influences of AGBAD for more than 40 years, I am finding that AGBAD employ same tactics that Taliban, Nazi, KKK and evil groups use to gain dominance in the deaf community and belittling those who are against them. You use the tactics to propagate your lies. You took advantage of many families who are hurting from your evil actions.

Your organization is not telling the truth and you are continuing the lies that Alexander Graham Bell started in the 19th century.

I was raised in oral communication program and I find it not acceptable and hurting the deaf community.

I was ex-member of ODAS (Oral Deaf Adult Section of AGBAD) and I find it uncomfortable and disrespectful.

I saw what you have done for more than 40 years including the tactics you have employed since September 11, 1880 and I am labeling you as one of the terrorist organizations.

Let me remind you once more what Alexander Graham Bell did in his evil ways and you are the party to his evil deeds.

The Infamous Milan Conference and its Eight (8) Evil Resolutions:

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1. The Convention, considering the incontestable superiority of articulation over signs in restoring the deaf-mute to society and giving him a fuller knowledge of language, declares that the oral method should be preferred to that of signs in education and the instruction of deaf-mutes.

Passed 160 to 4

** This motion enabled your group to terrorize deaf programs and schools starting on September 11, 1880.

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2. The Convention, considering that the simultaneous use of articulation and signs has the disadvantage of injuring articulation and lip-reading and the precision of ideas, declares that the pure oral method should be preferred.

Passed 150 to 16

**This motion enabled your organization to propogate lies of oralism. The history has proven that there are many deaf people suffering mental health problems due to your selfish actions. The Babbage Report of 1965 and The Deaf Education Act of 1988 have indicated that the oral programs have failed.

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3. Considering that a great number of the deaf and dumb are not receiving the benefit of instruction, and that this condition is owing to the impotence of families and of institutions, recommends that governments should take the necessary steps that all the deaf and dumb may be educated.

Passed unanimously.

**It is your lame excuse to divide and conquer the deaf community. You were responsible for firing many deaf teachers and used illegal tactics to reduce the number of deaf staff at each program right after the infamous Milan Conference of 1880. You are lining the pockets of politicians and bureaucrats just exactly like Alexander Graham Bell did when he went to the Patent Office to bribe his way to fame. He stole the inventions of other people to gain his evil control of the deaf community. You are sleeping in same bed with cochlear implant industry who are busy whoring with you with millions of dollars to buy your influence.

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4. Considering that the teaching of the speaking deaf by the Pure Oral method should resemble as much as possible that of those who hear and speak, declares

a) That the most natural and effectual means by which the speaking deaf may acquire the knowledge of language is the "intuitive" method, viz., that which consists in setting forth, first by speech, and then by writing the objects and the facts which are placed before the eyes of the pupils.

b) That in the first, or maternal, period the deaf-mute ought to be led to the observation of grammatical forms by means of examples and of practical exercises, and that in the second period he ought to be assisted to deduce from these examples the grammatical rules, expressed with the utmost simplicity and clearness.

c) That books, written with words and in forms of language known to the pupil, can be put into his hands at any time.

Motion carried.

**This motion is a "Trojan horse", a destructive program that you are using to cover your stealth ways to dominate the deaf education. It is known as "the mask of benevolence." There is a book with same title written by Harlan Lane who detailed how audism is affecting the deaf community and how AGBAD is doing it.

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5. Considering the want of books sufficiently elementary to help the gradual and progressive development of language, recommends that the teachers of the Oral system should apply themselves to the publication of special works on the subject.

Motion carried.

**This is how and what you are doing to dumbing down the deaf community and forcing them to stay at very low level and develop poor literacy.

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6. Considering the results obtained by the numerous inquiries made concerning the deaf and dumb of every age and every condition long after they had quit school, who, when interrogated upon various subjects, have answered correctly, with sufficient clearness of articulation, and read the lips of their questioners with the greatest facility, declares

a) That the deaf and dumb taught by the Pure Oral method do not forget after leaving school the knowledge which they have acquired there, but develop it still further by conversation and reading, when have been made so easy for them.

b) That in their conversation with speaking persons they make use exclusively of speech.

c) That speech and lip-reading so far from being lost, are developed by practice.

Motion carried.

** There were several studies available that favored deaf students to use ASL. Bell chose to oppress the information and dominated his way around. He used his influence and finances to bribe people. Two federal studies (1965 and 1988) have proven otherwise. In a local oral program, 98% of graduates/left school are using ASL.

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7. Considering that the education of the deaf and dumb by speech has peculiar requirements; considering also that the experienced of teachers of deaf-mutes is almost unanimous, declares

a) That the most favourable age for admitting a deaf child into school is from eight to ten years.

b) That the school term ought to be seven years at least; but eight years would be preferable.

c) That no teacher can effectually teach a class of more than ten children on the Pure Oral method.

Motion carried.

** This is how and why you fired deaf teachers to gain dominance over deaf education. Your actions have dumbed down the deaf consumers for over 131 years.

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8. Considering that the application of the Pure Oral method in institutions where it is not yet in active operation, should be to avoid the certainty of failure prudent, gradual, progressive, recommends

a) That the pupils newly received into the schools should form a class by themselves, where instruction could be given by speech.

b) That these pupils should be absolutely separated from others too far advanced to be instructed by speech, and whose education will be completed by signs.

c) That each year a new speaking class be established, until all the old pupils taught by signs have completed their education.

Motion carried.

** This is a pure example of your dominance of deaf education. You have undermined and handicapped the deaf community. It is a practice of audism.

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This shows how greedy and selfish hearing people were and still are to this day! This is why oralism is a false facade.
Those audists have undone what Laurent Clerc, Thomas H. Gallaudet, Alice Cogswell and others have put together.

Having pure oralism philosophy is NOT helping thousands of deaf children globally.

Oral deaf people have higher mental health problems than the deaf who have accepted American Sign Language.

Why do we have to struggle to get as much as 30% on lipreading and it takes 70% of guesswork to complete the communicaton process?

Your organization as well as other audistic groups are employing tactics to dominate, restructure and exercise authority over the deaf.

Shame on you!

Sincerely in disgust,

Paul J Kiel
a tireless Deaf Adovocate

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"A day when deaf people and their language are completely accepted -- no, more than that, truly welcomed -- as a part of the family of man, in which god created diversity not to oppress the minority who are different, but to enrich the lives of all."
-- Laurent Clerc
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The Audists are coming for you...

2011-08-04T14:51:00.007-05:00

Remember this poem by Pastor Martin Niemller. Adolf HItler had him spent 7 years in concentraton camps after speaking out.

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn't a Jew.

When they came for the sick,
the so-called incurables, I didn't speak up,
because I wasn’t mentally ill.

When they came for the Catholics, I didn't
speak up because I was a Protestant.

When they came for me,
there was no-one left to speak out.

This can be you as the audists are coming for you!

Audism spreads while good Deaf people do nothing!

Deaf Rally 2012

2011-07-31T16:57:00.003-05:00

"Audism spreads while good Deaf people do nothing!"

2011-07-28T14:00:00.006-05:00

Suffice to say, this video is a powerful one. We need to combat audism now! Copy this url and paste in your browser.

(_http://www.bslbt.co.uk/zoom/films/zoom_focus_2011/the_end/_)

It is good video. It is already happening globally. It is those who act like ostriches and kept sticking their heads in the ground. I have rattled my saber for years and years warning that the tide of audism was approaching in our communities from sea to shining sea including the global communities.

