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I think the Ashley Madison hack will end up in the history books. It has the potential to really shake things up. As for individuals, especially high profile, apparently that site didn't require email verification. So anyone could have entered any info they wanted attached to an email address...

The tension there has seemed higher since Kim Jong-un took over though... feels more chaotic.

I don't claim that at all. Teaching sign to Deaf is great, it should definitely happen, and it is acting, but it's separate from getting CI. You keep trying to tie the two together and it's simply not the case. They're separate problems, separate decisions. Parents make two separate choices...

I don't really think it's surrendering thought, it's just changing your mind. If someone is ignorant to some facts or other aspect of [thing], then they learn those facts or whatever, it makes sense that their opinion could change naturally. People aren't so rigid that they never change their...

I really hope this isn't the beginning of a new Korean war...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34001126 South Korea has ordered the evacuation of residents from an area of its western border after an exchange of fire with North Korea, reports say. North Korea fired a shell at a South Korean military unit on Thursday, prompting the south to retaliate...

This applies to accessing AllDeaf from the website: While signed in, click on User CP (in the light blue bar, all the way on the left) [Here's a direct link: http://www.alldeaf.com/usercp.php] Then click Edit profile pic [Again the direct link...

Netflix, computer games, hiking, local events, board games with friends, hanging out with family, exploring the area I live in, working on side projects, the usual stuff.

MMcC, thanks for sharing your experience! I guess I'm not technically just a hearie anymore since my hearing loss has progressed and I consider myself HOH now, but I am a new student of ASL and new to really exploring my hearing loss and what it means to me and might mean to me in the future...

Yikes, surgery is never fun, but I've known a few people who've gone through hernia surgery and it doesn't seem to be too bad (probably depends on the type of hernia though I'd think). Just remember to take it easy afterward and use the added sympathy to milk extra good behavior from your...

That's a good idea. I've read a bit about the history, Alexander Graham-bell and all the problems he caused, some history of the founding of Gallaudet, and different bits of the formation of ASL, but I don't have comprehensive knowledge of the history yet. Agreed, and whether they accept it or...

Online accessibility for Deaf/HOH really just means no reliance on sound... So quality captions for video, transcripts for audio, that kind of stuff. Basically it's like linicx said, experience it. Just turn the audio on your computer off and see if you can use your training materials. Then...

No problem Jezie, I hope you're feeling better :) When opposing beliefs exist such that happiness for both cannot be achieved, the solution is for one belief to change. In time, this tends to happen because the unhappy group will be pushing for happiness. So when that change does happen both...

Ya, oral when pushed as oral only is really bad, but oral + ASL is arguably useful. All this can exist in addition to ASL, but ASL needs to be there, always. That's the message that should be sent to every new parent of a deaf baby. The Deaf community should embrace new deaf baby parents and...

I should add more about discrimination, I ignored the latter part of this in my reply. Education is the gateway into those higher level careers. Good schools, good programs, and academic success are key. There are good Deaf schools NTID and Gally are two good examples that produce Deaf alum who...

Discrimination "is treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing is perceived to belong to rather than on individual merit.". Individual merit is key here. It's not...

English skill requirement isn't discrimination in the US. Nor is it discrimination to require oral communication for jobs that simply require oral communication. Measuring people on skill and ability to perform a job isn't discrimination either. It becomes discrimination when the job can be...

Miracle? No, we all know that. Profoundly different than without? Yes, at least it can be, we all know that too. Countless first hand accounts of it on this site. Success in procedure can be measured by hearing and talking, sure, but life success is what counts. Anyone who gives a damn knows...

It'd be their choice, if such a technology existed. And parents would be able to choose for their kids. It's a superficial change though, it's just a color, it doesn't change their ability to do something like hear. It's really not the same apples and oranges. Audism is real, there's no doubt...

We basically agree on the stuff above this one so I reduced it. You said yourself that it's hard to learn English without ever being able to perceive it. CI lets profound deaf born hear to some degree and getting CI early makes it easier for the brain to adapt. Is there more needed than this? I...