The Whiplash of Audism
Two by two, they filed into the Temple of Audism, these hopeful Supplicants to the God Locutus. Within, they met the Oracles of Locutus, with their full beards and smarmy smiles. “Your Child shall be...
View ArticleFCC “Lock-In” Plan: Hurting Deaf Consumers
Let me get this out in the open: I am not much of a “phone person.” I never really developed the habit, as I could not really use the phone well, beyond a small circle of familiar persons. When I...
View ArticleI am a…… Success!
I am an Oral success. At around two and a half years old, I started talking. I started to learn to read at four years old. Today I can (if I so choose), order a hamburger at McDonald’s without having...
View ArticleTime for the “ASL Cobra” to Come Out?
Today, Martin Luther King is well-respected – they’ve even given him a statue in Washington, DC. Even as MLK is respected, another Black leader of his time, Malcolm X, is not so highly regarded by...
View ArticleJewishness and Deaf Culture: A Comparison
Many people think of being Jewish as belonging to a particular religion. What many people don’t realize is that it is more than that: being Jewish means being part of a specific culture and holding...
View ArticleRun Our Way
During this summer of the Olympics, my Facebook friends have “shared” a particular picture of Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee Olympic runner. I’m sure you’ve seen this picture – it is a really...
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