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 [...]
Nearly 50 Years Later: The Chicago Fire that Killed Two Deaf Students (Part 1)
Illinois School for the Deaf Main Building (Courtesy of 1969 Illinois Advance) By Trudy Suggs PART 1 (Click here for Part 2) It [...]
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 [...]
Deaf Life Magazine Person of the Month
How awesome. At the risk of tooting my own horn (does it make a difference if I don't hear the horn?), I learned that [...]
An email from sComm
My hosting company sent me this earlier today. Hi Trudy - We were contacted by the below company with the stated concern. Can you [...]
Beyond Face Value
I was a latecomer to Facebook. I created an account in 2007, but didn’t really use it until 2009. I had just given birth [...]
Questions emerge about Deaf News Today and its owner
During the 2013 Deaflympics held in Sofia, Bulgaria, last July, the USA Deaf Sports Federation (USADSF) began receiving reports alleging Deaf News Today (DNT) [...]
Why Not For Kids, Too?
This article originally appeared at i711.com. An Alton Telegraph (Illinois) article reads in part: Springfield, Ill. (AP) - About 100 deaf citizens carried placards [...]