A Birthday Gift

By |2024-12-07T21:52:45-05:00November 8, 2005|

This article originally appeared at i711.com. Last Saturday, as I sat on the stairs of Thompson Hall talking with a friend, I glanced over [...]

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ME MOTHER FATHER DEAF, SAME!

By |2024-12-07T21:51:28-05:00October 17, 2005|

This article originally appeared at i711.com. As a Deaf person with Deaf parents, I've always felt a special kinship with children of deaf adults [...]

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Another Era Goes By

By |2024-12-07T21:58:47-05:00July 28, 2005|

This article originally appeared at i711.com. Richard "Dick" Sipek, 82, died on July 17. I was stunned to learn of his death only two [...]

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Hi, I’m H.I.XXX Deaf.

By |2015-01-01T21:51:41-05:00May 26, 2005|

This article appeared at i711.com.                                                                                                                 I think it's a never-ending struggle. I'm, of course, talking about the persistent use of "hearing impaired" and other related [...]

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Walking With the Devil

By |2024-12-07T21:55:34-05:00February 20, 2005|

I recently read Walking with the Devil, by Michael Quinn, a retired Minneapolis Police Department officer. The controversial book isn’t very well written (it [...]

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Where Have They All Gone?

By |2016-04-06T18:40:42-05:00January 23, 2003|

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 [...]

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