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[.....]
This originally appeared at NAD’s Members-Only website area at www.nad.org. Recently, I was preparing a press release for one of my clients who owns a deaf-run business. As the client and I were talking about where to send the press release, I suddenly had a startling realization. There weren’t any deaf newspapers I could send[.....]