The deaf person in the video above supports AB 2072
UPDATE: Click here to see the latests news on AB 2072 (June 12, 2010)
Assembly Bill 2072, which is written by Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, was passed by the California State Assembly yesterday, by a vote of 57 to 7. There were also 20 abstentions. Click here to see who voted and how they voted.
This bill will bring us up to par with most other states. It will give parents of newborns who have been identified to be deaf choice. Instead of being told only about American Sign Language Schools they will be given a pamphlet that will advise them about other options, including cochlear implants.
Isn’t choice a good thing?
The sign language cultists don’t think so. They don’t want parents to know their options. They want to doom all deaf children to ASL. Suprisingly a few nutty Republicans, such as Audra Strickland, agree. Luckily they are in the extreme minority.
The bill goes to the State Senate next. I expect they will approve it too. Time to start lobbying Governor Schwarzenegger!
Click here for more information about this bill.
Yes! Now deaf babies will finally be put on the right path toward the promised land that will give them the freedom, the independence, and optimal opportunity to be contributors to society.
The supporters of AB 2072 are all pushing this bill because it is biased for one option– oral education. They’re not really pushing for parent choices like they claim.
I suggest Orange Juice Blog post the actual brochure and show that there’s only 2 sentences about ASL, 2 sentences about Total Communication, 2 sentences about Cued Speech and 8 pages of information about Listening and Speaking, which is also known as oral education. And who really pays for the brochure? It’s definitely not federal or state money.
AG Bell Association and many private oral schools are behind this bill. A lot of the supporters who came to testify were all from the oral schools.
Look at the truth, the facts. Don’t believe the misinformation from ex-CIA agents working for the supporters of AB 2072.
I’ll make it easier for you all… the brochure they’re talking about can be found here: http://www.communicatewithyourchild.org/brochures.html See what Karl White showed to the Assembly Health Committee on April 20, 2010 for yourself before saying the opposition, which is a diverse group of Deaf and hard of hearing people, is crazy or pushing ASL an an option. They did not write the bill… remember that.
Even though AB 2072 is a bill about Deaf and hard of hearing people, the Assembly was not able to provide captioning for the live broadcast because Assemblymember Mendoza was not willing to allow a week to get this accommodation set up. American Sign Language interpreters were provided but that did not allow all deaf and hard of hearing people the ability to access the proceedings. What an irony!!!
Hi, everyone!
I must admit that I am deaf and that I was a former student from California School for the Deaf, Fremont. In this school, there are great programs that assist deaf children to learn everything. BUT, when I was at the school, I had seen a lots of deaf students had poor education (writing, reading, math, etc.); as to opposed to that they had strong communication access – ASL.
I have to say that I SUPPOSE AB 2072 because I strongly believe that hearing parents have their rights to make decisions for their deaf infants and communication. Other than that, I see that deaf children with cochlear implant have successful education at the public schools instead of the deaf school. I know, my experience at the school for the deaf, Fremont, – really sucks! A lots of deaf teachers at the school are favoring most deaf students of deaf parents only, instead of deaf students of HEARING parents!!! That sucks!!
Sorry, I have to say that because everyone has the right to KNOW that CSDF sucks!!
GO for AB 2072!!!
Regarding about “The deaf person in the video above supports AB 2072”, He, Russell Errigo, doesn’t really care about Deaf children and just trying to publicizes his business, http://deafbunny.com/ to the people.
I want to add that – That’s time to have a new change just like what President Obama says! Don’t ever go to CSD Fremont and Riverside! Don’t ever listen to what deaf community says! A reason is that deaf schools just care more about ASL and deaf culture only, NOT deaf students!
Congrats to AB 2072 bill!! I’m looking forward to seeing what goes on AB 2072 for hearing parents and deaf children..
The deaf person in the video above supports AB 2072
His name is Russel E., he own porn business Deaf Bunny (deafbunny.com) from Arizona.
Richard Roehm preach false message!
Next State Senate, AB 2072 will passed for sure because of strong Democrat. Hope Governor Schwarzenegger (R) will veto AB 2072!
Oberkotter Foundation gives tons of money to the California Coalition(Oral only) groups that discriminates against sign language. California Coalition is the main sponsor of AB2072 Bill.
