The Importance of Storytelling to Address Deaf Disempowerment
Chapter One in Deaf Eyes on Interpreting (2018) edited by Thomas K. Holcomb and David H. Smith. View the ASL summary of this [...]
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 [...]
Will Work for Food
This article originally appeared at i711.com. Last week, I learned that a friend applied at Lowe's to earn some extra cash. This guy is [...]
Politicians Rolling Eyes at Democracy
This article originally appeared at i711.com. A group of disabled people filed a civil lawsuit, citing the state Constitution and the Americans with Disabilities [...]
Don’t Shoot Me
This article originally appeared at i711.com. When I read of Sammy Thompson’s shooting in Arkansas (http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-brf-shooting-deaf-man,0,2892033,print.story), I thought, “Not another one!” I think that [...]
Walking With the Devil
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 [...]