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The right thing for Deaf children – what is it? Parents want what’s best, but knowing what that is can be a challenge. Most Deaf and hard of hearing children are born to parents with typical hearing…
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ASL sites for kids too! Find the BEST places online with American Sign Language programs JUST for kids! If you’ve read my post The Best Sites to Learn American Sign Language and wondered, “Hm, are there ASL…
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There’s tons of sites to learn ASL, thanks to the boom in online classes. If you’ve ever wanted to learn American Sign Language, there’s never been a better time. But which are the best? In listing the…
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Sound of Metal is a stunning, beautiful movie about a musician’s sudden deafness. But it’s a loss for the Deaf community. Sound of Metal paints a surreal picture of a musician’s nosedive into deafness. Imagine you’re going…
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As a Deaf person who wears a hearing aid, swimming in a pool has always felt like flipping a switch to me. Sound to silence. Add kids and weather, antics ensue. This summer, my family made a…
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There’s a good chance you’ve seen this, the viral video in which a couple on a road trip record themselves using sign language to “sign-along” to the song, “You’re the One That I Want” from the movie…
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Date Night! My husband and I score a babysitter, boom out the door and into the car. Floor it to freedom. A much needed couple of kid-free hours awaits. Into the restaurant, yes we’d like to sit…
By JenLeoraBy JenLeoraPosted on Anyone else remember this from Sesame Street in the 70s? It was my first exposure to anyone else that was deaf or used ASL. I was probably about 5 or 6 and sat mesmerized as the lovely…
By JenLeoraBy JenLeoraPosted on The recent post 17 Names for Deaf is hereby amended. After some amazing feedback and discussion, here are EVEN MORE names that people use to describe the experience that is deaf and hard of hearing: Pre-lingually deaf…
By JenLeoraBy JenLeoraPosted on What’s in a name? Apparently a lot if you’re deaf. Or hard of hearing. Or whatever label you use to describe yourself. But (cocks head) do you have a right to call yourself that?! Well, because it’s…
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