Disability, Ability, and Greatness

Video: Disability, Ability, and Greatness in captioned.

Video by Benny Adam



Further Notes/Further Questions:

0. It is hard to determine if historical figures were autistic, but it is widely believed that Albert Einstein, Paul Dirac (Nobel Prize Physics 1933), and possibly Isaac Newton were autistic, among others. There are many who assert that autism and Musical/Mathematical genius are positively linked.



1. Alexander Graham Bell is actually a controversial figure. Q: Is it a contradiction to be both deaf and hearing? Are we involuntarily turning our children into cyborgs by giving them cochlear implants? Should we take advantage of critical periods of learning, or should we wait to allow a child to decide for him/herself whether he or she really wants a cochlear implant?



2. Dostoyevsky's full name is Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (abbreviated in video).



3. Kay Kavus is a character from the Persian National Epic, the Letter of Kings (the Shahnameh). Note the winged man flying next to the throne.



4. Harriet Tubman was not actually born with narcolepsy. She developed it after being struck (violently) by an overseer when she was a slave.



5. Wheels, associated with wheelchairs, are in fact powerful philosophical and historical symbols. The Ashoka Chakra is a wheel associated with the idea of the Chakravartin, a righteous ruler who, without moving himself, becomes the axis around which the world turns.



6. Question (to contemplate): Is the significance of Princess Changping in Chinese Culture her historical role, or her mythical role as a figure in Chinese folklore?

The NAD Supports Marriage Equality

Video: The NAD supports marriage equality in captioned.



The National Association of the Deaf Supports Marriage Equality: HRC's Programs Intern Nicholas Bolger speaks about the National Association of the Deaf supporting marriage equality.

Video by hrcmedia

Cochlear Implant Failures Lawsuits & AG Bell

Video: Cochlear Implant Failures Lawsuits & AG Bell.



Advanced Bionics had to pay $1,100,000 and their ceo was fined $75,000 Advanced bionics sued for violating FDA regulations re: CI safety by Weitz and Luxenberg - 2nd suit in process - Teresa Curtin Deaf lawyer. Meanwhile Advanced Bionics is at the top of the AG Bell Assoc homepage.

Cochlear Implant Failures Lawsuits & AG Bell.

Find http://www.weitzlux.com/failed-cochlear-implants_1937570.html for more information on the lawsuits.



Potential symptoms of defective cochlear implants include:

# A sudden sensation of discomfort or pain;

# A sudden loud noise or popping sound;

# An intermittent functioning;

# A complete loss of sound;

# In infants or children, an unwillingness to wear the external headpiece, crying or fussiness when the sound processor is turned on, lack of expected progress or diminished progress in achieving speech/language milestones, or apparent loss of audiological benefit.

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Failures & Cochlear Implant

Find http://www.petitiononline.com/AFA62509/petition.html - kudos link to AFA petition calling for an indep and impartial invest. into CI. to folks who are standing against falsehoods and time to uncover the true failures. Also a question about remote control CIs and what is our role and responsibilities here?

for more info on the true failures. Find http://handeyes.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/the-truth-about-failures/



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