Will we ever have a Deaf-centered President of Gallaudet?

I personally do not view Alan Hurwitz as a person who will create any real Deaf-centered change at Gallaudet, or in the Deaf community or outside of it. I suspect that we may never be able to have a real Deaf-centered President of Gallaudet, and I explain why here.

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[deaflinux]

I do not believe if a Deaf person can talk on the phone is an audist. Ben Soukup does not look down on Deaf people. I am not sure why people come up with this. Ben hired Roz Rosen, Frank Turk, Phil Bravin and many others to work for him at CSD. I do not know why people think Ben is an audist. In my opinion he is not an audist at all. Thank him for the VRS services that he worked with Sprint. This was before Sorensen.

[DrDonGCSUS]

Stephen,

I agree with you. Just because a Deaf person HAPPENS to be able to use the phone does not make them an "audist". It is the ATTITUDE that is important, not the hearing ability.

That said, I really don't know enough about Ben other than his long-time involvement in the Deaf community and founding of CSD to make any judgements about his attitude.

[FirefliesButterflies]

I wonder why there are no private colleges and schools for the deaf by the deaf people? There's private christian colleges and a few other private colleges.

[DeafSweetMind]

It sounds good idea. Not bad! :) nohearfilms

[DeafSweetMind]

Need to use your "common sense" and listen to your true inner soul as you were a Deaf child who went through the plight of sufferings and dealing with all those mixed messages that we couldn't be ourselves for/by being deaf with all kind of manipulation and force to do this + that by Hearing Supremacy, we put it up with for no reason. We are very innocent children who have their natural spiritual of being deaf from day one. Also, no one can across your boundary lines that is not allowed.

[aguabo]

DeafSweetMind, thank you thank you that has been my point... where did you learn about child's right to property (the ownership of body)?

We are getting there as long as we stay in faith... =D

[ASLElla]

my sentiments exactly. Same here, hoping I'm wrong, but doesn't seem like that right now. Will try my best to keep an open mind and a critical eye simulatenously.

[DeafSweetMind]

I mean 800,000 dollars not 800.00 .. Thanks Sorry about that. *blushing*

[DeafSweetMind]

And also, they violated Deaf babies/children s body property and crossed their own boundary line. That is the treatment of being so cruel toward Deaf Human Beings. That is my boycott against AGBell and Medicals and some parent of CI deaf with a very nasty audist attitude, who have a very disrespectful of our outspoken about our Deaf children s right. They are very wrong to violate their Deaf children s body properties that is a child abuse. Hurting Deaf babies/children is M E A N.

[DeafSweetMind]

I rather to change from Gallaudet University to Laurent Clerc University that he was the one who accept us and our native language after he realized how important for us to have native language to understand the concept of language first before English written. He is the one who should represent the name of University.