Came across this post and this one. How so very true. I was in gymnastics in high school. I loved it, was pretty good at it, but the way I dealt with bus rides? I was the champion french-braider, and would do most people’s hair during the ride so I could [...]

I may destroy my wrists with this:
http://cognitivelabs.com/word_shoot.htm

I just got a Sorensen Video phone. It’s currently installed with duct tape and baling wire because my router and TV are on opposite ends of the house, but I have a couple of ideas; either a small TV in the bedroom or a big long ass int-uh-net cable to go thru the attic [...]

Well, I’ll be taking ASL classes starting in January. Should be interesting! In the meantime I’ve been looking at online resources.
There’s a dictionary here that’s been around quite some time.
There are actually online signing classes, such as this one although I have no idea of their extent or quality.
I also know [...]

On a four day holiday (counting the weekend) I’m having fun doing pretty much just what I want to do. Bumming around on the ‘net, starting up xmas projects, tidying up loose ends that’s hard to do when on the run for most of the week, that kind of thing.
Just wanted to point out [...]

I’ve had my new hearing aids for a week now. I went from analog to digital (finally). The sound quality is actually quite good and I’m happy to get rid of most of the feedback that the old one had. The sound is about the same, which is a definite relief (I’ve [...]

What I find interesting is when I think back on the speech therapy lessons I used to get, and when I listen to other peoples’ stories with speech therapy. It becomes clear to me that hearing people consider verbal speech of such high importance that they fail to consider a cost to benefit [...]

Welp. Today I went in and picked up a pair of brand-spanking-new hearing aids. I also made the leap from analog to digital. (About time, considering my professional occupation ) I’m very pleased with the results so far — the HA are comfortable and the sound quality is good. [...]

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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 [...]

[Please note that I supported the protesters at Gallaudet]
Some random thoughts tossed out there for the more militant of Deaf folk…
Let’s examine the notion of “safe spaces” What is a safe space? Some place where you can air your concerns or talk about issues without fear of criticisms or reprisals for those very [...]