We need to pull up our sleeves and work harder to combat audism.

It means taking extreme measures and enact tougher laws and policies to add more teeth to protect our proud culture.

It also means kicking ass with your deaf friends who keep waffling and who have "do nothing" attitude.

I have said this quote before and I will repeat - "Audism spreads while good Deaf people do nothing!"

Paul

CI DOCTOR SAYS,"THIS IS MY RECENT FISHING TRIP!"

2011-07-27T05:42:00.003-05:00

DEAF RALLY 2012

2011-07-27T04:20:00.002-05:00

HELP STAMP OUT AUDISM! TO BE DEAF OR NOT TO BE DEAF!

2011-07-19T03:17:00.006-05:00

AGBELL IS AN OCTOPUS INFECTING THE WORLD!

2011-07-18T21:52:00.003-05:00

This artwork was done by David Ennis. Thanks to him for sharing the artwork! It is time to STAMP OUT AUDISM!

Attending oral school reunion is like attending butcher's birthday party!

2011-06-28T15:41:00.002-05:00

Glad you had good time the past weekend at oral school reunion - There is something that you all need to take to your hearts and think it over - the more you go in that direction - you are hurting the deaf community. You use sign language, yet you go to the place where it is oppressed in classrooms as well as its philosophy. It is double standard. This is why I have boycotted oral school reunions since 1981. I asked some members to make motion to have 51% deaf on board, hire Deaf teachers to be role models to deaf students, incorporate the use of ASL in classrooms and reduce audism at the school.

It is ironic how the members suckered up to the hearing people at oral school and how they swept the suggested motions under the rug. This is how and why I gave them the OSTRICH Award. They continue to stick their heads in ground while deaf issues fly over.

I am telling you that it is like sending sick children to a butcher's birthday party. I have to do this kind of analogy to show comparison of how hearing people are treating deaf children in that capacity. It is like Mask of Benevolence....the cochlear implant companies are greedy and raking in millions of dollars. They are abusing the system already.

The more the hearing people in oral programs use you, the more the public views them as higher authority on deaf culture. They are using you for propaganda to further their goals as part of their pathological quest for recognition in medical field

Lastly, I made the move to demand that the oral school remove my great great uncle, Henry W. Kiel, (Mayor of St. Louis - 1913-1925) from any publications or any comments in their websites or pamphlets or any PR stuff. I did not want my ancestor to be part of that oral school program like I have refused to acknowledge anymore that part. I know I cannot change history, but the bottom line is they cannot use it anymore.

So it is important that the members stand up and request those changes. We have been guinea pigs long enough and it is time to sign "Enough is enough!"

Look at many changes around the country and the world in reducing audism. You need to take the lead and go in the right direction!

Good luck!

The Tools of Audism

2011-06-14T05:09:00.003-05:00

A true story of audism from Aristotle time to now. Why are we letting audism happening? Is it time for social change?

AG BELL IS STILL A PUBLIC ENEMY #1

2011-05-17T02:33:00.011-05:00

AG Bell is considered a public enemy #1 in the eyes of the deaf communities worldwide!

‎"On April 8th, 1886, Patent Examiner Zenas Fisk Wilber in a sworn affidavit admits receiving $100 from Bell for showing him the original drawing of the telephone transmitter in Gray's caveat." ((From Telephone Gambit)) -

that was how AG Bell stole the invention and stole our deaf lives! He can burn in hell for eternity! The most conniving and snake oil salesman of 19th century!

Bell fooking bribed for $100.00 and Bell amassed fortune based on lies!

He then lied about oralism and AG Bell Association/Volta Review... Everything is a BIG LIE!

In 1884, Bell published a paper “Upon the Formation of a Deaf Variety of the Human Race,” in which he warned of a “great calamity” facing the nation: deaf people were forming clubs, socializing with one another and, consequently, marrying other deaf people. The creation of a “deaf race” that yearly would grow larger and more insular was underway. Bell noted that “a special language adapted for the use of such a race” already was in existence, “a language as different from English as French or German or Russian.” Some eugenicists called for legislation outlawing intermarriage by deaf people, but Bell rejected such a ban as impractical. Instead he proposed the following steps: “(1) Determine the causes that promote intermarriages among the deaf and dumb; and (2) remove them. The causes he sought to remove were sign language, deaf teachers, and residential schools. His solution was the creation of special day schools taught by hearing teachers who would enforce a ban on sign language. ((Through Deaf Eyes))

More lies coming from Bell - it is time to rectify the wrongs!

Suffice to say, he was stupid man who feared.. His own mommy and wife were deaf, too. What the fook!

He established barbaric methods to force millions and millions worldwide of poor deaf children through his evil empire a.k.a. oralism.

Shame on AG BELL!

$100.00 in 1886 could amount to $10,000.00 today... it is probable...the truth prevails!

Disclaimer: This posting is published by and reflects the personal views and opinions of Paul J. Kiel in his individual capacity only. It does not necessarily represent the views and opinions of his organization, or his associates, or anyone else, and is not sponsored or endorsed by them in any way. This is an individual posting and exercise of Paul Kiel's First Amendment rights of free speech.

In Memory of Alan Champion...

2011-05-13T14:11:00.002-05:00

There was discussion about having interpreter flag...so I thought it be a perfect time to have interpreter flag made...and go to half-staff in memory of our wonderful interpreters. Of course, it will go up and down eventually.

Thank you, Obama!

2011-05-05T09:59:00.001-05:00

This is how an audist think and behave...

2011-04-23T23:57:00.002-05:00

This picture is self-explainatory.

"Audist's dream about plucking money off deaf children and adults"

EHDI - March 5 and 6 - St. Louis Union Station Marriott Hotel

2011-04-16T16:12:00.001-05:00

Updated INFO:

Found out that EHDI will be at St. Louis Union Station Marriott Hotel

http://ehdiconference.org/

Help 2 Deaf Audition for The Biggest Loser!! We need your votes!

2011-04-13T16:50:00.018-05:00

Help 2 Deaf Audition for The Biggest Loser!! We need your votes!

A word from Paul Kiel, the contributor to SHOW ME DEAF COMMUNITY

Be sure to watch The Deaf Wire soon!

A message from Anne Geary, Deaf Specialist at Paraquad, Inc (St. Louis, Mo) - a good and powerful statement to encourage us all to help these two people get chance to be on that show, "The Biggest Loser"

Hello everyone,

Do you recall the times when there was a deaf person on reality show such as Survivor, The Amazing Race, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Super Nanny, and few other television shows that we all huddled and glued our eyes on television? Don’t you love when you see a deaf person on television and feel the pride being Deaf?

Do you want to see a couple of deaf people on The Biggest Loser?
If yes, then please click on this site and pass the word about this site:

http://youtu.be/fc0OTfF59pw

Kevin Meyer is one of Deaf Way’s Independent Contractor and Michelle Weider is one of DEAF Inc’s Program Specialists. Kevin and Michelle are auditioning for the couple spots in The Biggest Loser.

