Certify This!
This article originally appeared at i711.com. Nowadays, teaching American Sign Language has taken on more prestige than back when it was volunteer-taught, and standards [...]
An Apple a Day Keeps the Doc Away…
This article originally appeared at i711. A friend recently referred to the head of a major deaf services agency as Dr. Smith (Smith, of [...]
Hi, I’m H.I.XXX Deaf.
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 [...]
ON HAND: My most embarrassing moment
This originally appeared in The Tactile Mind Weekly in Trudy's ON HAND column. I was eight. We were having our fly-up ceremony, to mark [...]
ON HAND: Bigotry at its best (worst)
This originally appeared in The Tactile Mind Weekly in Trudy's ON HAND column. If you'd like to see bigotry at its best (worst), take [...]
Where Have They All Gone?
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 [...]
Man upset over abuse, shot by police
Originally appeared in Silent News, May 2001. "I give my life to free deaf people from hearing slaves" was the message written on James [...]
Deaf Schools: TRUE-BUSINESS Deaf?
This article originally appeared in DeafNation Newspaper, November 1997. Read the 10-year follow-up article here. Editor's note: TRUE-BUSINESS is an ASL gloss. The rough [...]