This is dedicated to all of my fellow activists out there. It is so easy to become overwhelmed by the deluge of issues facing us as Deaf people and as United States citizens that at times all we may want to do is go fetal, under a blanket, and wail from the sheer hopelessness of it all. Read more…
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A Huge Barrier to Economic and Political Self-Determination
Telephone relay services, including both video and text relay service, have been on my mind a lot for the past several months. I won’t bore you, dear reader, with the details of my extensive synaptic journey, except to describe the starting point, a point or two along the way, and the point I am at now. Please bear with this brief description, for this is but a prelude for the argument I want to make about where relay services need to go from this time forward. Read more…
Poetry: A Name
Author’s Note: This was written three months ago, but remained unpublished until now. The subject of the article passed away last night after a lengthy battle with disease. Repacking my portmanteau has been a complicated process, and it remains undone. It is my hope that his passing and the publishing of this piece will go a long way toward getting that packing done. Read more…
The Train Has Pulled Into the Station!
This is a bittersweet time for the CSD community, the Bay Area Deaf community, and the nationwide Deaf community. The train, which looked remarkably like a decorated golf cart, pulled into the big gym at CSD last Saturday night with suitcases piled on top. Dr. Henry “Hank” Klopping and his wife, Sandra “Bunny” Klopping, disembarked in front of a room full of four hundred nattily dressed people and took their seats at a table in front of the temporary stage. Read more…
Yes, Virginia, We Do Grow Up!
You know something is seriously wrong when professionals in the field of Deaf education cannot handle healthy Deaf adults. After all, they play a huge and important role in preparing their Deaf pupils to become Deaf adults. Read more…