Giving monies to any organizations or groups that discriminates against American Sign language is like Oberkotter Foundation giving monies to groups such as KKK that discriminates against minorities, Muslim that discriminates women’s rights,
Oberkotter Foundation is the main money support to any groups that will hurt any Deaf children that needs American Sign Language, that is Child Abuse. Not all Deaf children can learn to speak or able to hear good enough.
America morally has overcome racist, overcome sexist, but Oberkotter Foundation disregards those Deaf children that failed to learn to speak and unable to hear good enough by pouring millions of dollars to discriminate sign language.
Why support the biased AB2072 Bill, it needs to be fixed to be fair.
California got it right, unlike ass-backwards Arizona and other states. The parents are the FINAL ARBITERS for communication options for own children; rightfully so, similar to the federal IDEA law that opened up placement options for deaf/hh children. The California bill merely clarifies to parents and families that they have a CHOICE as to options and only for their own child, and does NOT exclude ASL (ASL remains an option). The only frightening prospect here is that the so-called “Deaf” movements, consisting of virulent and militant forms, are seeking to ENFORCE an “ASL only” scenario that is bereft of any other option (especially anything to do with oralsm). Their insecurity, for whatever reason, should not be assuaged by sacrificing the liberties and freedom of choice for others. These “Deaf” movements have done well to stoke hatred and alienate anyone who does not agree with them. Thanks to Russel Errigo who demonstrates not only common sense, but sizable brass to actually go on video using his real name to warn whomever will listen to repudiate the illogical and stupid “ASL language only” demagogues. ~~Fiver!
WHOA!
When Jennifer said, “Don’t ever listen to what deaf community says!”
It is like KKK telling the public, Don’t ever listen to what Black community says!
That is a BIG Red Flag!
To The Truth, Deaf Reader, and Hard of Hearing, are the personal attacks against a tax-paying CA resident the best you can do? Ad hominem comments show you have nothing sustainable to add to the debate. Do you honestly think you are doing an excellent job showing the parents how well you can carry yourselves here?
The bill seems very reasonable. The key issue is parents being fully informed of all choices, not which method is the best. Nothing stops the Deaf people from promoting ASL in brochures. Are they afraid of healthy competition? The whole scenario is too bizarre.
To Deaf Reader II,
If the Bill, AB2072 is passed, who does all the talking to parents?
How much information do these parents get before making their full informed decision?
You need to read all the tiny lines between the actual information in the bill that is full of loopholes with the advantage towards audiologist and Oberkotter Foundation’s amibition against sign language.
Don’t be gullible
Then please use this wonderful opportunity to educate the readers about these loophopes instead of bashing against someone you don’t like. Are there valid reasons for the deaf organizations not to educate the audiologists and produce brochures for the parents? Hospitals notify hearing organizations when an infant is identified to be hearing impaired. Why not deaf organizations add themselves on the lists like others?
Deaf Reader, it appears that those who oppose the bill can’t come up with anything better to debate on this issue but to trash people. The supporters are not even doing that. This says a lot.
You said: who does all the talking to parents?
You obviously have not read the bill have you? Information on ALL communication options which also includes ASL as a language will be provide by written communication and electronic means. Brochure and Websites.
Click on my name and read my last two post on this issue. Also checkout http://ireflections09.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/ab-2072-parental-anger-and-deafhood-redux/
and
http://theholism.blogspot.com/2010/04/revised-ab-2072.html and other posts within that site.
Holism’s blog/vlog is full of false information, biased information, and falsehoods. Why waste our time by suggesting we go there? Sheesh.
This law is biased and does NOT give a neutral perspective on all of the options a Deaf child has. In additon to this, this law encourages some approaches to teaching Deaf kids that have been proven through research to be ineffective. Why are we doing this all over again? Why are we wasting our time with teachign methods that don’t work?
Candy,
the supporters have mega monies from Oberkotter Foundation and people like you and Barry Sewell, Holism will do anything for the smell of money, not the morality for the needs of Deaf children.
You two do not go out in public anywhere as a leader but trash others that are leaders.
Get a life!
You’re not getting your facts straight. You don’t seem to know much about the bill. So, that is why I gave you several links so you can try to understand what the bill is about. Instead of listening to other people, read the bill yourself or ask a neutral person to explain the bill to you.
