Ervin Reyes, the Philippines’ Top Deaf IT Expert

March 9, 2009 in Deaf Video, Famous Filipino Deaf, Technologies, web designing
Tags: 2003 International Abilympics Skills Competition, Abs-Cbn Digital Tour, Abs-Cbn Upload 2008, Ervin Reyes, Philippine School for the Deaf, web accessibility

“Because of the computer age, it is very sure that the world is getting smaller and smaller everyday. Communication barriers are slowly being removed. But now, the biggest problem to the Deaf’s acceptance into the hearing world is the hearing person himself.” – Ervin Reyes

Deaf education in the Philippines, my retrospect

November 10, 2008 in Deaf Experiences, Notable Filipino Deaf, Notable Filipino Deaf Institution
Tags: Aimee Coryell, Bible Institute for the Deaf, CAP College Foundation, Catholic Ministry to Deaf People, deaf culture, Dennis Balan, Ervin Reyes, IDEA Deaf, Julius Andrada, May Andrada, Mirana Medina, Pedro M. Santos, Philippine Association of the Deaf, philippine deaf education history, Philippine Federation of the Deaf, Philippine School for the Deaf, Rosalie Macaraig, Silent Odyssey, Silent Odyssey reaction, Teatro Silencio Filipinas, Wayne Shaneyfelt

Since our country is currently celebrating a week-long event making people aware about deaf and deafness, methinks it’s appropriate to share with you how deaf activities stirred up suddenly these past two decades. I’ll call this era the fourth wave borrowing the term coined by Dr. Liza Martinez and Mr. Rafaelito Abat in their research [...]

On teaching the deaf

September 30, 2008 in Deaf Experiences, Sign Language
Tags: child of deaf adults, CODA, Ervin Reyes, Filipino Sign Language, Jefferson Cortez, MCCID, Oscar Purificacion, Philippine School for the Deaf, teacher for the deaf

A school for the deaf is unlike any other regular school. You can compare them based on many aspects. Even schools for the deaf also have varying degrees of difference.
One basic distinction is its class size. Hearing schools in the Philippines normally have a population of 50 or more per class, depending on how depressed [...]