There are ways to get The Biggest Loser to notice those two deaf candidates:

1. Visit their video on YouTube to increase the number of viewers (The current number is under one thousand viewers, we need to get them over ten thousand viewers)

2. Spread the word about their video on YouTube and encourage other deaf people to support them (Each time you play it doesn’t increase the number, you need to play it at different IP address, that’s why I encourage you to send the link to other deaf people)

3. Post it as a page on Facebook

4. Tweet about it on Twitter

5. Write an article about them in local newspaper

6. Contact Channel 2, 4, and 5 about them auditioning for The Biggest Loser

7. Get more support everywhere, not just in the state of Missouri…go nationwide and international

We need your support to get them on “The Biggest Loser” television show! We need your help in marketing Kevin and Michelle as perfect candidates for The Biggest Loser!

The list of reality show with deaf star:
Survivor: Amazon (2003)—Christy Smith
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2004)—Vardon Family
Super Nanny (2008)—Baulisch Family
Dancing With the Stars (2008)—Marlee Matlin
The Amazing Race (2009)—Luke Adams
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2010)—Oregon School for the Deaf
Survivor: Redemption Island (2011)—Christy Smith
The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business (2011)—Luke Adams
The Celebrity Apprentice (2011)—Marlee Matlin
Spike TV’s UFC (2005-2011)—Matt “The Hammer” Hamill

Do you want to add Kevin Meyer and Michelle Weider to the list of deaf reality stars? Go and pass the word to many people as possible!

Best luck to Kevin Meyer and Michelle Weider!

Anne Geary

St. Louis, Missouri

2012 is time to tell EHDI to pull up their socks!

2011-04-11T01:06:00.005-05:00

This idiom means "If you aren't satisfied with someone and want them to do better, you can tell them to pull up their socks."

I am not satisfied yet with EHDI (Early Hearing Detection and Intervention) programs and I would like to help them to do better so it means telling them to pull up their socks! I noticed throughout the country that their information seems biased and not detailing enough about American Sign Language and our proud Deaf culture. More needs to be done!

See you on March 5 and 6 2012!

Paul

TIME TO EVEN KEEL!

2011-04-01T03:27:00.001-05:00

Meet Deaf St. Louis To Even Keel EHDI Ship!

2011-04-01T00:41:00.007-05:00

Meet Deaf St.Louis To Even Keel EHDI Ship!

JUDGE ISSUES WARRANT FOR AG BELL'S ARREST!

2011-03-29T22:21:00.004-05:00

A satirical video about Judge having AG Bell arrested for crimes against Deaf humanity. Paul Kiel's Commentary about AG Bell, NAD and others at the end.

NO SUCCESS WITH A COCHLEAR IMPLANT...

2011-03-03T01:56:00.005-06:00

NO SUCCESS WITH A COCHLEAR IMPLANT...

It is part of brainwashing system that manipulates the patients into believing what doctors say.

The audists have developed a system of brainwashing oralists as well as those with cochlear implants.

They assault on identity, manipulate on guilt, make them feel self-betrayal, push them to breaking points, they offer no leniency and they are selfish.

With recent wave of illegal kickbacks and corporations in trouble for variety of reasons, it shows how greedy the people at the top are.

They are unable to cure deafness.

They continue to spread lies and manipulate uninformed patients and families.

They are more concerned about their financial portfolios than the well being of the patients.

It is time to reset the system and let the deaf community dictate the lives together without audism. It is time to stop fixing something that is not broken. This is why audists love to divide and conquer the deaf community.

Then there is no success with a cochlear implant. It is just like the old western where the snake oil was sold. Watch out for audists! They are out to try to pull the wool over your eyes. Get over it! Cochlear implants are merely expensive amplifiers.

A fool and his money are soon parted...

If we can invade Iraq on a lie, why can't we invade Libya on a truth? Geez!

2011-02-25T05:18:00.001-06:00

If we can invade Iraq on a lie, why can't we invade Libya on a truth?

Note for CID, St. Joseph's, Moog and SSD!

2011-02-07T19:09:00.008-06:00

Note for Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf, Moog Center for Deaf Education and Special School District -- Here is the video as it is truth and a proof that it works. Please adapt your programs to follow this workable solution for deaf education. You need to amend your evil ways and means to help more Deaf children be happy adults.

Your programs are the result of many suffering mental health. Two federal studies have proven your programs flunked twice! You need to stop your lies and dishonesty! Hire deaf teachers and implement ASL into daily program at schools. The lives of deaf children are precious. You have done nothing, but harm poor deaf children.

GSLAD TURNS 65 YEARS OLD!

2011-01-02T12:13:00.001-06:00

PAH! PAH! PAH! ASL GETS MORE RESPECT!

2010-12-09T00:24:00.006-06:00

Now the news are out that American Sign Language is the rising star in the community!

According to NY Times, that colleges see 16% increase in Study of Sign Language. More information can be seen at this link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/education/08language.html

And USAToday mentioned about it being the 4th most studied foreign language. More information can be seen at this link: http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-12-08-1Alanguages08_ST_N.html

Thinking back the last 50 years, I remembered how oppressed the society was towards sign language. I grew up in an oppressed environment where signing was NOT allowed. It was embarrassing to sign in public with rude people staring and making faces. I thought sign language was the answer to communication. It helps understand what is said and be expressed in ways we visually understand. It makes two way street communication. A person sends message and the other person receives it and responds. It is a communication process.

This positive step in the right direction is a blessing and I am delighted that ASL is gaining respect like we had in the 19th century. We thank Laurent Clerc for starting it in 1816. We have come a long way and we can be persistent in our belief of American Sign Language.

We ought to celebrate 200 years of ASL in 2016. It is soon arriving and what will you do about it? I have plans and ideas to herald everyone from sea to shining sea to celebrate 200 years of American Sign Language. Watch for August 19-22, 2016 for ASL BICENTENNIAL 1816-2016. We need to start celebrating on August 22 every year in recognition of the birth of ASL in the new world. This was when Laurent Clerc arrived at Hartford on August 22, 1816. We can witness the boat with Clerc and Gallaudet arriving 200 years later as part of celebration.

I am looking for partners and sponsors for this exciting event in 2016! Here is link for information about being ASL BICENTENNIAL Community Partner. http://www.deafimages.tv/custom9.html

Thank you,

Paul Kiel

ASL BICENTENNIAL 1816-2016 Coordinator

www.deafimages.tv

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CONFRONTATION AT GALLAUDET

2010-12-08T00:47:00.005-06:00

Dr. Edward C. Merrill, President, Gallaudet College 1973 from Tower Clock 1973

He quoted,

"Confrontation has been and is prevalent in our society. It has made its mark on college and university campuses across the nation. It would be unfair to say that confrontation is no way to do business.

Frankly, I think it is fundamentally an expression of a basic right, and I am pleased that confrontation is the theme of the Tower Clock for 1973.

To me, confrontation means facing the issues. It means bringing problems to the surface for all to see. It means providing opportunities for everyone to participate in achieving a solution, permitting all points of view to be expressed.

It is only when confrontation takes the form of coercion, intimidation, or is directed toward individuals on a personal basis that it loses both its value and effectiveness as a means of bringing people together and arriving at decisions. When it deprives individuals and groups of an opportunity to deliberate, it is in violation of basic rights and is no good.

It is my hope that Kendall Green can become increasingly an open forum where issues that are vitally important to people and when causes to which individuals are committed can be not only discussed but pursued actively. Thus, confrontations will continue to be one of several valuable procedures by means of which we relate to each other and work toward improving Gallaudet College as an institution of learning and as a setting where we demonstrate important values in our daily lives."

