Is this really a choice? AB2072 (captioning in English)

Please click "CC" icon to view this vlog in English subtitle. This vlog discusses whether the choices supposedly provided are really choices.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• asl
• vlog
• oppose
• ab2072
• deaf
• oral
• american
• sign
• language
• cochlear
• implant
• tony
• mendoza

[DeafArch]

Although that I am already against AB2072, thank you for the enlightenment! Wow! Need to pressure for significant additional funding for ASL programs! Wow, thanks for your great vlog!

[skyxavier]

@DeafArch We should already have equal funding in place. Of course, they always use this excuse "It's too expensive!" but don't think twice about giving funding to the AVT program. We need to show them how much they give funding to the AVT and ASL program so they can see for themselves how unfair they are being.

[aguabo]

Very articulating and FACTS! Thank you, is this programmed with CC?

[skyxavier]

@aguabo Unfortunately, no. But I just gave permission for someone to add CC on it. :)

[j1201]

Seeing your video really breaks my heart but also has informed me of what is going on. What can I do to help? I am a United States citizens living over seas in Taiwan which is just now starting to battling inadequates such as this. For years public transport ignored those who are physically challenged, no elevators, no ramps, etc. Things are getting better here but they are suffering similar issues. Students with hearing loss are simply "shipped" like cargo to special schools.

[truevoiceofsanity]

Hi, I'm Canadian too. I'm sad to hear that the parents don't have an easy way to get access to the other form of deaf education. Its a disadvantage of small populations we have in some parts of Canada. Best wishes on it. :(. As for aboringinal thing, my internet is too slow to get to that. If you live with the father, he can still teach them aboriginal culture.

[ASLFantastic2009]

hi skyxavier.. i missed yours. now i can written you in youtube. glad to hear whats your story of ab2072. i understand your desire to oppose ab2072. but find its very interesting in me which you re talking about asl litercacy consultants - $2,000 a year per family. no wonder its not enough. anyway, good luck for your support an oppose ab2072. but for me, nah, i do support ab2072. sorry.

[aguabo]

@Sazzydeafgurl

yes right, I wish I had acquired ASL first then I might remember the skills. 3 years of endless failing AVT and cued speech, I started all over again. ASL wasn't my parents' first choice after I came out of hospital. We went through the walk of walks. We are the true stakeholders at heart. We know the best plan, called Organic Cure for Deafness.. =D

[Sazzydeafgurl]

@aguabo Just to let you know, I didn't leave ASL out. I was saying it is good mixed if you going to learn about spoken language.

[aguabo]

@wiggums1

fyi, Californiadeaf is the same troll as Ironteeth27 known as RIchard Roectrum (sp?) He has history of failed interaction with Deaf people, am sure you knew. =D

[aguabo]

@Sazzydeafgurl I was tried for cued speech & aural/verbal training at one of top programs at Children's Hospital. Guess what? I flunked all of them. As result of this, my education development got delayed until 5th birthday. I was introduced to sign language, it finally opened my eyes to world of learning opportunities. I would strongly urge deaf children to learn ASL first then practice speech later. If they can't speak well then they have strong foundation of lingustic. make sense?

[theHolism]

Thanks for sharing these interesting and valid points. I really appreciate them. Fundings and resources do vary greatly from one State to the other. Laws do vary between Canada and U.S. Therefore it's not possible to entirely compare one State law with others. In Arizona we have such law and it's highly effective. No complaints here. It is not the law that makes or break us. It's people's mentality that does. Even if the law was written perfectly it boils down to people's attitude.

[californiadeaf]

@skyxavier I'm the only one that OCSSA contacts when they have a case in involving deaf people if needed my assist. Los Angeles has a few and one of them I know her. And that's just about it. It'd be great to see more deaf involved in social work in OC because some cases are difficult to assist and would rather see someone else handle for my own safety.

[skyxavier]

@californiadeaf Can you say how many Deaf social workers work directly with Deaf babies like you do?

In Ontario, Canada, there are none that we all know of.  In fact, I asked someone at the IHP if there was a deaf person in Ontario with that job-no.

Wiggums-I didn't imply that the workers never came across a deaf person before. Many of them don't really understand ASL, how to explain ASL literacy in children. How can you explain something that you don't understand completely?