tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57924613285828913752024-03-05T03:45:49.198-07:00Aaron Cues Aaron R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11193802099058081849noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-2887141440216213292014-05-11T22:47:00.000-06:002014-05-11T22:47:32.119-06:00#CueElection 2014 - Deadline May 15 for Nominations
The Cue Elections of 2014
Members of the cuemmunity have one last chance for a chance at board service with the upcoming deadline for nominations to the National Cued Speech Association board of directors on May 15th.
At the end is text copy from the NCSA's eNews announcing the deadline for such nominations. Be sure to contact Claire Klossner if you're interested in nominating Aaron R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11193802099058081849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-46102158505401722014-04-17T09:02:00.001-06:002014-04-17T16:54:06.674-06:00"All deaf children have some cognitive challenges" - A Diagnosis of Audism First, read this article by author Katherine Bouton - http://alturl.com/t2q48 (NY Times)
Did you catch it?
"All deaf children have some cognitive challenges" - Bouton
Yeah. That's what the parent/science writer got from Dr. Marc Marschark, according to the author/deaf CI user.
However, our favorite Cued Speech advocate/researcher never made that statement. That's what happens when Aaron R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11193802099058081849noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-66906530246847550922014-03-19T23:16:00.002-06:002014-03-19T23:16:52.629-06:00Conversations with a Cuer: Earl Fleetwood, Co-founder of LMI and TECUnit
Over the past year, I have engaged in an email conversation with Earl Fleetwood, who has been in the field of transliterating and interpreting since before I was born. He is also a sibling of a deaf cuer and holds a masters degree in ASL-English interpreting from Gallaudet University.
In our email conversations, we've discussed topics related to Cued Speech, more specifically in the area of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07027700593414268090noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-65829992997938846882014-03-13T06:08:00.001-06:002014-03-13T06:21:19.310-06:00Cued Language Transliterators and the need for a formal complaint processIn February of 2014, Dr. Khadijat Rashid, an economics professor at Gallaudet University, posted an open letter through friends on Facebook and the letter eventually made its rounds through the deaf and hard of hearing community. What made the situation more complicated was the fact the Wall Street Journal published a video interview of the interpreter in question. The matter seems to be in RID'sAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07027700593414268090noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-59517487975134203702013-10-22T09:31:00.000-06:002013-10-22T09:31:22.812-06:00Deaf People's Rights and Cued Speech I sent an email to Human Rights Watch in response to a video they produced, drawing attention to the issues of those who have hearing loss. My email is posted below. I strongly encourage the Cued Speech community to contact Human Rights Watch and share their experiences with Cued Speech.***A video by HRW was brought to my attention regarding the rights of deaf people. While I applaud HRW's Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07027700593414268090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-72975248733345734952013-10-21T12:53:00.001-06:002014-01-05T19:42:04.444-07:00Facundo Element's Fondness for FrictionConsider this an open response to a thread on Ryan Commerson's comments about Hands & Voices. I am mainly directing this open letter to representatives of Facundo Element, who have good intentions in promoting American Sign Language, despite their controversial tactics and approaches.
Cued Speech is a visual communication system that is based on the linguistic principles of spoken language. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07027700593414268090noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-30720612992118438192013-10-19T07:51:00.000-06:002013-10-19T07:51:52.322-06:00Self-Government and the Future of the National Cued Speech Association After watching some of President Obama's speech on self-government, I reflected on the state of the Cued Speech community in terms of self-governance and the organizations that promote the interests of Cued Speech.
American self-government is essentially a matter of setting rules mutually agreeable to and adhering to these rules in terms of protecting life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Aaron R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11193802099058081849noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-23950832056930813072013-10-17T21:28:00.001-06:002013-10-18T06:22:51.294-06:00Conversations with a Cuer: My MomMy mother, Fran Pinnix, is in town to enjoy some precious time with her granddaughter so I took the opportunity to interview her about her experience raising me with Cued Speech.
AC: How did you hear about Cued Speech?
FP: Completely by accident. You had just been diagnosed as profoundly deaf. We left Raleigh ENT and I was so devastated. I left crying. You were still asleep from the drugs Aaron R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11193802099058081849noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-12506341556362661582013-10-14T20:56:00.000-06:002013-10-15T00:30:17.567-06:00Why Marc Marschark is Wrong about Cued Speech: A Review of the Body of Evidence Marc Marschark wrote a post on NTID's page "Educating Deaf Children" in response to a question about whether research on Cued Speech is being taken into account when "evaluating and recommending a communication mode that promotes literacy in deaf children." His post REEKS of bias against Cued Speech, which is not surprising given RIT/NTID's history with providing cued language services.
