Note: “You” in this article is anyone who is part of a majority, dominant group. Hearies, for example; non-wheelchair users for another. White people. Men. And so on.
Now and then I get asked to help justify or explain why diversity is a Good Thing. Now, understand, I am [...]

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What I want to do with this post is to put together some background on myself and some of my thoughts on these things. I don’t want to feel like I’m continually harping on certain subjects and such, but I find that people interpret my [...]

I’ve heard different things about what sort of issues to worry about with the police. Of course everyone has their own opinions, but I used to have some close connections with the police so here are some thoughts I’ve got.
Depending on where the police are and what sort of people they get to deal [...]

I am the cuckoo in the nest, the changeling in the crib. I am the deaf child dropped into a world of sound, by herself. I am the child who perfected her mimicry to be indistinguishable from the rest. It is a camouflage easy to maintain with distance but which cracks [...]

Update
Seems that WaPo has finally provided a transcript. Good. Now the only thing left is the complete bizarreness of a president-to-be of the deaf university in this country choosing to be interviewed on a radio broadcast…
So here’s irony on top of irony on top of …
It seems that at Gallaudet university, there is [...]

It may shock some of you to learn this, but most health care plans do not cover hearing aids. I have no idea why. If glasses are covered, why not HA? But my current insurance actually has coverage. It’s through Kaiser Permanente, although I don’t know if it’s available to anyone [...]

January 2006 was supposed to be the time when all programs would be 100% captioned, as per the ADA in the United States. This has not happened, in fact the FCC just granted 300 permanent exemptions. Granted, most of these are for religious based affiliations, but I’m more concerned with the precedent being [...]

Jesus. Take a look: smoke alarms