Business Archives - Trudy Suggs

A Quick Look at Everyday Disempowerment of Deaf People
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A Quick Look at Everyday Disempowerment of Deaf People

Business, Community resources, Culture, Deaf Community, Deaf Education, Deaf-Owned Businesses, Disempowerment, History, Humanity, Interpreting, Language, Media, Politics, RID, Stereotypes

A Quick Look at Everyday Disempowerment of Deaf People

By trudy|2016-05-12T11:42:53-05:00May 10, 2016|

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2016 issue of NADmag; download a PDF version of the article. Video description: Trudy, a white woman with shoulder-length [...]

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#iamdeaf
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#iamdeaf

Business, Community resources, Culture, Deaf Community, Deaf-Owned Businesses, Humanity, Language, Politics, Stereotypes

#iamdeaf

By Trudy Suggs|2016-04-04T11:22:38-05:00April 4, 2016|

In response to the recent AGB letter controversy, Robin Horwitz has created an #iamdeaf page on Facebook, and I was among the people he [...]

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Deaf Women Supporting Deaf Women
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Deaf Women Supporting Deaf Women

Business, Community resources, Deaf Community, Deaf-Owned Businesses, Humanity, Notable People, Stereotypes

Deaf Women Supporting Deaf Women

By trudy|2024-12-07T21:42:51-05:00March 1, 2016|

This article originally appeared in Get a Z Life Magazine. When you put a group of women together to work, what do you get? [...]

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sComm: An Update
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sComm: An Update

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sComm: An Update

By trudy|2015-07-28T21:40:04-05:00July 27, 2015|

Read my original article and open letter (available in ASL and English) before reading the below. Warning: This article includes graphic language. In March, I wrote [...]

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An email from sComm

By trudy|2015-10-20T18:12:52-05:00April 2, 2015|

My hosting company sent me this earlier today. Hi Trudy - We were contacted by the below company with the stated concern. Can you [...]

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Open letter to Jason Curry, sComm CEO
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Open letter to Jason Curry, sComm CEO

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Open letter to Jason Curry, sComm CEO

By trudy|2015-03-30T11:27:33-05:00March 30, 2015|

(To learn more about this open letter, go here.) March 30, 2015 Mr. Curry: Thank you for the video you released on Friday, March [...]

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Doing More Harm than Good
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Doing More Harm than Good

Business, Deaf Community, Deaf-Owned Businesses, Interpreting

Doing More Harm than Good

By trudy|2016-11-28T13:02:05-05:00March 27, 2015|

(See the bottom of this page for a link to sComm's response to this and my follow-up response in both ASL and English. I have [...]

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Questions emerge about Deaf News Today and its owner
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Questions emerge about Deaf News Today and its owner

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Questions emerge about Deaf News Today and its owner

By trudy|2023-05-03T14:05:34-05:00November 14, 2013|

During the 2013 Deaflympics held in Sofia, Bulgaria, last July, the USA Deaf Sports Federation (USADSF) began receiving reports alleging Deaf News Today (DNT) [...]

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Bad Business: Not a Deaf Thing
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Bad Business: Not a Deaf Thing

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Bad Business: Not a Deaf Thing

By trudy|2014-05-04T19:15:25-05:00August 23, 2013|Tags: business, customer service, deaf, practices, standards|

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 [...]

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Deaf-Owned Businesses: Graciously Handmade for You by Anita Kroll

By trudy|2013-07-31T14:45:17-05:00July 29, 2013|Tags: anita kroll, business, crafts, deaf, handbags, purses, sewing|

First things first: I cannot sew. My eighth-grade sewing teacher slapped my hand in frustration as she tried to show me how to move [...]

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