17th Deaf Festival: Day 1 events

"Deaf Heritage: Remembering the Past, Celebrating the Present, Creating our Future"

November 14, 2011
SDEAS, DLS-CSB




Holy Mass at Theater

Opening of Exhibit at LRC Lobby

Deaf Bazaar at Gateway Square


Maximizing Technology





Film Showing : Hear Me at auditiorium




TO BE CONTINUED...

The 17th Deaf Festival: Film Showing: "Silent Odyssey"

The 17th Deaf Festival of DLS-CSB School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies will have a film showing: "Silent Odyssey" on November 18, 2011 (Friday), at 6:00-9:00pm, at CSB Auditorium.

Ticket available: call SDEAS at 526-7441 loc. 131 or Text +639178698224 (look for Ms. Agnes)

The 17th Deaf Festival: Film Showing: "The Earth's Whisper"

The 17th Deaf Festival of DLS-CSB School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies will have a film showing: "The Earth's Whisper" on November 16, 2011 (Wednesday), at 3:00-5:00pm, at CSB Auditorium.

Ticket Available: call SDEAS at 526-7441 loc. 131 or Text +639178698224 (look for Ms. Agnes)

Virtual Relay Demo

Last November 10, 2011, Thursday, Mr. George Taylor, a Deaf Manager of the GreenVas Company, requested De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies (SDEAS) to have a meeting regarding the presentation of the Virtual Relay Demo with V-Pad at Career Placement Office. We discussed about the VRS project and the set-up of the VRS station. In addition, he donated the V-Pad to SDEAS in CSB campus to be used and exhibited on the Deaf Festival week of November 2011 for the advocates and awareness of VRS. Moreover, the GreenVas Company has plans of making a Memorandum of Agreement to be signed soon for partnership with DLS-CSB regarding the use of the VRS.

There were about six representatives from different schools and centers that were present in the demonstration set-up: Raphy Domingo for Center for Education Access and Development, Franz Mendoza for College for Institutional Communication, Joy Semana for Information Technology Department and Danny Bautista for ITD-ACTC, Chris Manlapaz for School of Hotel Restaurant and Information Management, Guy Noel Ganados, Diana Pria Banas, Charvie Arreola, Ferdinand Vizmanos, Leo Sulse, Giselle Montero, Mackie Calbay and Dean Ma. Veronica Templo-Perez for SDEAS with interpreter Kathy Taylor.









We appreciate the opportunity of being able to share the VRS and enlighten the DLS-CSB community about the benefits of this technology.

edited by: Marina Viktoria De Los Reyes

Tan Yap still listens to the deaf “loud and clear” through Facebook

PETALING JAYA: He is 96 today but Tan Yap still listens to the deaf “loud and clear” through Facebook.

Tan, who is adviser to The Society of Interpreters For The Deaf in Selangor and Federal Territory, believes age is not a barrier to learning new things, including modern technology.

“I've learnt to use Facebook and e-mail to keep in touch with the deaf since all of them are spread out nationwide,” he said.

Tan, dubbed the Father of the Deaf, was instrumental in establishing deaf schools in several states and introduced sign language to educate the deaf in Malaysia despite much objection and scepticism.

He can still recall the difficulty he faced when he went to several institutions, including Gallaudet University in Washington, United States, to learn the deaf culture and sign language in the 1970s. He had to go there on no-pay leave.

On what drove him to sacrifice his pay as a state pharmacist in Johor Baru back then, he said he felt sorry for the deaf who were misunderstood and cheated as they were ignored and people did not understand them.

“I remember that in the 1960s, there were unscrupulous people using the deaf to sell black market movie tickets,” he said.

“The deaf did not know what they were getting into until the police arrested them. They were the unfortunate victims.”

Touched by their plight, Tan started the first school for the deaf in Johor Baru, especially for dropouts and those who missed the chance of an education.

At the invitation of the Education Ministry, the In-Service Sign Language Course was conducted for all government teachers of the deaf in Malaysia at the Language Institute in Kuala Lumpur.

Tan has received a few awards in recognition of his work, including being the first Asian to get the Edward Miner Gallaudet and Toko Pendidikan Cacat awards.

Believing that keeping life as simple as possible is his secret to a long life, he said his birthday wish on 11.11.11 was to see the deaf being able to lead a normal life.

17th Deaf Festival 2011

Every year, DLS-CSB School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies (SDEAS) hosts the Deaf Festival and on its 17th year, SDEAS also celebrates 20 years of Lasallian Deaf Education. With the theme "Remembering the Past, Celebrating the Present, Creating our Future," Deaf and Hearing Administrators, Staff Alumni and students participate in fellowship and activities that nurture among Deaf and Hearing people the understanding and appreciation of the unique history and of preserving the culture of the Deaf Community.

The 17th Deaf Festival will be on November 14-19, 2011, Taft Campus, De La Salle- College of Saint Benilde. Let’s us celebrate togetherness and diversity. Please pass this information to your friends and community.

For more details call SDEAS at 526-7441 loc. 131 or Text +639178698224 (look for Ms. Agnes)

School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies participated in La Sallian World Congress Events:

by Leonides Sulse

Last October 27, 2011 (Thursday), the School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies (SDEAS) joined the DLS-CSB Community in the recent World Congress event entitled Take 45 Movements organized by the UNION MONDIALE DES ANCIENS ELEVES LASALLIENS (UMAEL). UMAEL is an international non-profit association linked to the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Its members are the Federations and Associations of Lasallian Former Students who freely wish to form part of this international network, through a feeling of belonging to the Lasallian Family. It is held every four (4) years where all the associations and federations of Lasallian former students worldwide meet to discuss the way forward for the Lasallian Alumni. It is also a unique occasion for networking and fellowship between brothers and sisters from other nations.

The SDEAS Filipino Sign Language Learning Program (FSLLP) Team led by Mr. John Xandre Baliza, Coordinator of the Educational Interpreting Program together with FSLLP Deaf faculty members conducted a Free Basic Sign Language Class held at the RM B303-1 and B303-2 from 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM to the International Lasallian guests and visitors (delegates) from different countries.