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Deaf History

I mentioned in an earlier post that I am a part of the deaf community. Being labeled CODA (child of deaf adult(s)) is what a person like myself is called. I am hearing, I can hear, but both of my parents, two of my three brothers, and vast majority of my maternal relatives are deaf. I grew up in that community, I grew up feeling more at home in that community than I ever did in the hearing community.

There's a whole culture to being deaf. There's the language, reading body language to convey tone, there's a whole thing about being deaf that goes beyond just knowing Sign Language. This is why when learning Sign Language, being immersed in it is the best way to learn. (But then, this is true of any and all languages.)

In so many ways, ASL (American Sign Language) is my first language. I learned how to sign first before I learned how to speak with my voice. I frequently found myself wishing I could go to the deaf school instead of the public school because I was more comfortable around deaf people than I was hearing people. (And no, I would not have been allowed to attend deaf school; it's restricted for deaf students only.)

I grew up accustomed to watching television, movies, etc, with captioning or subtitles. In fact, it's weird for me to watch them without. My mother didn't believe me at first until she asked an interpreter who was also CODA. The interpreter said it was the same for her.

My parents met at Gallaudet, the country's first, and so far, only deaf university. In fact, it's the first in the world. The history of Gallaudet, of American Sign Language, was all because of one man.

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet's life was forever changed because of a deaf little girl named Alice.

Alice wasn't playing with other children and that drew his attention. Concerned as to why, Thomas found out that Alice was deaf and could not communicate at all. Determined to teach her, Thomas taught Alice what different objects were called by writing their names and drawing pictures of them with a stick in the dirt. Alice's father was impressed and hired Gallaudet to continue teaching Alice through the summer.

Alice's father, along with several businessmen and clergy, asked Gallaudet to travel to Europe to study methods for teaching deaf students. There was a family in Scotland that they wanted to work with, but that family refused for whatever reason. Plus, Gallaudet found their preference for oral communication extremely limited and did not produce desirable results.

While in Great Britain, Gallaudet met Abbé Sicard, head of the Institution Nationale des Sourds-Muets à Paris, and two of its deaf faculty members, Laurent Clerc and Jean Massieu. Gallaudet was invited to Paris to study the school's method of teaching the deaf using manual communication. Gallaudet studied the teaching methodology under Sicard, learning sign language from Massieu and Clerc.

Gallaudet sailed back to America with Clerc. The two men toured the New England region and raised funds for a deaf school in Hartford, Connecticut. It later became known as the American School for the Deaf in 1817. Alice was one of the first seven students.

One of Gallaudet's children, his youngest, founded the first college for the deaf, in 1864.

It is due to Gallaudet that American Sign Language even exists. Despite many an indigenous tribe having their own form of sign language, none ever became the official form of sign language for the United States.

Almost each country have their own form of sign language. No, it is not the same, and language barriers exists for deaf people as well. There was even an invention of an International Sign Language that was used during the Deaf Olympics to help bridge communication issues.

I love sign language. It is the third most widely used language in the United States. First is English, second is Spanish, and third is Sign Language. No, deaf people are not dumb (I honestly hated that old saying and am happy to see it finally phasing out). They can read, write, live independently, work, drive, you name it--there are solutions to each of their problems. Accessible solutions.

Having visible celebrities such as Shoshannah Stern, Marlee Matlin, and so forth help bring attention to such existence. Switched At Birth, a television show, also spotlighted deaf characters. Recently, a movie called CODA, helped spotlight--and it won an award, too.

I continue to be proud of my heritage. I hope to continue to teach my son how to sign--and taught him the most important one.

The one that says "I love you".

[transastronautistic]

"Who better to send than those who are used to navigating environments not built for them—those who experience that every day on Earth?"

A fascinating look into d/Deaf history, followed by some crip futurism! Article opens discussing the Gallaudet Eleven, a group of men recruited in 1961 to help NASA test "the feasibility of human spaceflight, at a time when nobody knew whether the human body could withstand a trip beyond our atmosphere."

Ten of the eleven men had become d/Deaf through an infection that also damaged their vestibular system, meaning they didn't experience (much) motion sickness—perfect for testing "what might happen to people in places where the inner ear can’t sense up and down. ...Harry Larson, another one of the Gallaudet Eleven, put it this way: 'We were different in a way they needed.'"

Then the article speculates about the future of disabled people in space; excerpt below:

...Right now, pooping in space is actually an important technical challenge. ...“I could plug into the wall and just empty the container that’s been collecting,” says Mallory K. Nelson, a disability design specialist who uses an ileostomy bag...

