Deaf Schools: TRUE-BUSINESS Deaf?—20 Years Later
By Trudy Suggs Read the 1997 article or the 2007 article. Scroll down to see my thoughts about this year's results. (For a [...]
Nearly 50 Years Later: The Chicago Fire that Killed Two Deaf Students (Part 2) GalleryNearly 50 Years Later: The Chicago Fire that Killed Two Deaf Students (Part 2)
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Nearly 50 Years Later: The Chicago Fire that Killed Two Deaf Students (Part 2)
By Trudy Suggs (Click here for my thoughts on this story in ASL and English). PART 2 (Read Part 1 here) Zeke [...]
My letter, 26 years later
Video description: Trudy Suggs, a white woman with brown shoulder-length hair, is wearing a purple v-necked sweater that ties at the neckline. She is seated in [...]
A Quick Look at Everyday Disempowerment of Deaf People GalleryA Quick Look at Everyday Disempowerment of Deaf People
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A Quick Look at Everyday Disempowerment of Deaf People
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 [...]
Giving Credit Where It Wasn’t Due
Video description: Trudy, a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair, is wearing a deep royal blue sweater. She is seated in the corner with [...]
It’s Not Just About Knowing Signs
This article originally appeared at i711.com on June 29, 2006, and was updated on August 28, 2013. On the first day of [...]
Better Does Not Always Lead to Best
Better opportunities is a phrase I see thrown around casually, sometimes defiantly. It often comes from parents of deaf children who reject certain educational [...]
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 [...]
Deaf Disempowerment and Today’s Interpreter
Originally appeared at Street Leverage. Presentation given at Potomac Chapter of RID, Columbia, MD, November 2012. In the spirit of being transparent, the stories I’m about [...]