This was in 1973 and it is 2010 now. Confrontations continue and Gallaudet learns to grow and improve. ASL is the sacred language and should be respected as a form of communication on the campus.

Dr. Merrill has this quote whenever he presented Gallaudet on his travels. I try to remember something like this, "Hiring hearing teachers for deaf classes is like hiring Japanese teachers with no English skills to teach English classes.

That was something then and this is something now!

Deaf Santa

2010-12-02T01:59:00.003-06:00

A video about Santa and Mrs. Claus sharing holiday stories.

* Captioned for the Signing Impaired *

Paul Kiel's Message to Deaf Missourians: MCDHH needs you!

2010-11-30T10:29:00.006-06:00

This is Paul Kiel's Message to Deaf Missourians: MCDHH needs you! It is captioned for hearing.

Aunt Wowee tried to cure my deafness...

2010-11-22T14:03:00.005-06:00

Aunt Wowee - picture taken Christmas 1944

Thankgiving 1959, we were at Aunt Wowee's apartment. The apartment was packed with all the relatives having fun and eating Turkey dinner. She was my grandmother' s cousin. I called her Aunt Wowee. I used to scream "Woweeeeee...!"

After dinner and washing dishes into the evening, she sat down at the kitchen table. The relatives were in living room chatting. She caught me running down the hall and screaming. She asked me to be quiet so she can pray. She was a devout catholic who said rosary several times a day into the eighties when she passed. She grabbed my jaw and made me pay attention to her.

She said that she prayed and prayed to get me to hear again. She cried a little bit and did not understand what happened. I looked at her with a smile. I did not fully understand her. I gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek. She began ranting with the rosary. I looked at her frail face. She was in late 60s. I stared at her closed eyes and her lips moving.

The last time I saw her in 1970 in the evening before I left her apartment, she was still praying at the kitchen table. She went to church every Sunday. She told me that I must go to church every Sunday. I liked playing hooky from church as it was boring and how can I read the priest's lips when we were in over 100 year old and gigantic church. She was furious, but lacked understanding of my frustrations in lipreading and speaking.

After the funeral, I took the cross off her casket and it still hangs in my room to this day. I thank Wowee for caring and looking over me. I am still deaf to this day and I do appreciate being deaf this way. Silence is golden!

Have a Safe and Happy Holidays!

Remembering Kennedy Assassination 47 Years Later

2010-11-22T05:42:00.003-06:00

Remembering Kennedy Assassination 47 years later, I am. It was a sad day and how it happened.

After lunch, we were returning to classroom. Then we were told to go to another room to watch that black and white television. Of course, it was 1963 - color television was starting and rare. We watched the box that was television ( probably from 1958 ) and learned about President Kennedy being assassinated. The teacher would explain orally what happened and we were shocked. There was no captioning in those days and it was not even available in 1963. Not even tty! Not even pagers! No internet! I was only 11 years old at that time and I was kind of upset that a nice man was shot.

Reflecting on that warm day of November 22, 1963, I remembered returning to classroom and we stood up and prayed for the Kennedy Family. It was short and sweet. We discussed what happened and who did it. We did not have that answer.

As the days went on, more information came out. Then the assassin was shot. Then the conspiracy theories spun for the next 47 years to this day. No one knows for sure. No matter how many reports, how many investigations came out...the answer is still unknown.

Now with the recent memoir by former Secret Service agents, I am scratching my head. I humbly do not know anymore who is telling the truth.

If we have a time machine, we could go back and stop the Kennedys from going through that area. Wonder what the history be like if JFK lived longer. It is unusual how series of assassinations happened - 1963 - JFK - 1968 MLK - 1968 - RFK.......Still they are spinning conspiracy theories to this day.

Wonder who is behind it all?

Paul's Comments in Buff and Blue about WDCF and DIG-IT

2010-11-18T12:41:00.005-06:00

You can click on the headline above to reach the Buff and Blue website for the story.

Paul was interviewed by Derrick Behm during WDCF (Worldeaf Cinema Festival) at Gallaudet University. He wrote an article for the Buff and Blue. Paul's comments are in the article.

More comments on the way.

Copy this on your url http://www.thebuffandblue.net/?p=4400

What in the world are they thinking?

2010-11-02T02:54:00.003-05:00

With the recent television show, I am pondering what is it? What happened to ASL? It seems like they were promoting CI and Hearing aids. Does it remind you of something?

TRIP TO DC SERIES NOV 2 to 8

2010-11-01T04:49:00.004-05:00

Countdown to WDCF! A series of TRIP TO DC by Paul Kiel - a dairy of going to Gallaudet after 26 years...

Happy Halloween from SHOW ME DEAF COMMUNITY!

2010-10-31T02:38:00.005-05:00

This is a wicked nun of Transylvania. She has tendency to make people disappear if they cross her. Watch out for her! Happy Halloween!

Reflection: Deaf Forensics and why? ( Part 1 of 2 )

2010-10-29T03:18:00.012-05:00

REFLECTION: DEAF FORENSICS** AND WHY? ( Part 1 of 2 )

From Joey's ASL Vlog:Deaf Think Tank in the Bay Area (ASL Vlog)
click on the title or copy this onto your url: http://www.joeybaer.com/?p=9

5. Paul Kiel | August 13th, 2006 at 9:42 pm

There are million kinds of people. There are happy people. There are sad people. There are not depressed people. There are depressed people. There are honest ones. There are dishonest ones. There are talkers. There are doers. There are supporters. There are enemies. There are gossipers. There are non-gossipers. The list would go on and on of all kinds of people.

The bottom line is brotherhood. We can work together and get over the differences. We are all human being!

Please focus energy on educating the public our rights and revoke the 1880 Milan resolution! ASL is to be put back in classrooms around the globe!

ASL is the answer and the dignitiy of deaf will be back in business.

Naysayers and doomsayers need to study “WHO MOVED MY CHEESE?” It is interesting story and how it affects us all.

We can adapt to the changes and move on!

IF not, the door is right there! =^)

I have been in many Deaf clubs from sea to shining sea. It is a kind of shrine for the deaf community. We need one and we need a sense of belonging in our culture.

We need to reflect on our proud Deaf heritage as well as culture.

We need a place where we can let our hairs down and chat like a human being. We need to play games. We need to socialize. We need to party. We need to empower ourselves. We need education. We need meetings. We need advocacy. We need support from every Deaf human being on this globe. We need beliefs in our culture as to what the truth is among ASL users.

When I was student at NTID, I always pushed for some kind of think tank group… what could be called Deaf Forensics….*sigh* it was an uphill battle with Dr. William Castle about how the education system should be….we fought for bible studies and other courses that would help develop “scholarship” (think think think think)… Dr. Robert Frisina asked me how can the deaf develop mental prowess of thinking in comprehension and chronological. It is important to tap on intellectual properties of life such as wisdom, biblical, humanitarian and guidance. LIke my father said, “Common Sense”…to make this long note short, I am in favor of think tank. We need a body of deaf individuals to set the course for the deaf legacy in America. Like Margaret Mead said, “A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”

This is an example of why we need a think tank. If we had one 126 years ago, audism will not be in place such as oppression and tokenism.

Thank you for eyeing me out!