Or consider movement in space. ...“We move our bodies in so many different ways, and the disabled community has an exuberant amount of options,” says Nelson, who is an amputee and who has used crutches, a wheelchair, a scooter, and a prosthetic to get around. ...

...Take a situation in which astronauts are going somewhere to settle: Able bodies might no longer behave the way we expect. ...Ashley Shew, a professor at Virginia Tech[, says,] “The conditions in which our bodies have grown up are so drastically different that our existence in space will be much more like being a disabled person on Earth than like being an abled person on Earth.” Who better to send than those who are used to navigating environments not built for them—those who experience that every day on Earth?

“Disabled people will fare better in space because disabled people have learned to negotiate hostile situations in ways that able bodied people are completely unaware of,” Shew says. Wong agrees. “The way we communicate, function, and exist with our diverse bodyminds sets us up as ideal space explorers and ambassadors of Earth, ready to make first contact with sentient beings."

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FUNDRAISERS TO HELP DEAF PALESTINIANS

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THANK YOU

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[theseimmortalsouls]

november 29, 1984, prince arranged and funded a free concert for the students of gallaudet university, a school for the deaf and hard of hearing. the surprise concert was kept secret until late in the day to deter gatecrashers. the concert featured interpreters, and the crowd can be seen signing "i love you", which prince reciprocated. he toned down some risqué lyrics while performing his hits. crowd goers raved over feeling the vibrations, feeling his music. images from the gallaudet university archives.

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Milestone Monday

April 15th is National American Sign Language (ASL) Day, observed annually to celebrate the ASL community and its contributions to inclusivity, and to encourage folks to learn the language. Regarded as a natural language, sign language has likely existed for as long as there has been a need to communicate, however, the emergence of ASL is largely credited to Thomas Gallaudet (1787-1851) founder of the American School for the Deaf. Uniting deaf children from the western hemisphere the American School for the Deaf was fertile soil for language contact, developing ASL from French Sign Language, village sign languages, and home sign systems. Today, more than a half-million people throughout the United States use ASL to communicate as their native language. 

In recognition of the day, we’re sharing another book from our Historical Curriculum Collection the Basic Pre-School Signed English Dictionary published by Gallaudet College Press in 1973. Signed English features drawn signs with written instructions to represent 975 words most frequently used by and with pre-school children. The editors also include sign markers and the American Manual Alphabet to be used in conjunction with the vocabulary, encouraging a language that is adaptable and offers a more complete English model of communication. 

Signed English was edited in part by Harry Bornstein and Karen Saulnier who worked on several signing books for young readers throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s, and illustrated by Jack Fennell and Ann Silver. 

Read other Milestone Monday posts here! 

– Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern 

[leftistteendrama]

Switched At Birth was truly a revolutionary show, bringing awareness to historic events like the 1988 Gallaudet University protests. Here’s some Gallaudet 101 with the deaf and hard of hearing activists of Carlton! Listen to us break down this whole plotline on Ep 28 of Leftist Teen Drama, streaming wherever you get your podcasts!

[senti-nell]

Edward Gallaudet. Tell us about him

I will let you know that the following post I am about to write is from my memory of reading Never The Twain Shall Meet years ago (I think three years ago) and not doing any further research but thinking about this fucking guy consistently ever since learning about him. None of my words should be taken at face value.

Edward Gallaudet was the son of Thomas Gallaudet and his mother, Sophia Fowler. Thomas Gallaudet ran the first school for Deaf individuals in the United States. (I can't remember how many grades this covered, but I'm certain it was only for white people and that none of the courses were university level.) It should be noted that Thomas was hearing but Sophia was born Deaf, making Edward what we today call "CODA".

I think (if memory serves) that it was being CODA and his love for his mother and family and friends he made in the Deaf community that propelled Edward on the path to wanting so badly fight for the first Deaf university and for what was then called "manualism" and (I think) is now called "combined education" or "integrated education". This just means that he believed that Deaf/HOH people deserved to have access to learning American Sign Language, which he considered to be "their natural language". (Many agree and so do I by the way.)

Things got complicated due to the "oralist" movement. AG Bell (Alexander Graham Bell, I mean) was a huge proponent of oralism. Along with many others. He fully believed that every Deaf person could eventually learn to speak with constant elocution courses and depriving them of sign.

