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Voting: Deaf or Disabled?

Amy — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:28:01 +0000

Amy Cohen Efron shares her personal experience about voting in Georgia. Georgia has advanced voting process which allows people to vote one week before the election. There were long lines (I mean, LONG!) at voting places and I decided to be brave and stick it out last Wednesday night. When [...]

An Overwhelming Response to Re-Defining D-E-A-F Movie!

Amy — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:57:33 +0000

Good morning everyone, Wow! It is really unbelievable! Very unexpected! MOS International’s website hosting “Re-Defining D-E-A-F” by Ryan Commerson received an overwhelming response within 30 hours! Ryan informed me in this morning that his web server hosting only highest quality Flash format videos had exceeded its bandwidth limit for a MONTH! Here are the facts: MOS International has [...]

MOS International’s Re-defining D-E-A-F

Amy — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:23:11 +0000

Everyone! THIS IS IT! “Re-defining D-E-A-F”, a video by Ryan Commerson. MUST SEE! This is my greatest delight to endorse introduce Mos International’s newest website focusing on the video done by Ryan Commerson called, “Re-defining D-E-A-F” It all began when Mr. Commerson needs to submit his master’s thesis paper [...]

ABC’s Supernanny: Baulisch Family – A PLUS / FOUR STARS!

Amy — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:56:44 +0000

Amy Cohen Efron expresses her feelings after watching ABC’s Supernanny show with Jo Frost and the Baulisch Family in Nebraska. This show is extremely tasteful, and it emphasizes a very positive image of American Sign Language! Jo Frost said American Sign Language (A.S.L.) at least over 20 times throughout the show, and [...]

Questions for Louisiana School f/t Deaf…

Amy — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:53:24 +0000

Amy Cohen Efron created two vlogs responding to an unfortunate event that happened at Louisiana School for the Deaf and in these vlogs, there are important questions regarding deaf children’s right to continue their education, LSD’s staff, teacher, and administrative responsibilities, and suggestions how to improve safety for deaf children everywhere. (Scroll down little bit [...]

$1,000,000 to Deaf Schools – Follow up

Amy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:01:23 +0000

Hello Everyone! As you may already have ‘heard’ about Georgia’s State Superintendent of Schools, Kathy Cox who won one million dollars from the TV game show, “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?” on September 5, 2008… AND… She gave away her winnings to three state schools (two deaf schools and one blind school). Please visit [...]

Georgia’s State Superintendent on FOX – Winnings go to GSD, AASD and GAB!

Amy — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:48:40 +0000

It is my greatest delight to announce that our Georgia’s State Superintendent of Schools, Kathy Cox who is one of the guests on FOX’s “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?” special two-hour show tonight. Here’s the picture of Kathy Cox, from official Georgia’s Department of Education’s website: www.doe.k12.ga.us Why is it so important for me [...]

258 News : ASL/MTV Political Song! MUST SEE!

Amy — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:38:27 +0000

Last night, I posted the blog called: ACTION ALERT from NAD about proposed changes to ADA! IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Please visit NAD’s blogsite: blogs.nad.org/advocacy to learn about ADA Amendments Act of 2008, and submit your comments AT Department of Justice’s official website, *NOT* on the NAD’s blogsite’s comments area. Direct [...]

ACTION ALERT from NAD about proposed changes to ADA!

Amy — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:57:59 +0000

National Association of the Deaf posted two ACTION ALERT blog entries about US Department of Justice proposed changes to the rules for two parts of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). P.S. ADA was signed into law in 1990, not 1986 as I signed on my vlog. My apologies. NAD is [...]

Wow! Sonic’s Wacky Pack in ASL!

Amy — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:45:19 +0000

Amy Cohen Efron shares her surprising discovery of one of the best examples in ASL marketing. Amy demonstrates a promotional give-away, the pack-of-6 SONIC® Wacky Pack® Kids’ Meal toy that was distributed through SONIC® Drive-In Restaurants in 2006. You may wonder what is SONIC®? SONIC® Drive-In Restaurants, which is [...]