The boy at Target
As I sit here working well past midnight, I can't stop thinking about the most random encounter at Target last Saturday that lasted all [...]
Bad Business: Not a Deaf Thing
Yesterday, on Facebook, I was disheartened to see two posts by deaf people lumping deaf people into a negative category. The first post said, “Supporting [...]
Deaf-Owned Businesses: Heidi’s Bead Jewelry
I ripped open the packet excitedly. I'd wanted to buy Heidi Branch's amazing, handmade jewelry for quite some time, but every piece I liked was [...]
The fight of her life: Ronda Kopatich-Johnson
Ronda Kopatich-Johnson was my children's teacher aide last year in preschool, and my children went ga-ga over her. My children came home with new words [...]
An Epilogue: Can I Speak Now?
This is a follow-up to an article I was invited to write for the NAD Monograph in 1997. To read the original piece, click [...]
Afterthoughts on disempowerment
In light of the recent presentation (and article) I provided for Street Leverage, I’ve been thinking a lot about economic disempowerment and what we [...]
Communication advocacy
When my children began school, I was amazed at how little I knew about individualized education plans (IEPs), even though I grew up having [...]
CHAMP YOU!
A good friend and I were discussing specific signs, and we realized that there is a major difference in the way we sign “CHAMP.” [...]
Dreaming about a wolf and a pumpkin
As I sat in the waiting room at the doctor's office today, I picked up the Spring 2009 issue of Mom&Baby, a magazine published [...]
Anyone need some change?
I have a small but nice chunk of change that I want to donate to Gallaudet University. Given how the university has bombarded my [...]