I reread the e-mail to make sure I had understood correctly. It said I had to pay $60 for a LCD hook-up at my workshop, even though I was bringing my own LCD projector, cables, and laptop. Oh, and I wasn’t getting paid for my presentation—nor for travel or lodging. Reading that e-mail was one[.....]

I recently watched Bernard Bragg’s new DVD, Bragg on Bragg, a delightful glimpse into Bragg’s life. Although there are numerous memorable moments on that DVD, one thing Bragg said jumped out at me. In talking about teachers and deaf children, he said that too often teachers prioritize grammar before communication—something that should not happen. As[.....]

Two incidents took place recently that made me think about the inherent, subconscious biases that we all carry and how they spill over into our interactions with others. The first incident was when I took my two-year-old daughter  in for allergy testing. We went to a different clinic from the one we usually go to,[.....]

This article originally appeared in American Society for Deaf Children’s The Endeavor, Fall 2010. I saw a post on Facebook recently that made me pause. A friend wrote that she had told her two-year-old son, “Mommy’s ears are broken, cannot hear…can’t hear, I use my hands to talk.” Her son then looked inside her ears[.....]

It’s not often that I am deeply affected and impressed by university promotional materials. After all, they’re intended to, well, sell the school. So I’m always wary of their sincerity. We’ve all seen promotional materials distributed by any given university. They display pictures of smiling, carefree students wearing sweatshirts or t-shirts imprinted with the university’s[.....]

When I see a company name that includes the word “Deaf,” I automatically assume that it’s a Deaf-owned company. And more often than not, I’m disappointed to learn the opposite is true. I once worked with an individual who ran a company that I’ll call Deaf 123. Given the company name, I assumed the company[.....]

This article originally appeared in Gallaudet Today’s Spring 2009 issue. Click here to view the print version. In the changing face of higher education, a student body composed mainly of new high school graduates is being replaced by students of all ages and experiences. Stepping onto a new campus with hundreds – or even thousands[.....]

This article originally appeared in the Faribault Daily News, Faribault, MN. FARIBAULT – More than 1,000 miles away from Faribault, protests at Gallaudet University, the world’s only liberal arts university for deaf people, in Washington, D.C., have been of keen interest to local residents. When Dr. Jane K. Fernandes, a deaf woman, was chosen as[.....]

This originally appeared at ilhandsandvoices.org. I was born Deaf to Deaf parents. Because of that, I’ve never gone a single day in my life without full communication access in the home, and I thank my lucky stars for that every day. When I was born, there was no grieving process for my parents or anyone[.....]

This originally appeared in The Tactile Mind Weekly in Trudy’s ON HAND column. A few years ago, I had to get a hearing test taken. “Mary” had told me that the University of Minnesota provided free audiological exams, so I decided to take advantage of this. Mary told of how she had been treated at[.....]