Paul

( This note was copied from my response to Joey Baer back in 2006. I will make a vlog about it and elaborate more on what I see in deaf clubs and how they can benefit from Deaf Forensics. )

**Definition of Forensic: belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate, argumentative, rhetorical, relating to or dealing with application of scientific knowledge to legal problems. ( from Merriam-Webster Dictionary )

October 29, 2010

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Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here and in the past, present and future are the personal opinions of the original author. This v/blog site a.k.a. SHOW ME DEAF COMMUNITY by Paul J Kiel is published by and reflects the personal views of Paul J Kiel in his individual capacity. He selects stories and opinions to share with the community for advocacy and empowerment purposes. He supports the views of Laurent Clerc, George Veditz, Robert MacGregor, Frederick Schreiber and many Deaf leaders since the dawn of mankind.

Summer of 1969: My 17th year as a teenager

2010-10-20T22:55:00.011-05:00

Summer of 1969: My 17th year as a teenager:

Of course, I had trouble identifying myself and I was in the midst of changing times during 1969 with the Vietnam war and the stress of being in public high school as sophomore without support services. It was 1969 and I was 17 years old. I spent many hours traveling around the midwest in my 1964 Chevrolet Impala.

I would often escape from family and friends to go down to Gamaliel, Arkansas. I stayed at maternal grandparents. I spent many hours in the woods thinking and thinking. I was 17 and the craziness going on. My grandparents were busy tending around the property and going fishing. They would often drag me to go fishing even at night. They called it night fishing. They would hang the lantern on one side of the boat. We would sit quietly into the wee hours of morning.

I did enjoy the serenity of night fishing and all the mystery of surrounding area such as the glow of light beaming into the darkness. The water was green and some fish swimming around underneath the boat attracted to the light of lantern. I did sometime sneak off and go fishing alone. You can see the proof in the pudding in the picture above. =)

It was July 1969 when my family and grandparents watched the moon landing. It was on black and white television screen that my eyes were glued on the screen seeing the historic landing. Grandma Ruth made frozen chocolate fudge and we all ate some fudge with milk. It was fun night.

I can remember the breeze at nights when we take windows down and enjoy the gentle breeze. It was refreshing to smell Arkansas air. All the trees around the property and very natural.

During the stay in Gamaliel, I spent many hours thinking and did some watercolors. I did not realize they were in my box in basement that I did not open for about 27 years. I am glad to have them and will have them framed. They will grace the wall in my office.

I will save the rest for later.

Now here are the pictures as I drew them at age of 17 during the summer of 1969.

I walked down the country road and saw a house. I made it up and did the water color.

It was when I was visioning about my grandmother and how she would be alone in future if my grandfather passed on. I was envisioning where she might live. I was 17 and innocent. =) She would often tell me about her old days like her picture on the wall and all the stuff of comfort for her needs. I loved her and she was a sweet grandmother despite my bristleness about her old fashioned values clashing with my 1969 values. She would often walk the floor whenever I drive into town (Mountain Home (across Lake Norfolk with a ferry). She was afraid I would hurt myself. I rolled my eyes many times. I would wail, "Grandma! I can drive and I am fine! Quit worrying!"

Then I was thinking back to 1900's after reviewing grandparent's albums and made an idea about how a woman wore and acted in that era. I drew that out of boredom. It was raining outside so I decided to do it on the porch with the view of lake. It was nice and cool out on the screened in porch. I remember viewing Pike's Head or something across the lake. It was serene and it gave me the will to water paint this one.

I was out on the lake one summer day and was drawing the picture of the family house. It was different as I was trying to visualize the way I would like to see happen when the time comes. I was 17 and naive! of course! But I did my darndest best to draw from the environment while on choppy waters. Luckily, some water did splashed on my drawings, but I managed to save it.

It was when I was thinking of a wizard making a rainbow. Another naive act of me? he he! That's it!

WILL 130 YEARS OF ORAL LIES END?

2010-10-19T14:10:00.005-05:00

Will 130 years of oral lies end?

1. Is it time for oral schools to cease and desist their illegal practices?
2. Is it time for oral schools to incorporate ASL in classrooms and elsewhere on the campus?
3. Is it time to fire oral teachers to enable deaf teachers to work with deaf children?
4. Is it time to kick out the board members and replace them with deaf board members to reach 51% management control?
5. Is it time to shut down Alexander Graham Bell Association for their lies the past 130 years?
6. Is it time to expose the fraud membership of 62% medical profession?
7. Is it time to label those organization who refuse to support deaf causes and only support oral education responsible for deaf blood? ( They are indirectly and directly responsible for the large number of mental health problems of deaf and many deaf died due to oral school abuses.)
8. Is it time to ask the Speech and Hearing Association to respect our request for changes in their program to incorporate the use of ASL in all programs?
9. Is it time for parents of deaf children to know the truth?
10. Is it time to act on the list of suggestions to change to complement with the ICED and WFD goals?

This is up for critical thinking and see how much action the audists will do. Are they going to resist and continue the bad habits of oppressing and framing the deaf in negative manner? I believe it is time to act and correct the sins of audism.

Thank you,

Paul Kiel

October 19, 2010

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From 2001: "HOW TO USE DEAFWARN PLACARDS"

2010-10-15T03:15:00.005-05:00

Due to recent inquiries and concerns, I am bringing this DEAFWARN project to the front burner. I will look into producing more placards to help every Deaf driver be safe and be able to "communicate" to the police. I put it on back burner because there was slow demand and I was focused on schooling and other projects.

Now I am considering re-activiating this DEAFWARN project.

More to come soon!

Happy Days are here again! Ca. Gov. vetoed AB 2072!!

2010-09-30T01:46:00.004-05:00

*Click on the picture to enable it to get larger for reading.

CUED SPEECH IS NOT NATURAL LANGUAGE OF THE DEAF!

2010-09-30T01:05:00.004-05:00

Mr. Philip Townsend
WHSV.COM

Re: http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/103958819.html

Dear Mr. Townsend:

I saw your article that was on WHSV.COM.

I personally do NOT agree with your article.

Cued Speech will NOT gain popularity among deaf.

It is not the natural language of the deaf!

American Sign Language is the true natural language of the deaf.

George Veditz in 1913 said, ""As long as we have deaf people on earth, we will have signs. And as long as we have our films, we can preserve signs in their old purity. It is my hope that we will all love and guard our beautiful sign language as the noblest gift God has given to deaf people."

Someone is misleading you!

Thank you!

Paul Kiel

DMH is playing dirty tricks again with window dressing!

2010-09-27T17:15:00.003-05:00

DMH is playing dirty tricks again with window dressing!

DMH is playing dirty tricks again with window dressing. Just recently there was information that Stephanie Winslow had departed the Office of Deaf and Multicultural Services. She was NOT even qualified in the first place to run the deaf program. Before anyone jumps with a joy, there is something that may harm the deaf community. Is Keith Schafer at it again? He is playing chess with the deaf community again and again. He let Stephanie go so that she may or may not have to face the attorneys in deposition or questioning her involvement in deaf program.

You may be aware that Missouri deaf citizens has taken DMH ( Missouri Department of Mental Health ) to the federal court some months ago. It looks like the wheels of justice is slowly turning. Is Keith letting his staff go to avoid the legal process to work? This shows dishonesty and disregard on his part to move people around to avoid the lawsuit. I question his tactics in this matter. He needs to be fired! He was to retire sometime ago, but he came back. We, the Deaf Missourians do not want him in the position as he harms the deaf community with his selfish motives. He lied to us about hiring a deaf person to do the job. Instead, he picked a hearing interpreter to fill in that post.

