Noelle Cigarroa Bell
In Which I Call Out The National Association Of The Deaf
I am very disturbed by the news that the National Association of the Deaf has decided to ally with Audism Free America, a militant deaf organization that has defaced private property belonging to the Alexander Graham Bell for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Audism Free America is a militant deaf organization that does not [...]
New Changes To The Americans With Disabilities Act
For the first time in twenty years, there have been new massive regulatory changes to the ADA Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act. What are these new regulatory changes, and how would this affect disabled Americans, employers, and businesses? The National Association for the Deaf has a very helpful summarized list of these changes below [...]
Why I Almost Didn’t Sign The Dailykos Petition
Thu Dec 02, 2010 at 12:14:12 PM PST I was reluctant to sign the Dailykos petition in support of Netflix and asking the FCC to reign in Comcast’s abuse of corporate power. Why was I reluctant to do so? Because of the history of Netflix’s hostile business practices towards the deaf community, in refusing to [...]
What Is Bigotry Against Deaf People? Audism.
[Editor's note: The article you are about to read first appeared in Dailykos.com on 12/08/10. The thread referred to in the first sentence is taken from a discussion that followed a different article. Reviewing this may be helpful in establishing context.] Judging from this thread, not many people are aware about how their comments can offend and hurt those who are deaf [...]
This Is A BIG F***ing Deal For The Deaf Community!
One of the biggest bills for the deaf community was signed into law by President Obama today. It’s called the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010. What does this law do? For starters, it makes the Internet accessible to the deaf community by requiring television programming to be captioned on the Internet, [...]