Did you see pathetic Portland State University College Professor, Carl Schroeder, accusing Tony Mendoza and a porn director meeting each other. I have a feeling that it will endanger his job as a college professor for defamation of character on Tony Mendoza. Here’s the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8srH6J7VKjA
Forgot to add, Rusell told every body in DVTV and you tube that he is member of MAFIA. Should hearing parents who have deaf babies trust Russell who own porn and member of mafia?
Yes, that is correct. The posted vlog is the producer/owner of DeafBunny. This person also claimed that he has relatives working in Obama Administration, FBI, CIA, local police and elected representatives. None of this is true.
I made a VP call to Tony Mendoza yesterday and they denied that they had a meeting with the filthy pig boy.
Cindy, you sicken me and incredibly bore me to death.
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This is not the Hollywood Enquirer.
Ppl, please leave out the personal attacks and stick to the subject of this blog, California’s AB 2072.
It’s amazing. If the opposition has a GOOD argument why the bill is not good, you would think they would get into an intelligent debate and provide their intelligent points why AB2072 is not good. I have not seen anything like that.
All I’m seeing is dirt and more dirt and it has NOTHING to do with the Bill. That’s the best they can do?
I’m scratching my head, wondering….
Candy,
There are a lot of intelligent debate and have provide their intelligent points why AB2072 is not good so please be patience.
Please don’t be part of the crowd such as Russell Errigo, Barry Sewell, Richard Roehm, etc, you are too smart for that.
Cindy: Many of us already stated why we opposed to AB2072. But again, you remind me of these teabaggers across the South.
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Ridor,
With all respect by accusing someone like Russell, how are you any different? You admitted taking $350 dumping your feces to a married lawyer in New York whick is illegal sexual activities. Deafbunny is legal.
Care to explain that?
To Aciddeafdum,
About Ridor, maybe he took one of your acid once and made a silly mistake. But a guy like Russell, he seems to be on acid all the time!
Be cool and don’t jump on the bandwagon with Russell Errigo, Barry Sewell, Richard Reohm, etc.
Yes, Deafbunny is legal but very, very low class member of the society.
You see I not only can hoot in California but in other states.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9AomFM0zos
A buck made in the porn industry is as good as a buck earned through the church basket.
So what if he’s a porn flick producer. Remember, California aint a dixie bible belt state.
And the senseless bashing of Asswemblymember Mendoza and Russell Errigo is evident in this video blog by a deaf Canadian ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKKrISVTQDY
Remember California needs to mandate cochlear implants in insurance policies. This’ll eliminate the final barrier.
And the rationale for mandatory coverage for Cochlear Implants is at http://www.hear-for-life.org/cicoveragerationale.pdf
Deaf Reader,
Acknowledging his silly mistakes does tell the whole story. We have evidence of his gay prostitute on and off basis. Once is many.
Is Playboy a low class to you? Many Americans watch adult entertainment in their private moments. DeafBunny is new to deaf people as I assume.
Aciddeafdum,
So then that tells me what kind of person you are.
I am not part of your group in the OrangeJuice Blog.
I am out of here.
Here is another deaf vlogger who supports the bill. Big thumbs up to her!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZHi1SY8Udg
http://candysweetblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/what-it-is-all-about-the-truth-behind-opposing-ab2072/
Selfish deaf people. They don’t want deaf children to hear and speak, but to stay deaf. They don’t care about the deaf children.
I grew up oral, wearing a cochlear implant. I thank my parents very much for giving me opportunities to listen and talk. I have a right to hear and speak. The deaf children have rights to hear, too.
Regarding AB 2072
Dear Members of the California State Senate,
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and consider the historic opportunity for parents to play a role in charting the life journeys of their deaf babies.
This historic opportunity is known as Assembly Bill 2072 by Assemblymember Tony Mendoza that changes the way deaf babies are handled once they’re determined through the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention programs.
As civilization evolves and advances, the communities within advances as well. Not all communities are willing to advance with civilization. The sign language based deaf community is one of them. They may seem to advance with technology, but they remain in a medieval state of mind that still believe in staying dependent on taxpayers and living in a closed society.
The costs of maintaining a dependency based deaf community is enormous. Theresa Bugler wrote in the lifestyles magazine that it costs $800,000 to teach a deaf child sign language. The costs go beyond the $800,000 when taxpayers has to pay for their interpreters in their schools, pay for their videophones in their homes, and finally pay for their living expenses for the rest of their lives because they usually end up not working. Modern Deaf Communication has determined that deaf people who routinely use videophones have a lower job occurrence in the deaf society.
