[ASL] Fwd: Deaf Culture on NPR with web captions

[Drew Pidkameny]

 From Lorraine

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Hi everyone,

On Thursday, October 12 from 2:00-4:00 pm, National Public Radio (NPR) 
will air a two hour program about Deaf Culture. The show, “Talk of the 
Nation”, will be captioned live on their web site at 
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6189253 so that 
Deaf and hard-of-hearing people can join in. (If you can’t get to the 
above address, you can go to www.npr.org <http://www.npr.org/>, click on 
“Talk of the Nation” in the left column and then there’s a listing for 
the Oct.12 Deaf Culture show.)

For folks who want to listen to it, “Talk of the Nation” airs live on 
WPNI 1430 AM in Amherst from 2-4 but is hard to hear outside of Amherst. 
It’s also live on WAMC 1400 AM out of Albany. It’s repeated on WPKT 90.5 
FM out of Hartford from 8:00-10:00 pm. You can also check the NPR web 
site for the station nearest you and their schedule.

This show is heard by people from around the country and the world. If 
you try to e-mail or call with a question you may not get through. But 
it should be interesting to see what people have to say. Below is a 
description of the show from the web site.

Lorraine

In the 18 years since I. King Jordan took the helm of Gallaudet 
University, deaf culture has changed immensely. Jordan became the 
president of Gallaudet -- the world's only university dedicated to deaf 
and hard-of-hearing students -- in 1988. He will leave the job at the 
end of 2006.

In a special edition of //Talk of the Nation//, host Neal Conan will 
talk with Jordan about his legacy, the debate over cochlear implants, 
and the controversy surrounding the appointment of Jordan's successor.

The conversation, which will take place on Oct. 12, will be available on 
this page via instant captioning, and it will include members of the 
deaf and hard-of-hearing community, who are invited to e-mail or call in.

In the show's second hour, we will examine the shifting debate over 
cochlear implants.

Once an issue that divided the deaf community, the use of cochlear 
implants is now more accepted. But difficult questions remain about how 
people with cochlear implants can live in two worlds -- the hearing and 
the deaf -- and about how children with the implants should be educated.

Our guests include documentary filmmaker Josh Aronson, whose //Sound and 
Fury// tells the story of two brothers divided by their views on whether 
their own children should get the implants.

Aronson has recently completed a follow-up to his film, //Sound and 
Fury: Six Years Later//. He will join the program along with Peter and 
Heather Artinian, who were featured in both films.