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 [...]
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 [...]
Full, unfiltered access to ASL and the world
(Reposted from my Facebook page, February 13, 2016) My (deaf) daughters and I went out for dinner, and my four-year-old asked me why it [...]
The Power of the Written Word
My oldest, six years old, has started to understand how powerful the written word can be. I’ve been marveling at her acquisition of English [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Bringing in the Right People
It never fails. “Who’s the new teacher?” is a main topic among parents, teachers, staff and students every spring and summer. With new teachers [...]
A time and place for everything
I recently watched Bernard Bragg’s new DVD, Bragg on Bragg, a delightful glimpse into Bragg’s life. Although there are numerous memorable moments on that [...]
If it ain’t broken…
This article originally appeared in American Society for Deaf Children’s The Endeavor, Fall 2010. I saw a post on Facebook recently that made me [...]
Can we all just get along?
Perhaps Rodney King isn’t the best person to quote, but “Can we all just get along?” is what keeps running through my head as [...]