(Side note: this led to fucking inane shit. Since in oralist schools, NO ONE was allowed to use sign language, it led to humiliating shit like wearing locking gloves and sitting on your hands if you got caught signing. But also, teachers [HEARING teachers] were obviously not allowed to sign but were also not allowed to GESTURE. Have you ever tried teaching and not gesturing? It's basically impossible. You can't rip "body language" out of a human.)

AG Bell is still considered an adversary to the Deaf community to this day, and I don't like the guy. But I do want to say that in his weird brain, he did believe he was doing something right by the Deaf community. He thought that if the Deaf could be just like hearies that they would be accepted in society. But he also fell under the spell of eugenics and supported the idea that two Deaf people should never marry.

I think about Mabel Hubbard a lot, AGB's wife. She went Deaf around age 5. She wrote a beautiful piece about "the sensation of sound". I still think about it. It includes a description of how it feels to "listen" to someone signing. Which people who still can/remember how to hear but know how to sign understand this particular sensation.

Anyway, back to my special boy, Edward.

The clash between Gallaudet and AGB was (if I remember) professional at first and then as time wore on and on between the oralists and the manualists, things got personal. They talked shit about each other amongst colleagues. Letters got heated. It was some 1850s shit in America. And while most of America was in a civil war over "state's rights" (read: slavery), Educators of Deaf/HOH were also fighting amongst each other as well. Not civil war level type of shit but it got nasty at times.

Edward spent basically every waking minute of his life trying to get the college for the Deaf up and running. It was a ton of going to court and getting land and money and staff.

Im not going to say, this caused him to be distant in his marriage(s) but like. Maybe? Some historians think that he was completely immersed in work. Some think he may have been gay. After he married his first wife, he built her a small house on his property but basically never talked to her. After she died, he seemed unbothered, some sources say. He got married again and it was sort of the same thing. Maybe he was gay! But maybe he was like "I have court in the morning of course I cant talk to you" every night for like decades.

(For those wondering: a man called Amos donated the land to build what is now Gallaudet University and Abraham "Baberaham" Lincoln signed a law stating that Gallaudet University had the authority to confer college degrees. All while the civil war was going down. Fuck yeah Abey Baby.)

Apologies for this long post!

*Post written by a hearie (who knows sign) but is a hearie all the same.

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Press Release - Remarks of the President at the Gallaudet Centennial Banquet

Collection LBJ-STMNT: Statements FilesSeries: Statements Files

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY

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THE WHITE HOUSE

REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT

AT THE GALLAUDET CENTENNIAL BANQUET

GALLAUDET COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, D.C.

(AS ACTUALLY DELIVERED)

Mr. Chairman, Mr. President, Senator Hill, Members

of the Board of the Trustees of Gallaudet College, Ladies and

Gentlemen: I am pleased to be able to join personally tonight

in honoring Gallaudet College.

Twenty years ago tonight, on distant shores

America's sons were engaged in a great battle in mankind's

greatest war. One hundred years ago tonight on these

shores America's sons were engaged in a great battle in mankind's

greatest war. One hundred years ago tonight on these

shores America's sons were engaged in bitter battles of

our own cruel civil war.

How we are observing this historic day says

much about America.

In Europe, America's sons meet tonight in peace

with yesterday's allies--and adversaries alike--to plan

the works of future unity instead of worrying about the

wounds of past conflict.

Here in Washington tonight we gather to honor

an institution of higher learning which was established

as an act of compassion in those times of callous strife 100

years ago.

The character of our Nation is comprised of

many traits.

We honor courage.

We value commonsense.

But, across our 188 years, the great cementing

influence has always been compassion.

In our purpose abroad and at home, we have always

heeded the injunction of the Apostle, who told us long ago,

"Be ye of one mind, showing compassion one of another.

Yet, our wealthy society is tolerating a worrisome

burden of wasted human lives. Tonight, too many of our

people are unschooled, untrained, and underemployed. Too many

are physically handicapped. Too many are mentally

handicapped; too many more are handicapped for life by the environments

and the experiences of their childhoods.  America needs these talents. We must not and we

cannot let them go to waste.

