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Author’s note: Despite the title, I am fully aware that we have many hearing educators that are allies of the Deaf Community that understand us and support us in ways that honor the message I am trying to share below. I apologize if the title is off-putting for those of you who already have joined…
Category: Deaf-Centered Topics
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I know you woke up this morning and thought, “What can I invent today that’s going to make the lives of deaf people simply amazing?” Well, have I got some ideas for you! (and psssst … I want 10% of the profits. Thanks.) HOLOGRAPHIC INTERPRETERS, YESSSSSSSSS! We deaf folks really just want to understand what…
I had a dream once, an actual dream, where I died and went to Heaven and they made me hearing again. I was angry in this dream and demanded my deafness back, because it was a part of who I am. Not the entirety of my Self, but a part that may be more integral…
1991. At 16 years old, I finally got my Driver License. I say “finally” because I had spent most of my 15th year daily polishing my 1971 Volkswagen Beetle with Turtle Wax. Daily is not an exaggeration: that car SHONE like a white hot sun. I bought the Bug, which I named Herbia because it…
This is not a post for the deaf community. This is not a post for parents of the deaf, or interpreters, or anyone already involved with us, though you may agree with I have to say here and it may apply to you. This is really a post for (just about) every hearing person in…
[checks out the price on the cashier’s screen] [fishes in wallet for debit card] [thinks where is that card, oh crap did I lose it, oh there it is] [looks up and notices cashier and bagger looking at him like he’s being rude.] “Is plastic okay?” asks the bagger, tersely. “Ah, yes. Thanks.” The world…
Here’s the problem when I write about anything regarding deaf-centered topics: you might assume that we’re all the same and that what applies to me applies to everyone else that’s deaf. This isn’t the case. So. This is a post that’s going to have a disclaimer: What I have to say isn’t necessarily true for…
Hi. It’s me, the deaf person you just met. We’re out, right now, at a deaf social event. You’re an aspiring interpreter, dreaming about the day you feel confident enough to go out there and interpret for a living. You’ve got passion, fire in your belly, a yearning desire to be in a field where…
The other day I was asked by a father who cares very much about his daughter how he could help her deal with the struggles of communicating with hearing people during everyday activities. As he put it, he is concerned about her “transition into adulthood” without his being there to help. As a father of…