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Hi All.....

For those of you that like to watch the Extreme Makeover Home Show
which is on Sunday nights at 8pm on your home area channels....... On Sunday, October 24th,
it will show a family that is deaf from the Detroit area that had their home
remodeled by ABC. So, if you get a chance watch the show as it will be
interesting and cool to see what they install in their new home.




Subject: Extreme Makeover Home - Deaf
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An Extreme Humanitarian Act
HITEC Group International, Burr Ridge, Ill, a distributor of assistive listening devices, was recently asked to be part of ABC-TV’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (EMHE) team for a special show that will air on October 24.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition host Ty Pennington (left) and Michelle Ahlman, vice president of HITEC Group International. HITEC provided the cutting edge solutions for a Detroit family with extensive communication requirements.

In the episode, the EMHE team will take 7 days to transform the home of a Detroit couple who are deaf and the parents of two children?a 12-year-old blind/autistic son, and a 14-year-old sson, who has learned at a very young age to communicate for and take care of his parents and brother. As the 14-year-old prepares to enter high school and then move to college, he has concerns about his family and their ability to communicate over the phone, since their primary method of communication is American Sign Language (they do not communicate verbally).

For this episode, the mission of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition?and that of the team they assembled?was ts to give this family every high-tech communication and safety solution that is available to individuals who live with hearing loss.

According to Michele Ahlman, vice president of HITEC and president of ClearSounds? (the manufacturer of HITECC’s new signature line of ALD products), “This project presents us with a great opportunity to use our knowledge and expertise and to find innovative ways in which to deal with this family’s special needs in order to make a difference in their life. We are proud to offer our unique product solutions, designed to make their everyday living much easier, safer, and more enjoyable, as well as to enable them to be more connected to and involved with the outside world.â€

Ahlman continues, “HITEC’s tech team includes such high-profile names in communication as SBC Communications Inc, NXI, and MCI, which recognize the importance that technology plays in the lives of people with special needs. Our plan is to create a unique system that will allow the parents to communicate with each other using sign language, even when they are in different rooms. In addition, this system will enable them to communicate with friends and family outside the home. We will install a communications system with video capability, which will allow the family to make high-speed, real-time (TTY) phone calls using their natural ASL language; in addition, the universal design will allow their 14-year-old son to use the computers to do homework and surf the Net. Our tech team will also install a variety of signaling devices for the convenience and safety of the family.â€
 
My, my... this sounds like an episode that will get a lot of angry responses from the deaf community.

Why?

Look at the part where they mention the son. Not good, not good.
 
Banjo said:
My, my... this sounds like an episode that will get a lot of angry responses from the deaf community.

Why?

Look at the part where they mention the son. Not good, not good.
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...a 14-year-old son, who has learned at a very young age to communicate for and take care of his parents and brother...
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Yes, when I read the above sentence I thought, "whoa!" Of course, the article was written from a hearing paternalistic viewpoint ("must take care of poor deaf people").

I'm sure the son meant well in applying for the makeover. He is probably a very sensitive and responsible lad.

It's wonderful that the family gets the house and all the goodies, but at what cost in dignity?

Just a question.
 
yea i agree with yall!!! but wonderful for them get remodel house anyway..
 
Reba said:
Yes, when I read the above sentence I thought, "whoa!" Of course, the article was written from a hearing paternalistic viewpoint ("must take care of poor deaf people").

I'm sure the son meant well in applying for the makeover. He is probably a very sensitive and responsible lad.

It's wonderful that the family gets the house and all the goodies, but at what cost in dignity?

Just a question.
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I agree completely. The description itself in the article gave me that impression of the son as being a very responsible young person. You don't see that often.
 
innnnntresssstinggggggggggg thanks for sharing i posted it for me to watch :)
 
Yep, it will be on aired on Oct 24. Check your TV guide for times and channel.


I can't wait to watch...
 
HEY EVERYONE!


LET U KNOW THAT THEY CHANGED DATE TO NOV 7TH AT 7PM.. NOT ON OCT 24TH!!! THANKS!!!


i dont know why they changed...:dunno:
 
I was going to put a more exact link to deafcan.org, but never mind. :Oops:
 
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It look so cool about many picture about 200 I guess not sure. Wow! I can't wait to see as soon.
 
Dang..don' tknow if it'll be shown here in Australia -- but the statement re: the 14 year old boy having 'taken care of his parents and brother' since he was very young -- that's not good.
:roll:
 
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