An ancient Hebrew proverb teaches that there are

three pillars of society: education, charity, and piety. [full transcription at link]

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El que els voluntaris sords van ensenyar a la NASA sobre la ingravitació

Rafael Clemente / lavanguardia.com Gallaudet University A finals dels anys cinquanta se sabia molt poc sobre l’estrany ambient amb què haurien d’enfrontar-se els astronautes a l’espai. Especialment, pel que fa a l’estat d’ingravidació i a les seves possibles conseqüències. La NASA temia que poguessin veure’s afectats per episodis de vertigen, i, per descomptat, la idea d’un pilot tractant de…

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Maybe I'll make Sliwka deaf I feel like that would be an interesting thing to play

[senti-nell]

There's a lot of people on this specific side of tumblr that know a lot about specific Guys From History like TE Lawrence and James Fitzjames and Ernest Shackleton and whoever. But no one wants to get weird with me about Edward Gallaudet.

[thecurvycritic]

SUNDANCE 2025: Deaf President Now!

Did you know that for 124 years #Galllaudet only had Presidents that were hearing? Welp...not anymore https://wp.me/p2v8yf-6Ow #deafpresidentnow #appletv #documentary #sundance

While attending Howard University, my apartment was just few blocks aways from Gallaudet University. While I had no idea what went down on that campus for eight days in 1988, Deaf President Now! won’t ever let me or the world forget how four students in the world’s only Deaf university, found a way to change the course of history 124 years later. With two Deaf candidates in consideration for the…

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Kevin Randle uusimmasta valvontavaliokunnan UFO-kuulemisesta

Kevin Randle uusimmasta valvontavaliokunnan UFO-kuulemisesta

kirjoittanut Kevin Randle

Kyllä, istuin seuraamassa kaksi tuntia ja viisitoista minuuttia (noin) valvonta- ja vastuuvelvollisuusvaliokunnan kokousta, jossa käsiteltiin sitä, mitä UAP-maailmassa tapahtuu. Nancy Mace kertoi avauspuheenvuorossaan meille, että UAP-toiminta vaatii huomiota (mistä me kaikki lienemme samaa mieltä). Lainaten eversti Carlia (sic) hän sanoi, että ei-ihmiset ovat vuorovaikutuksessa kanssamme ja että korkea-arvoiset ihmiset tietävät sen. Tämä on jokseenkin provokatiivinen lausunto, jolla kuulemistilaisuus aloitetaan. Katso kuuleminen tästä:

Robert Garcia kertoi meille, että valtamedia suhtautuu asiaan vakavasti tai vakavammin kuin aiemmin. Hän totesi myös, että kuulemistilaisuuksissa on kyse totuuden selvittämisestä.

Valiokunnassa oli niitä, jotka kertoivat meille muita asioita, jotka me kaikki tiesimme. Meille kerrottiin, että David Gruschin väitteitä ei ole vahvistettu. Vaikka Garcia ei sanonut tarkemmin, hän viittasi väitteeseen, jonka mukaan UFO-maahansyöksyjä olisi löydetty kaksitoista. Meille kerrottiin, että jotkut valiokunnan jäsenistä, ehkä kaikki heistä, haluavat lisää lainsäädäntöä UAP-tutkimusta varten, ja me kaikki tiedämme, miten hyvin kongressin lainsäädäntö on aiemmin auttanut meitä saamaan totuuden selville.

Huomasin, että saimme hieman historiaa, tai pikemminkin maininnan historiasta, kun Jared Moskowitz sanoi, että tutkimukset palasivat vuoteen 1945, mikä on luultavasti viittaus toisen maailmansodan aikaisiin Foo-hävittäjiin.Kun kaikki jäsenet olivat saaneet tilaisuuden antaa lausuntonsa, siirryttiin todistajiin, jotka olivat eläkkeellä oleva kontra-amiraali Timothy Gallaudet, Lue Elizondo, Michael Shellenberger ja Michael Gold. Heiltä kysyttiin, mitä he puolestaan ajattelivat UAP:n tilanteesta, ja kaikki ehdottivat, että jotain teknologisten kykyjemme ulkopuolista oli olemassa, mutta ei sitä, että se olisi välttämättä peräisin avaruusolentojen vierailusta.

Todistajien valan vannominen. Vasemmalta oikealle kontra-amiraali Timothy Gallaudet, Lue Elizondo, Michael Shellenberger ja Michael Gold.

Gallaudet kertoi, että laivastossa palvellessaan hän sai eräässä laajamittaisessa harjoituksessa sähköpostiviestin tuntemattomien alusten tunkeutumisesta, jotka näyttivät olevan vaaraksi harjoitukselle, erityisesti käytössä olleille lentokoneille. Sähköpostiviestissä korkeammalta taholta kysyttiin, oliko olemassa jokin salainen hanke, josta hän ei tiennyt mitään ja joka saattaisi olla syynä näihin tunkeutumisiin, ja jos ne jatkuisivat, he peruisivat harjoituksen. Gallaudet sanoi, että seuraavana päivänä sähköpostiviesti oli kadonnut, eikä siitä koskaan mainittu toiminnan jälkeisissä tiedotustilaisuuksissa… Ja tietääkseni todistajanlausuntojen perusteella sähköpostiviestistä ei ole esitetty kopioita todisteeksi.