The same goes for Lynn Carter, the former supervisor for Stephanie. She is no longer on the list as per the website. There is a new supervisor named Jan Heckmeyer who has NO background in mental health. She mostly did accounting and it is not appropriate for someone like that to fill in the real needs of mental health situations.

I personally think the lawsuit should include the following people such as Missouri Department of Mental Health Commissioners and the Governor. It means they are the party and they are still keeping Keith Schaefer the man who is ruining our lives with his selfish motives. The names should be included in the lawsuit are - Patricia J. Bolster, M.D., Kathy A. Carter, David L. Vlach, M.D., Joann Leykam, Dennis Tesreau, and Neva G. Thurston. The governor, Jay Nixon, should fire all the commissioners and Keith Schafer.

They have failed the deaf community AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN and AGAIN!!! SHAME ON THOSE PEOPLE FOR SNUBBING THE DEAF COMMUNITY!!!

Here is the picture of him for playing darts! It is fun to throw darts in his face as to help ease our anger at that selfish man!

TAKE TIME...

2010-09-24T14:39:00.004-05:00

This was from a small sign on my desk sitting there for more than 40 years. It is my inspiration and the author is unknown. Here it goes. You can benefit from it daily in your lives.

Take time to think.......it is the source of power.

Take time to play.......it is the secret of perpetual youth.

Take time to read......it is the fountain of wisdom.

Take time to pray......it is the greatest power on Earth.

Take time to love and be loved......it is a God-given privilege.

Take time to be friendly......it is the road to happiness.

Take time to laugh......it is the music of the soul.

Take time to give....it is too short a day to be selfish.

Take time to work....it is the price of success.

Take time to charity.....it is the key to heaven.

2010-09-22T23:20:00.003-05:00

MOVIES AT GSLAD OCT 1 and 2 2010

GSLAD is proud to host MOVIES AT GSLAD on Friday, October 1 and Saturday, October 2 2010. GSLAD has been showing MOVIES AT GSLAD since 2004. GSLAD is proud to promote films made by deaf and continues the tradition. For more information, view this video or visit at www.gslad.org.

SMDC's Pick for DAW: "You Have to be Deaf to Understand" by Willard J Madsen

2010-09-22T01:48:00.007-05:00

SMDC's Pick for DAW:"You Have to be Deaf to Understand

It is time to look around and realize how far we have come in deaf advocacy and how much preserverance we have so far. It is a blessing this week as suggested by WFD (World Federation of Deaf) to use this 4th week in September every year to recognize Deaf Awareness Week. So it is Show Me Deaf Community's pick for Deaf Awareness Week 2010 by showing the poem written by deaf poet.

I believe it is good idea to review this poem by Willard J Madsen.

Please visit this link at You Have to be Deaf to Understand

It is fun to educate the public about our proud deaf culture and heritage.

Let's keep up that tradition!

Let's celebrate our Deaf Awareness Week! It can be anytime throughout the year. Let's celebrate it 52 times? (52 weeks a year)

AUDISM = SLAVERY

2010-09-17T14:10:00.021-05:00

The picture of shackles below were used to control slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. This is what deaf people are wearing these days when they are not combating audism.

After reviewing some situations around the country, I am rather disappointed in some deaf leaders for buckling under hearing control.

If we have an agency serving the deaf, we are to have 51% control of the agency or organization in deaf hands.

NOT hearing hands.

I have viewed a particular agency that continues to practice audism.

It is LOUD AND CLEAR.

Why do deaf people continue to kiss hearing people's arse?

Where is the truth in letting deaf people handle the agency?

It is OBVIOUS to me that the hearing people do NOT want to give up the control of agency, business or organization to any deaf leaders.

That agency has too many hearing people on staff and on the board.

It is NOT healthy!

Too much control are in hearing people's hands!

This is audism!

We do not need their patronization or paternalism!

Most hearing people are NOT telling truth or being honest when running deaf agencies, businesses or organizations!

Audism does equal slavery!

"Slavery is a system in which people are the property of others. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand wages." ( from dictionary )

Prove me wrong? Try that!

When can we turn the tables and cut the hearing people off the list in running our programs?

Suffice it to say, it is not only one agency... it is happening to many around the country.

Paul's Commentary: REJECTION OF ICED MILAN DECISION

2010-09-16T01:28:00.004-05:00

FLASHBACK: The tools of Audism...

2010-09-16T01:00:00.002-05:00

This commentary is about what audists used as tools of audism to intimidate deaf children and adults in the 19th and 20th century. It might be happening in the 21st century. It stresses on the need of better leadership, better advocacy and better education to improve the needs of deaf community.

Audism: Clerc and Veditz did experience it...

2010-09-10T15:10:00.001-05:00

I have been reading "WHEN THE MIND HEARS by Harlan Lane. I see that Laurent Clerc made some comments about how hearing people behaved towards the deaf people in his day. It shows that hearing people have tendency to "control" deaf people for centuries.

Laurent Clerc made those comments about how hearing people behaved:

"I know what is going on. Important people , distinguished gentlemen, are repudiating the cause to which I have devoted my life. Endowed with the sacred trust of my people's welfare, they seek, without consulting us, to prevent our worship, marriage, and procreation, to stultify our education, and to banish our mother tongue simply because our way and our language are different from theirs."

"Meanwhile-language must come once again to my aid. It has always been my weapon to fight evil, my vessel to fill minds thirsting for knowledge, my lure to solicit relief. It must serve me grandly one last time and cast such a brilliant light on the history of present injustices that their perpetrators will cringe and their victims rally."

"I am impelled by the present threat to the well-being, dignity and freedom of my people to tell our story, one that I have lived almost from its beginning: how we gathered in France and in other European lands and then in America; how our language spread throughout Europe and crossed the Atlantic; the great struggle to create schools for us, in which it was my lot to play a leading role. It is a story of builders: of an abbe' rejected by the Church who established the education of an entire class rejected by society; of a deaf shepherd who achieved international acclaim by personifying what such an outcast class can achieve through education; of a frail New England pastor who channeled the love of a little deaf girl into a mighty force that has created a first college in the world for that class. It is also a tale of destroyers: of a zealous physician who put mock science ahead of true humanity; of a haughty nobleman who imposed his will on the deaf, knowing, he believed, what was best for them but knowing, in fact, none of them; of a professional reformer who sought to recast entire classes of society in his own image."

Also George Veditz did experience with AG Bell when he refused to donate to NAD.

Watch my video about Clerc's and Veditz's comments -

Thanks,

Paul

Missouri DMH is inducted in Deaf Hall of Shame!

2010-09-07T04:12:00.004-05:00

Since the Deaf Community filed lawsuit against Missouri Department of Mental Health some months ago, DMH has turned deafer, dumber and stupider than before! They have done NOTHING to this date. Here is an incident that makes them open for more lawsuits.

During a recent e-mail discussion, I got this reply from DMH Office -

"I am unavailable to reply to emails at this time. The Office of Deaf and
MutilCultural Mental Health Services do not provide individual assistance to
access to mental health services.

If there is a life threatening emergency, call 911.