Given these times when California is strained financially, it pays more to create a new deaf community that does not end up as dependants on society as we’ve seen they have become and does not end up as a drain on the taxpayers.
It pays more to give the parents the options on how their deaf babies are to be raised. Lets return the deaf babies back to the soft warm loving arms of their parents instead shipping them off to the hard cold crab claws of a closed deaf society.
It has been proven many times over through deaf video blogging websites such as deafvideo.tv, justdeaf.com, aslrocks.net, jdeaf.com, deafcube.com, and also seen in facebook.com, tokbox.com, and many other video sharing websites that the closed deaf society do not care about their members. There is never ending infighting over picky issues, misconceptions, and misunderstandings. Speaking of which, a well known deaf entrepreneur recently recruited a deaf college professor to preach hatred under the misunderstood guise of combating hate crimes against deaf people. Many deaf members oftentimes have to go through painstaking gauntlets of litmus testing because most members of the dependent deaf society seek “the purity within” by weeding out those that are determined not deaf enough physically and literally. Should we as a responsible society be sending the deaf babies out this way? NO!
Do parents need to sacrifice their deaf babies to the dependent deaf society as it is? NO! Parents need to have a strong say on how their deaf babies are to be raised and lets give them that opportunity by supporting and passing AB 2072.
Lets return the deaf babies back to the soft warm loving arms of their parents.
Signed
Richard Roehm
Modern Deaf Communication
it’s Theresa Bulger, not Bugler
Remember:
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The late Modern Deaf Communication founder Morton Warnow discovered that the deaf community has a very high illiteracy rate. Perhaps the inability of the large deaf organizations to understand the AB2072 bill, based on their opposition, reflects the deepness of the illiteracy problem. All they have to do is read the bill and they will read that ASL is included. The shameful opposition we’re seeing to AB2072 is becoming a major embarrassment to the whole class of people with hearing loss.
That is a gross!!
The CI and Speech therapy are usually expensive and can not guarantee complete success. Even with the implants, Deaf child would have to attend several sessions of speech therapy every week. Despite spending most of their childhoold in speech therapy, they still do lag behind in picking up new vocabularies and language develpment.
Few successful cases do not mean other many cases will be successful and that is what fooled so many parents , who are seeking for “Miracle”.
Can you tell me how many blind people became seeing people with their implants? How many people with wheelchairs became walking people after surgeries? How many cripple people became normal people?
I am glad that I do not live in Californa that is a worst state second to that state with illegal immigrants supporters to abuse tax payers and insurance companies. Good lucks to them for Mexifornia and Audifornia ‘s bankruptcy for false hopes since I witnessed several deaf children with CI sufferings of inferiority.
This bill is vaguely written and it points to National Institute on Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders agency where it makes me nervous. NIDOCD’s web has nice information but it is all about science by trying to cure deafness. Often any bill comes with some hidden agenda as much as much as you can read between the lines and this bill gave too many red flags that would frown whole China.
This bill needs to be more specific in reference with information. It generally states “whatchamacallit” information to be provided and it could be anything.. CI can be considered full information.. or ASL only. From what I see, it needs be written with better scope of information which would be provided.
Another day in politics office where they would argue whether comes first: chicken or egg.
Embarrassment of their illiteracy problem? Unfortunately, many deaf people are illiterate but the original problem would need to be analyzed where the decisions were made by someone else who is/was illiterate in deafness. The blame should not be on illiterate deaf people but at people who made the decisions long time ago who don’t know if stupid is as stupid does. So, help deaf people by educating them is the best way instead of putting them down with “illiterate deafs.”
So this bill should be not be passed because of too many possible loopholes. Rewriting this bill is the best option.
How many of you hearies, ever experienced being Deaf? Is it right for hearing parents to choose one of the 100 percent full information of pros and cons even though they have no experience of being deaf or what deafness really is.
How many of you know the Deaf with cochlear implants ‘s life can not be saved ? CPR can kill them. How many of you aware that Deaf patients with CI can not be able to get proper results from their doctors with no MRI and X Ray ? They can not undergo all anything that affects the CI.
Then it can shorten the Deaf with CI ‘s life span , period!. Thank you all supporters for being ignored over the true facts of the Deaf’s sufferings of tortures like Frankenstein with many incisions if their hearings are still failed with the CI.