I think it’s getting to the point that we are fed up with the way of how people tell us to read their lips because they assume that every Deaf person can lipread when that isn’t even remotely true. I have seen it everywhere, this is common everywhere and it is more annoying than you think. It is acceptable if you would ask a Deaf or Hard of Hearing person if they can lipread but it is not acceptable and disrespectful to demand or to tell Deaf or Hard of Hearing people to lipread because not everyone can do so. Every Deaf and Hard of Hearing people have their preferred method of communications whether it be writing on a paper, demand an interpreter which by law they can require one, use a device such as a smartphone or a tablet to communicate with a hearing person or others that I have not thought of. I have seen some articles, videos and some people in the groups on Facebook or on social media share their experience where they were demanded to read lips but they cannot do so. Some would assume that anyone who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing have the ability to read the lips is a myth, it is tiresome for us come across the people who expect…
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As the clock in eastern time, Eastern Standard Time has ticked into midnight and the new day on 7th of January begins is the day of a birthday to the best mother in the world that I call mine! So, this blog post is dedicated to my mother and my best friend in the world. Happy 56th Birthday, mom! Happy 56th Birthday, Mom There is nothing better out there on this universe than having you as my mother which I am very blessed to have you as my mother. I wouldn’t know what to do if this universe didn’t have you, without you, I would be a complete loss and unhappy. You being here on this earth brings nothing but happiness and love that I absorb every day and every night. I am very thankful for everything that you have done for me, there is only one thing that is priceless and the most valuable to me is to have your love which is the very reason that I am motivated to live for. You are the very best mother that I have ever come across, only that a mother I am very blessed to have and nothing that makes me happier than to call you my mother. With me and you together on this earth as a mother and…
As you see, JoshiesWorld has a new and simpler look than the old look! I have decided that it was time for the new look and decided to work on for the new look. My goal of this is to make it more simple and easier for everyone to navigate around the blog so I hope that all of you like the new look! As usual, when a site gets a makeover or when someone creates a new website they will have to iron out any errors or bugs that pop up so if you see anything wrong on here then please be patient as they will be fixed. I have stuck with the old JoshiesWorld ever since it was created, which was in 2007 and that means the JoshiesWorld has the same look for over a decade. I have made attempt to work on a new look for JoshiesWorld several times but I keep breaking the promise to do so because I had so many of other things to do and since that we have Christmas break so that is when everyone frees up their schedule as mine did which that was when I decided to act upon it to make the new look for JoshiesWorld instead of procrastinating it for so long! I apologize for that! Thank you for…
I know I haven’t been able to write a blog for a very long time but I would never be absent to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope that every one of you have a great Christmas today and a very happy new year. Please be safe, if you are planning on to drink then please find someone else who can drive you and not drunk because your safety and others are very important! I will try to write a blog post about my Christmas and what I have gotten in a few days but for the time being I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Truly yours,Joshua “Joshie” Sullivan.
No long time see! I know I haven’t written anything in several months, I apologize for that but for reasons that I haven’t been able to write anything is because I am dealing with health issues which I rather not to share details about it but I wanted to write this blog post to let you all know that I am still around and I am still adding notes to the list that I need to write about or share my opinion on. I am still dealing with the issues at hand, I will try to see if I can at least write something once in a while and not keeping you all in the dark for too long. I know several months are long time but I ask that you to bear with me, eventually I will have something done and I just need the time or have the energy to do so. As always, I am still active on social media such as Twitter because it allows a sweet and short post so not to consume too much of my energy which I barely have these days. Please do still subscribe to JoshiesWorld blog and be sure to follow me on social media. I thank you so much for your patience, they are greatly appreciated and I promise…
Two days ago, there was a video that caught my attention through the news feed on Facebook, in that video it was an American Sign Language lesson in profanity by Nyle DiMarco and for past these two days since that video caught my attention I have kept my eyes on the commentary where the Deaf community would share their opinion on the video of Nyle DiMarco’s American Sign Language lesson in profanity. While there are a lot of people who have shared their views about it and I have not. I never left a comment, tweet or wrote a wall post on Facebook because at that time I had to think hard because I admit that at that time I was baffled – too baffled to think of what to say I guess. So, now that two days have passed or three, I decided that I should just go ahead and share my opinion on what Nyle DiMarco did in the video where he teach profanity using our native language which is American Sign Language. Please note that I am not speaking for everybody, this is only based on my opinion and my thought so if you are curious what are their thoughts you are more than welcome to ask them or to look for that video on Facebook. It…
No long time I have written an article for the blog! I know that many of you have taken a notice that I am no longer active in blogosphere, you have noticed that correct and I have some reasons behind why I haven’t written an article for a blog in a long time. I believe last time I wrote an article for the blog on the first week of February, but it was really more of an open letter to a person or a company, in that case it was for a company and it was written to Google about their new policy on YouTube which is owned by Google about their requirements for YouTube users. Here is a link to the open letter for you to read if you would like to or you can easily find it by going to the front page of this blog and look for the title called “Google, Reconsider YouTube Requirements”. Long story short, Google decided to change their policy for YouTube users with new requirements or criteria to be eligible to monetize their videos on their YouTube channel(s). Because of that new policy, anyone who was able to monetize their videos before the new requirements went into effective on February 20 have lost the ability to monetize their videos and only way…
Google have decided to change their policy on their monetization system for YouTube, anyone who has less than 1,000 subscribers and less 4,000 views annually (both combined will be required) will be affected if they already are accepted in their monetization system for their YouTube channels. I must say that I disagree with this idea, because Google didn’t realize that there are many Deaf and Hard of Hearing people who uses YouTube has very hard time getting any subscribers because they use their native language in their videos which is American Sign Language so this greatly limits their audience in general. Even, myself I don’t have that much subscribers although I do have the views on my YouTube channel which has been registered since the year of 2008 or earlier I believe, and I am myself Deaf so therefore I only use my native language in my videos which is American Sign Language, so I can only reach to a very limited audience due to that. Deaf and Hard of Hearing YouTube users has hard time getting subscribers because most YouTube users uses different vocal languages while we only use visual languages, and this isn’t only American Sign Language but also many other country’s sign language such as British Sign Language (BSL) or Latino Sign Language (LSL), etc. I ask…