April 2012
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“Never underestimate your abilities. Be your own best advocate.”
– WomenWorking.com
Deaf Service Bureau of West Central Florida: Check... →
The Five Year Engagement and other newly released captioned movies that are playing at theaters now.
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“We attract to ourselves what we hold inside. Every circumstance, every person,...”
– The Secret
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“Tom Foley of the World Institute on Disability says it comes down to economics....”
– “What are the barriers to the Internet for people with disabilities?”
Marketplace Tech
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Famous Deaf People #9
LeRoy Colombo - Famous deaf lifeguard entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for saving 907 lives.
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“Ethical thinking is cognitively expensive: it takes effort, focus, and time....”
– Margaret Heffernan
AOL Jobs
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“No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be, you...”
– The Secret
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Famous Deaf People #8
Marcus Titus - US National Swim Team
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Newsweek: The 13 Most Useful* College Majors (As... →
newsweek:
1. Nursing
2. Mechanical Engineering
3. Electrical Engineering
4. Civil Engineering
5. Computer Science
6. Finance
7. Marketing and Marketing Research
8. Mathematics
9. Accounting
10. French, German, Latin, and other Common Foreign Languages
11. …
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“The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 argues that the nation must assure...”
– NY Times
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“The trustees said on Monday that the disability fund will be exhausted by 2016,...”
– NY Times
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“The breakneck growth in the disability program is not simply about demography....”
– NY Times
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Gimpunk: Being in a wheelchair in public is... →
lindseyelarson:
I can deal with ignorance, for the most part. I can deal with the fact that when you’re in a chair you get a lot of looks.
I get the eye contact with the “I feel sorry for you” half smile. I HATE that. I know they think they’re being nice but I don’t need their pity, I deal…
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Thriving With Disabilities: Thriving With... →
thrivingwithdisabilities:
I’ve been in pretty rough shape over the past couple of weeks, but I’m trying to post on something resembling a weekly schedule. This week is a simpler suggestion for coping:
Be open about your disability.
I don’t just mean visual cues people can see, like a cane or walker or wheelchair.
I mean…
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Where's the happy medium between being sympathetic...
~@iMustTweet
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NPR Music: The 13 Most Useless College Majors (As... →
sad but true:
1. Fine Arts
2. Drama and Theatre Arts
3. Film, Video, and Photographic Arts
4. Commercial Art and Graphic Design
5. Architecture
6. Philosophy and Religious Studies
7. English Literature and Language
8. Journalism
9. Anthropology and…
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“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,...”
– Albert Einstein
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“Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.”
– Thornton Wilder
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“Deal with the world the way it is, not the way you wish it was.”
– John Chambers
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WatchKickass Kid of the Day: Seven-year-old Annie Clark has just been awarded top prize in a national penmanship contest. Annie also was born without hands.
What’s her secret? She wedges a pencil between her arms and she’s “learned to go slow,” she said. “I think about doing words and spelling.”
[gizmodo]
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“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”
– Edmund Hillary
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“Proper maintenance reduces waste! Keep your appliances in good working order and...”
– U.S. EPA
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“Your feelings are cosmic communication! The good feelings mean, GOOD FOR YOU....”
– The Secret
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Check out these Green Employers during Earth Week
Green jobs:
American Wind Energy Association (36 green jobs less than 30 days old)
CleanTech (1 green job less than 60 days old)
Clean Techies (35 green jobs less than 60 days old)
Clean Tech Recruits (522 green jobs less than 60 days old)
Eco.org (642 green jobs less than 60 days old)
Ecological Society of America (26 green jobs less than 60 days old)
Eco Employ (1 green jobs less than 60...
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“Violence against disabled women has an added dimension. It is a silent act...”
– -India Current Affairs
The Deaf Service Bureau of West Central Florida is an official partner of the Hillsborough County Family Justice Center in Tampa, Fla. where all victims of domestic violence or abuse can seek help.
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“According to the U.S. Census Bureau, people with disabilities are almost twice...”
– ~Elliot Raphaelson
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“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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Famous Deaf People #2
Marlee Matlin - The famous deaf actress who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut role inChildren of a Lesser God at the age of twenty-one.
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“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.”
– ~Helen Keller
Famous Deaf People #1
weloveasl:
Alice Cogswell - Alice was the young deaf girl who inspired Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet to devote his life to educating the deaf.
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“Anyone who angers you conquers you.”
– Elizabeth Kenny
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“Deaf culture is composed of a community of people who consider deafness to be a...”
– SEE WHAT I’M SAYING
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of...”
– Helen Keller
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“Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you’re...”
– William Durant
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