Where is a Sense of Decency??

It is the middle of the night and I am so shocked at what I see, that I just have to blog this before going to bed. I checked Deafread.com, and saw that at the top, as of 1:00 am, was a submitted link by DR Hocokan. That link was to a transcript on the DBC Facts website, of an actual AIM meeting by the DBC core group.

Update (Sunday night): the AIM transcript was removed sometime on Sunday.

My objection is not to what was said in that meeting! It is to the fact that no effort whatsoever was made to edit that transcript to at least substitute fake or real first names for the screen names! The actual screen names and e-mail addresses were published!

I have published transcripts before of AIM conversations on my blog(s), but I always put in a fake screen name or some other type of substitution, to protect peoples' privacy. Whomever posted this transcript did not give a single thought to the privacy of the people who participated in that AIM meeting.

Now the participants will have to scramble to change their screen names and e-mail addresses.

Wanted: Strong, Neutral Parent Organization

I am getting tired of all this DBC/AGBell/NAD conflict. I suspect others are bored and frustrated by it too, if the growing number of posts in the deaf blogosphere calling for openness to all communication and learning methods is any indication. Is there any parent organization out there that supports all communication methods?

American Society for Deaf Children? Their About Us page is unclear. It only says " We believe deaf or hard-of-hearing children are entitled to full communication access..." It does not say clearly if ASDC supports sign language, speech, cued speech, etc. These days "full communication access" is pretty meaningless if the argument over AG Bell's support for speech and listening over sign language (but not outright opposing sign language) is any indication.

Fortunately, there IS one parent organization that comes right out and cites on their About Us page all the communication methods as being supported. This page states "We are parents of ASL signers, cued speech users.... parents of kids with cochlear implants or total communicators..." There is one parent organization that combines the advocacy and perspectives of AGBell, DBC, and the NAD. That organization is Hands and Voices. (
I am not a member of Hands and Voices, but I know about the organization.)