Aaron R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11193802099058081849noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-78502002955520087242013-10-11T02:33:00.000-06:002013-10-11T02:33:45.118-06:00Cuehood: A Deaf Parent's PerspectiveA new chapter in my life has begun now that my own daughter, Arabella, was born on October 10, 2013. Already my wife and I have been cueing to her, even though her vision currently isn't strong enough to distinguish between hand shapes. However, we know that we want to raise our child as a cueing family and we've committed to the idea that we will cue everything we say to her because we want to Aaron R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11193802099058081849noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-7777390541245805542013-10-07T11:23:00.000-06:002013-10-07T11:23:18.692-06:00Conversations with a Cuer: Marie Beck Janssen - A New Cue Mom
I first learned about Marie Beck Janssen after she posted a blog on her experience at Cue Camp Virginia. Through her blog I discovered that Marie hadn't been cueing for long, but was committed to using Cued Speech with her daughter, Mercy Anne. I took the opportunity to contact Marie for an interview in order to get a perspective of someone who is new to Cued Speech, but has taken to it like a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07027700593414268090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-39940000445708914252013-10-01T14:45:00.002-06:002013-10-01T14:45:32.323-06:00The Cue Camp ExperienceYet another cue camp has come and gone with memories that will last a lifetime. Cue Camp Virginia (CCVA) took place this past weekend, and unfortunately it was a reminder of how many cue camps I have missed over the past five years since I started graduate school in St. Louis and moved to Colorado. In fact, if it wasn't for the cue camp experience, I wouldn't have that strong sense of cuehood Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07027700593414268090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-81204140726042099292013-08-15T20:21:00.000-06:002013-08-15T20:38:09.767-06:00Cuehood... a process of actualizing an identity as a cuerDeafhood has received much attention in the Deaf/deaf and hard of hearing communities in regards to the process of coming to terms with the identity shaped by one's personal experiences with deafness.
Now I can't say that I know a lot about what the Deafhood Foundation has brought to the table in regards to Deafhood. After all I've always been intrigued by the idea of taking a Deafhood workshop,Aaron R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11193802099058081849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-10227640905131956802013-08-12T15:00:00.000-06:002013-08-12T15:07:12.555-06:00Conversations with a Cuer: Tiffany MatthewsAfter seeing all these stories from different walks of life about how people came to learn Cued Speech, I realized that the deaf and hard of hearing community would benefit from hearing these stories so I've established a new series called "Conversations with Cuers." For my first interview, I wanted to find someone who didn't grow up with Cued Speech, but now considers it part of their life. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07027700593414268090noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-1190296789123213052013-07-31T15:10:00.000-06:002013-07-31T15:10:36.561-06:00A Reminder I posted a statement to a Facebook group consisting primarily of parents with some professionals and individuals with hearing loss. After some reflection, I thought it would be prudent to share this with the entire community that I am part of as everyone has something they can relate to in this letter.
Some background on this letter: I recently became a "moderator" (but really admin) of this Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07027700593414268090noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-14337231607660904562013-07-29T01:40:00.001-06:002013-07-29T01:40:22.800-06:00Learning Cued Speech in a Matter of HoursThis past weekend I taught a Cued Speech workshop to a small number of individuals, of one who calls herself hard of hearing and has some vision challenges and another who was born in France, but moved here and is raising a deaf child of her own. What struck me was how quickly those individuals caught on to the essence of Cued Speech and figured out how to match the cues with the phonemes of Aaron R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11193802099058081849noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-57894452579160023132013-05-02T09:06:00.001-06:002013-05-11T06:46:30.750-06:00The Rule of Transparency: thedeafcommunity.orgIt all begins with a question: Who?
Within the Deafhood Colorado group on Facebook, a conversation ensued after someone posted a link to www.thedeafcommunity.org, a recently established website that claims to serve the interests of the deaf and hard of hearing community.
At first glance, this website seems to be a new organization. However, upon further examination, the intent is to be Aaron R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11193802099058081849noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-33911336485839756222013-04-03T22:44:00.000-06:002013-04-16T18:12:15.413-06:00Cued Speech: "Most theoretically and empirically supportable mode" for LiteracyWhile reviewing the research book Cued Speech and Cued Language for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children (CSCLDHH), I came across this quote by Carol LaSasso, a longtime researcher on reading outcomes at Gallaudet University, which seemed to sum up the views of many Cued Speech advocates, including my own.
"Linguistic access via Cued Speech, compared to communication access via oral-aural Aaron R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11193802099058081849noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-66137105456111236002013-02-27T21:06:00.000-07:002013-02-27T21:36:53.687-07:00Cueing Dr. Suess's ABC Book: A Demonstration of Cued Speech
Below is a demonstration of how Cued Speech works in supporting literacy.
http://youtu.be/O7kDRAhzV4g
Aaron R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11193802099058081849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-71806020210897447442013-02-18T15:09:00.001-07:002013-02-19T17:35:39.854-07:00What Crisis?: The reality for Illinois School for the DeafA letter published by Jerry Covell on www.saveourdeafschools.org has started to appear in the deaf community through social media, prompting an outcry from those who are protective of their cultural identity and language.
At first glance one might make the conclusion that there is a crisis at Illinois School for the Deaf. However in reality the crisis is not within the school, but within the Aaron R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11193802099058081849noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-70727384619570057232013-02-18T06:51:00.002-07:002013-02-18T06:51:32.340-07:00Deaf Education in the Dominican Republic
Some educational news from the Caribbean.
All teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing will be required to learn Cued Speech and incorporate it into their literacy instruction in the country of the Dominican Republic.
How did Cued Speech become a core principal of deaf education in the Dominican Republic?
It all began with an American teacher named Peggy Blevins who took several trips to the Aaron R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11193802099058081849noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792461328582891375.post-44689287328875715612013-02-17T21:00:00.000-07:002013-02-18T07:05:20.843-07:00Cued Speech and Cued Language: What's the Difference? You see Cued Speech. You understand cued language.
That is what people need to understand about why cued language has become a permanent fixture of Cued Speech. There's no going back unfortunately on this issue and the term is here to stay. Certified instructors of Cued Speech will be explaining the differences between Cued Speech and cued language because that has become the standard.&Aaron R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11193802099058081849noreply@blogger.com1