En odottanut tältä kuulemiselta paljon, mutta Lue Elizondo esitti useita mielenkiintoisia huomautuksia. Hän sanoi, että UAP:t ovat todellisia ja että Yhdysvalloilla on hallussaan UAP-materiaalia, vaikkei hän täsmentänytkään, mitä tämä materiaali voisi olla, ja että joillakin ulkomaisilla valtioilla on myös pääsy jonkinlaiseen muukalaismateriaaliin.

Kun avauspuheenvuorot oli pidetty, jokaiselle läsnä olevalle jäsenelle annettiin viisi minuuttia aikaa esittää kysymyksiä tai esittää mielipiteitä. Tässä kohtaa ajattelin, että voisimme päästä tilanteen ydinkysymyksiin, mutta jotenkin vältyimme siltä.

Gallaudetille osoitetuissa kysymyksissä, erityisesti niissä, jotka koskivat tunkeutumista harjoituksen aikana, emme saaneet mitään uutta selville. Hänen vastauksensa joihinkin näistä kysymyksistä oli, että häntä kiellettiin puhumasta yksityiskohdista julkisella foorumilla. Hän vastaisi niihin suljetussa istunnossa.

Meillä oli samanlainen kokemus Elizondon kanssa. Hän mainitsi, että ne vastaukset, jotka hän saattoi antaa, olivat hänen kirjassaan, joka oli ollut Pentagonin virkamiesten tarkasteltavana yli vuoden ajan ennen sen julkaisemista. Hän sanoi, että onnettomuuspaikkoja oli löydetty, mutta hän puhuisi niistä vain suljetussa istunnossa.

Myöhemmin kuulusteluissa Elizondo mainitsi ruumiit. Hän sanoi, että ruumiita kerättiin ennen hänen syntymäänsä. Uskon tämän olevan epämääräinen viittaus Roswellin tapaukseen, joka on heinäkuulta 1947. Mutta hän sanoi myös, ettei hän voinut puhua hakureissuista avoimessa istunnossa.

Shellenberger, joka oli Immaculate Constellationia koskevien tietojen lähde, sanoi, että hän luotti lähteisiinsä näiden tietojen osalta, mutta hän ei paljastanut niitä. Hän sanoi, että he olivat joko edelleen hallituksessa tai olivat olleet hallituksessa, mutta ei sitä, missä virastoissa he ovat työskennelleet. Hän sanoi myös, että hänen lähteensä olivat kertoneet hänelle, että hallituksella oli kasoittain tietoa UAP:ista, mukaan lukien korkearesoluutioisia valokuvia ja muuta materiaalia. Hän ei kuitenkaan kertonut, keitä nämä lähteet olivat, vaan ainoastaan, että he olivat uskottavia, koska hän tunsi heidät ja tarkisti heidän taustansa.

Gold antoi hyvän vastauksen siihen, miksi osa näistä tiedoista on salattu. Se voi paljastaa heikkouksia kyvyssämme vastata uhkiin. Se olisi tietoa, jonka vastustajamme maailmassa haluaisivat saada.

Päivitys: Shellenberger oli toimittanut valiokunnan jäsenille asiakirjan Immaculate Constellationista ennen istunnon alkua. Kiitos Nancy Macen, voitte lukea asiakirjan täältä:

https://mace.house.gov/immaculateconstellation

Minun on esitettävä yksi asia, ja tämä on luultavasti paras paikka. Keskusteltiin siitä, että UFOt olivat vahingoittaneet sotilashenkilöstöä ja että nämä ihmiset saivat korvauksia näistä vammoista. Jälleen kerran nimiä ei tarjottu, mutta minulle tuli heti mieleen John Burroughs, joka oli loukkaantunut Rendlesham Forestin tapahtumien aikana joulukuussa 1980.

Tiedän myös muita, jotka väittivät saaneensa vammoja UFOista, kuten Betty Cash ja Vickie Landrum, jotka sattumalta havaitsivat hehkuvan, timantinmuotoisen esineen myös joulukuussa 1980. Kumpikaan näistä naisista ei saanut korvauksia hallitukselta.