"If you are seeking mental health services, please consult the following links
for help with locating and contacting providers of DMH psychiatric or substance
abuse treatment or services for people with developmental disabilities:

For mental health or psychiatric crisis or to request services, individuals
can use TTY, video relay or voice to call the ACI CRISIS LINE for your local
area: http://dmh.mo.gov/cps/ACImap.htm

For individuals who require treatment for alcohol or drug use, you can
review a directory of providers with contact information
at http://dmh.mo.gov/ada/TreatmentPreventionProviderDirectory5-10.pdf

For persons with a developmental disability. please contact the appropriate
DD Regional Office as identified on the map at http://dmh.mo.gov/mrdd/"

I checked out all links they provided.

230 offices around Missouri for hearing people! Wowee! That's a lot!

no tty or vp listings at all

all are fax and voice numbers -

It shows how callous they are towards the Deaf Community.

Now it is time to induct Missouri Department of Mental Health into the Deaf
Hall of Shame!

Shame on DMH!

My trip to KY DeaFestival 2010 at Horse Cave, KY

2010-09-07T02:25:00.011-05:00

I took a trip to Louisville to spend the weekend there. I took a trip down to Horse Cave, KY to attend the DeaFestival event. It was fun seeing old friends and making new friends. I got to see more entertainers there. Nice selection of events and programs to watch. Pinky was there. Peter Cook was there. Roger Vass was there. CJ was there. Robert DeMayo was there. and many more.

Then I went back to Louisville for the evening. I enjoyed the trip and stopped off to explore French Lick in Indiana. A friend was showing me the architecture of the old hotel. I was fascinated by its odd design and the layout. It made me want to write a mytery novel about that place. Should I? *grinning*

A Friendly reminder - Louisville, KY is the site of NAD Conference in 2012 as well as DeaFestival 2012. I am eager to go there and I want to reserve a hotel now! Can't wait to visit the bluegrass country again!

Please read George Veditz's lips!

2010-09-02T16:12:00.007-05:00

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All the debate about using voice, please read George Veditz's lips throughout the less than 15 minutes of his presentation.

This is PURE ASL!

ASL in its divine right is the language we cherish!

Thanks to Gallaudet University Archives for the use of the video.

Please take your (spoken) voice elsewhere!

2010-09-02T06:12:00.008-05:00

So it happens? ASL Advocates are right...The Gallaudet Campus is a sacred ground for American Sign Language since its founding It has no place for audism, oralism and anything pertaining to false facades of oralism.

With the recent debate on using voice to communicate with the deaf community, it can be joke one way or another. I remembered speaking to deaf audience without signing and using my voice. It did not work out as my voice may not be perfect. Interpreters may have misinterpreted... I never hear my own voice so who cares. Whether it be good or bad, I do not mind. If my hearing peers can understand me, that is great. If they were not sure, they should have spoken up sooner. They should not have let the issue remain unsolved. Communication is a two way street!

So back to Gallaudet Campus, it is a sacred ground since the 1860's...many deaf leaders have passed through the halls of Gallaudet including Laurent Clerc, George Veditz, Robert MacGregor and many others. It would be very considerate if anyone on the campus would choose to use sign language first.

Staring at the picture above with Reverend Thomas H. Gallaudet and Alice Cogswell, this is a proof of the beginning of American Sign Language and how he went to bring Laurent Clerc to the new world in 1816.

So I tell anyone who wants to use voice to stop jowling and use sign language please! Let the interpreters be your voice and accept the dignity of the deaf culture to use American Sign Language when communicating to the Deaf community.

and also more credits to Sophia Fowler Gallaudet - the wife of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and mother of Edward Miner Gallaudet. More information about Sophia can be seen at http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Sophia_Fowler_Gallaudet

So considerably please take your (spoken) voice elsewhere!

THE DEAF MEDIUM

2010-08-18T05:15:00.004-05:00

Questioning hearing people's integrity and professionalism in deaf programs....

2010-08-04T22:00:00.002-05:00

Remembering Marcella's stand against odds in improving deaf services, this picture was when she helped a St. Louis organization start advocacy too.

After doing some research with some agencies serving the Deaf around the country, I came to realize that there are often more hearing people in agencies and programs serving the deaf and hard of hearing community.

I am avid fan of the late Marcella Meyer who ran GLAD in the golden days. I looked up to her and I love her witty comments and how she thought what Deaf can do.

She taught me important lessons about having the right to exist and work with hearing people. She hailed from Kansas City, Missouri and came to California to establish the programs that exist today. She taught the deaf community to empower themselves.

If you have not been to GLAD, you have missed something of an opportunity. There are other good organizations too.

What I am focused on is deaf advocacy.

Now I am questioning hearing people's integrity and professionalism in deaf programs......

I am noticing how the hearing people have higher comfort zone than the deaf people in some parts of the country.

Why are some deaf agencies run by hearing people?

To name a few, they are out there right under your nose.

Why do you allow hearing people to run deaf programs?

Are they being honest?

What is their integrity?

According to dictionary, adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character, honesty......

Come to think about the past 130 years of audism?

Were those hearing people running deaf programs being honest?

Maybe for their skills?

Maybe for their selfishness?

Who knows?

The truth will prevail in this matter.

This is just something to think about and hopefully the employment among the Deaf will fare better.

The hearing people have plenty of jobs outside the deaf community and we are still wanting more interpreters. Plenty of work in that arena!

Now can Deaf help themselves more?

Thank you for hearing me out! Pardon the pun!

Paul =)

PUNISHED FOR USING ASL!

2010-08-04T12:42:00.007-05:00

Remembering the old days when looking at Clerc's Children Inc's plans, I was punished for using sign language. Please help vote everyday for the rest of August to make sure we get right information to the public.

Early Identification programs for babies are being manipulated by audists.

Please do not let that happen to them!

Please vote!

Please do not punish children for using sign language!

I was punished for simply expressing communications.

It left me damaged for many years!

I am an old man remembering the pains, frustrations and setbacks due to audism.

Please vote! Please go to the website at VOTE NOW FOR DEAF CHILDREN!

WHAT DO WE DO WITH ORAL PROGRAMS?

2010-07-30T12:53:00.003-05:00

As I said in earier posting, that the war on audism is not over yet! I am asking everyone to stop and think about those oral programs that benefited from 130 years of oppression. We need to have them modify the programs to go back to pre-1880 deaf education programs.

Every action since September 11, 1880 were illegal.

With the recent developments, it will take another 130 years to undo the damages that audists have caused.

We need to get the ball rolling and get action done on remedying the wrongs of audism.

We will not be around in 130 years to witness the freedom of audism.

The freedom begins now!

Like Ruthie of Audism Free America says, "Let Freedom Roll!"

Thanks to ICED for turning it around after 130 years of abuses!

We need to keep it rolling further and wider!

The war on audism continues!

Thank you!

Paul

The war against audism is not over yet!

2010-07-27T15:12:00.008-05:00

Paul Kiel designed the t-shirt for the purpose of educating the public on stamping out audism! Let's have STAMP OUT AUDISM DAY on September 11, 2010!

Despite the recent developments, the war against audism is not over yet! I do appreciate the recent developments. I do not see the real beef yet! Yeah! Show me the beef!

I want more to combat audism. It is rampant everywhere! It is time to move attention onto the hearing people who are unwittingly and unknowingly that they are contributing to the problems of audism - it is in hospitals, schools, courts, employment, social lives, community projects and more!

"If we can give a "playbook" for each deaf individual, we can win the war in our fight against audism. We cannot afford to be "reactive" -- we have to be proactive - it means strategic planning for the years ahead and install our dreams, wishes and hopes in our today's deaf youth. It means investing our wisdom and rsources in th em - it begins by taking the time to volunteer to help today's youth. Can you do it?

