If you wear hearing aids, emergency backup communication is essential. In 1994 I was living in the San Fernando Valley, when a catastrophic earthquake shook the Los Angeles area to its core. Just a few miles north…
The Importance of Deaf Identity
Without peers, it’s hard for Deaf and hard of hearing children to understand their identity or where they truly fit in. Do you remember the game Marco Polo? The one where whoever is It has to close…
Hearing Loss: Strategies for Understanding Children
For a Deaf or hard of hearing person, having confidence in explaining what’s needed to better communicate with kids is crucial. My best strategies. For most of us that are Deaf or hard of hearing understanding children’s…
A (Deaf) Disney Adventure
Once Upon a Time, you could get into Disneyland for FREE on your birthday. And one year, after we were recently married, my husband and I decided to go for his birthday. So, as carefree (read childless)…