Tässä on lyhyt yhteenveto siitä, mitä näiden kahden tunnin ja viidentoista minuutin kuulemisen aikana tapahtui. Kun eräs valiokunnan jäsen sanoi, että ne valiokunnan jäsenet, jotka halusivat lisätietoja eivätkä tienneet, mistä etsiä niitä (ja ymmärrän heitä tässä asiassa), hänelle kerrottiin, että tietoja voitaisiin käsitellä suljetussa istunnossa.

Minun ongelmani oli, että emme saaneet mitään uutta tietoa, lähteitä ei nimetty tai esitetty asiakirjoja, paitsi yksi, joka oli niin pahasti sensuroitu, että se oli hyödytön (Stan Friedmanilla oli tapana näyttää vahvasti sensuroitua raporttia, jossa oli vain yksi tai kaksi sanaa sivulla. Kun koko asiakirja lopulta julkaistiin, saimme tietää, ettei sillä ollut juurikaan tekemistä UFO-tutkimuksen kanssa ja paljonkin tiedustelumenetelmien kanssa.), ja kaikki tiedot olivat parhaimmillaankin toisen käden tietoja. Olen sanonut ennenkin ja sanon sen uudelleen, että Don Schmitt, Tom Carey ja minä olemme puhuneet miesten ja naisten kanssa, joilla oli ensikäden tietoa. Voimme nimetä nimiä ja meillä on nauhoja, sekä ääni- että videonauhoja, näistä todistajista.

Kuulemistilaisuudessa oli myös joitakin myönteisiä asioita. Tarkoitan, että tässä oli kuuleminen UAP:istä, jossa esitettiin vihjeitä Maan ulkopuolisesta läsnäolosta, havaittiin teknologiaa jonka luomiseen meillä ei ollut kykyjä, valtamedia oli kiinnostunut aiheesta eikä asialle naurettu, ja ehdotettiin että tarvitaan puolueetonta, tieteellistä tutkimusta.

Komitean jäsenet näyttivät olevan kiinnostuneita aiheesta ja etsivät vastauksia sen sijaan, että he olisivat yrittäneet vääristellä tilannetta ja viedä keskustelun alueille, joilla ei ole mitään tekemistä ongelman kanssa. Kaikki valaehtoiset todistajat vastasivat kysyttäessä, että he uskoivat henkilökohtaisten kokemustensa perusteella, että vastaus oli avaruusolentojen vierailu tai että he eivät tienneet, mikä vastaus voisi olla. Kukaan ei näyttänyt naureskelevan ajatukselle, että meillä on vieraillut muukalaisolentoja.

Ehdotettiin UAP-raportoinnin destigmatisointia, koska ongelman ratkaisemiseksi tiedot on saatava niille, jotka voivat käyttää niitä. Jos ihmiset eivät uskalla kertoa näkemästään tai kokemastaan, tutkimusta ei voida tehdä eikä ongelmia ratkaista.

Todellisuudessa tämä kuulemistilaisuus oli sellainen kuin odotinkin: se sisälsi paljon ehdotuksia, mutta vähän todisteita. Liian monta kertaa vastaus tiettyyn kysymykseen oli, että todistaja ei voinut puhua siitä avoimessa kuulemisessa tai että hänen lähteitään ei paljastettaisi. Ei ollut mitään, mitä me ulkopuoliset voisimme tehdä saadaksemme lisää tietoa, ei mitään todellisia tapauksia, joita voisimme tutkia, koska meillä ei ole tarvittavia tietoja, ja hieman liikaa spekulointia. En voi sanoa, että olisin pettynyt kuulemiseen, koska en odottanut sen paljastavan kovin paljon.

Tai kuten hyvä ystäväni Irakin vapautusoperaatiosta sanoi monien esikuntakokousten jälkeen: ”Kaksi tuntia ja viisitoista minuuttia, joita en saa takaisin.”

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Gabriela Heck porta el glossari brasiler de signes científics al cim de Gallaudet

portal.pucrs.br Entre el 2 i el 5 de març, la doctoranda del Programa de Postgrau en Educació Gabriela Heck, juntament amb la professora de l’Escola d’Humanitats Janaina Pereira, van participar a la Cimera de Llengua de Signes STEM a la Universitat de Gallaudet a Washington, Estats Units. L’esdeveniment, organitzat per la universitat nord-americana, té com a objectiu desenvolupar signes en les…