Got D for Dandy and for Deaf?

D is fo Deaf by De'VIA artist - Nancy Rourke

 [ALIVE and AWAKE

& ACTIVE] 

Since most of us [Deaf, Deaf of Deaf, partially Deaf, late Deaf, CoDas, parents of Deaf children, spouses of Deaf folks, siblings of Deaf folks, teachers of Deaf folks, interpreters of Deaf folks, foreigners who have experienced linguisims, other cultural groups who have experienced racism, sexism, etc, and allies] KNOW, we KNOW its Dandy to be Deaf and making Deaf folks never more as in deadending being Deaf is NOT cool and the push to change Deaf to dead is not acceptable, we all r gonna let our fingers do the talking.

So give me a D if u believe its ok to be Deaf and Deaf is better than dead.

http://youtu.be/vEB_CVB1aWs

Antonia's People of the Eye - Big D

patti's D-Heart

D for Dear Destinee, our granddaughter D for Deaf D for Dandy F for DeaF not DeaD

Activist, Shawn Elfink, reflects on how being D is handy

A big ole D for the People of the handEYE

Unless … last vs first letter

Unless we care more for the last letter than the height of the first…

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

~ The Lorax

Queen of Deaf Hearts by Nancy Rourke see site for full description of the artwork http://www.nancyrourke.com/queendeafhearts.htm

ahh the drama over the height of a D

and Ds upon thars or not

havent we done done this dysfunctional dance before?

hmmmm wonder why its cropped up again folks

and consider the source and why bother – they have no power, influence, credibility or truths

its OK to be Deaf (dont matter if u r profoundly or partially or a wee bit) it is dandy and handy

The oppression and denial that often comes with it is less than desirable though, folks and this is why we STAND against the systems that promote audism

so give me a big D if u pls – i got a tweet up

with this pix and if u wanna share urs just click reply and upload ur pix and if i get a few ill put them all here to share if u desire.  If u dont no worries at all.

It’s good to be D folks.

So we need not be squabbling over the height of one letter, eh?

It is futile and fruitless when the last letter is really the issue

is it to be F or D?

DeaF or DeaD  

DeaF as in alive, awake, aware, and ACTIVE or Dead as in no more and/or a Death of the Spirit (see MLK, Jr speech)

That is the question, my friends and what you do and

what you fail to do will determine the answer.

from http://dauntlessmedia.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/loraxunless.jpganswer.

Some folks got being DEAF in the cross-hairs marked for eradicate, mate.  Whatcha gonna do do?

“and all that the Lorax left here in this mess was a small pile of rocks with one word
UNLESS” ~ The Once-ler

Quotes from Dr. Suess’ “The Lorax”

and this is a VERY old vlog entry (July 2010) that spoke to a similar theme – What’s It Gonna Be Deaf or Dead

PS: SIGNMARK rocked the house at RSD last night.  Filled me with joy and awe.  and AW, all the wee things up on stage grooving with him and even a tiny little red head took center stage and by the end of the evening everyBODY (Deaf and Hearing alike) was on their feet moving and grooving – even the oldest Board members.  ahhh to be INDEPENDENT.