I am borrowing from NSC (NTID Student Congress' motto) "Today's motivation is tomorrow's fulfillment!"

Let's wage the war on audism!

It is time to STAMP OUT AUDISM!

For more information on STAMP OUT AUDISM, please visit www.deafimages.tv -if you click on the title above, it will lead you to the website. Thank you for your support!

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AG BELL: The Father of Deaf Eugenics

2010-06-16T13:18:00.005-05:00

Alexander Graham "Bell was connected with the eugenics movement in the United States. In his lecture Memoir upon the formation of a deaf variety of the human race presented to the National Academy of Sciences on 13 November 1883 he noted that congenitally deaf parents were more likely to produce deaf children and tentatively suggested that couples where both parties were deaf should not marry.[112] However, it was his hobby of livestock breeding which led to his appointment to biologist David Starr Jordan's Committee on Eugenics, under the auspices of the American Breeders Association. The committee unequivocally extended the principle to man.[113] From 1912 until 1918 he was the chairman of the board of scientific advisers to the Eugenics Record Office associated with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York, and regularly attended meetings. In 1921, he was the honorary president of the Second International Congress of Eugenics held under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Organisations such as these advocated passing laws (with success in some states) that established the compulsory sterilization of people deemed to be, as Bell called them, a "defective variety of the human race". By the late 1930s, about half the states in the U.S. had eugenics laws, and the California laws were used as a model for eugenics laws in Nazi Germany." (from internet sources)

Hitler benefitted from Bell's research. This shows proof why George Veditz wrote that many deaf people feared AG Bell. Today, any followers of AG Bell or any programs that are related to "eugenics" by any form or association are guilty by association with sick individuals who wanted to remove deaf from the human race. It is a sign of sickness on those hearing people who believe in Bell's dangerous fantasy.

Oral programs have hidden agenda for practicing eugenics. This is how and why many oralists are pawns of audism. Do not forget that 62% of AG Bell membership are in medical profession. Their only mission are very pathological and oppressive.

They spread lies through their manipulation of many innocent deaf babies. There is a reason for us to stop them in their tracks!

It is time to tell truth! Oralism is just a false facade for audism.

It is a form of physical and mental abuse that has gone on and on since September 11, 1880.

It is time to STOP IT!

NEVER TRUST AN AUDIOLOGIST!

2010-06-12T01:16:00.013-05:00

This story is happening all over the world on how audiologists as well as other so-called hearing professionals who claim to be helping the deaf are TWO-FACED!!!

They lie just like Alexander Graham Bell. They all have been telling LIES since 1880!

They are conspirators of audism!

They are profiteering from deaf babies!

This is a BIG shame!

It is time to STAMP OUT AUDISM!

You need to get off your fannies and stop the madness caused by hearing people!

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! AUDISTS HALL OF SHAME OPENS!

2010-06-09T01:52:00.022-05:00

`` KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! ``

It is ages old quote. It was quoted by Sir Francis Bacon in 1597. He quoted it as "Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est."

And Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr on October 8, 1952 said, "If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.

This is what hearing people are trying to dumb the deaf community down by using oral methods. It is a false facade of audism. Those conspirators of audism have no mercy or no excuses. It is a shocking shame how those hearing people are behaving towards deaf community at large. They are treating deaf people as barking dogs tethered on a ten-foot chains.

They are lying through their teeth like dogs when it comes to oralism. They are too stubborn and too selfish to let deaf use American Sign Language. It looks stupid and silly on them when they tell the public not to use ASL. It backfires on them and there will be more to come.

With the political turmoil and the AB2072, it is time to declare war on their stupidity, selfishness and aggorance.

It is time for cognitive restructuring. It is time to educate the public. It is time to air out their dirty laundry.

Now the Audists Hall of Shame is open and those people are inducted into the Hall of Shame for being conspirators in practicing audism.

AUDISTS HALL OF SHAME 2010

Alexander Graham Bell was the conspirator of eugenics in trying to remove the deaf from the human race. Adolf Hitler adopted his plans for his ill-fated country. Alexander even asked Congress to let him experiment on deaf people and even recommended sterilizing them to prevent more deaf born.

Tony Mendoza authored the bill AB2072 and is considered conspirator of audism.

Oberkotter Foundation is the conspirator of audism by combating ASL and forcing deaf babies to use AVT and cochlear implants. It is viewed as an "evil empire".

Karl White is a conspirator of audism. He was rude to deaf people at the meeting. He said, "Deaf people do not know what is best for deaf babies" quoted by Karl White of EDHI 6:27 PM Apr 21st 2010.

Central Institute for the Deaf is conspirator of audism.

St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf is conspirator of audism.

Jean Moog is conspirator of audism.

Theresa Bulger is conspirator of audism. She made rude comments about a deaf Texas girl who was killed by train.

If you know of anyone who should be in Audists Hall of Shame, let me know!

Flashback: Problems of Deaf in Communications

2010-05-29T13:22:00.005-05:00

Letters to Editor - St. Louis Post Dispatch - November 22, 1989, Wednesday Edition

Problems of Deaf

I am not happy about the comments made recently by Richard G. Stoker, who now runs the Central Institute for the Deaf, on the sign language issue.

American Sign Language should not be looked down on as a poor alternative in communication. It is not the sign language that narrows the scope of life of deaf people. It is the hearing people who engineered the ongoing problems of deafness. They would not let the deaf people have their own destiny or say in issues related to deafness.

Ninety-eight percent of the graduates of the institute do use and know American Sign Language. Oral communication does not solve the problems of deafness alone. We need to combine sign language with oralism to make total communication more feasible for deaf persons around the world.

While only a few benefit from oralism, the greater need for the majority of the deaf community is total communication, combining oralism and sign language.

We need to continue to advocate the right of the unspoken majority of the deaf community who lack the use of oralism. American Sign Language is a true bridge between deaf and hearing people.

Paul J Kiel
St. Louis

*Updated: 05-29-2010:

I was going through files for some papers. I came across the article from the newspaper. I notice it was 21 years ago and some views have changed. I believe bi-bi approach is better. It is entirely up to each deaf individual to choose what method. Remember that oralism is still a false facade of audism. It was 130 years ago that hearing people domineered the deaf education. It is proven twice in 1965 and 1988 that oral education has failed many deaf children. It is the truth!

"It takes a Deaf village to make a Deaf individual successful!"

2010-05-24T03:14:00.003-05:00

"It takes a Deaf village to make a Deaf individual successful!

We need to promote and advocate for social changes. It requires commitment and loyalty to make this process work."

Paul Kiel - 2005

Lately, I have been observing a lot of blogs and vlogs with all kinds of people from all walks of life. It is interesting how the system is audistic due to many different viewpoints. There is already oppression happening in some groups.

It reminds me of having a bucket of crabs. Try watching how crabs fight to get out of the bucket. Try applying this to yourself and your friends and others you think are against you.

It is sad day for the community when no one cares! I see some people laughing in others' faces and put them down with thoughtless and selfish actions. It is a fact of matter that the deaf community has been oppressed for so long. The system needs to be adapted to make it a better life.

It takes a Deaf village to make a D/deaf individual successful. We need to promote and advocate for social changes. It requires commitment and loyalty to make this process work.

Can you do that?