A couple of days ago, my wife came home and ranted about a car that nearly ran her off the road.  The offending driver wielded a cell phone and an SUV, and didn't notice her little Elantra until it was almost accidentally one.  As a former motorcyclist (I gave up riding… Read full post »

My son tried to sign to the other babies at play group.  He doesn't notice that they look at his attempts to communicate as waves in the world; more blurry noise that human speech.  The deaf advocate in me is pleased that my minion has acquired bilingual traits, but the father… Read full post »

Shortly before the birth of my son, my wife and I embarked on a quest to acquire a variety of baby cry signalers and receivers.  

The design of baby cry signalers and receivers is quite simple.  The signaler acquires a sound of sufficient volume and lets the receiver know.  The receiver… Read full post »

Some time ago, while I was researching journal articles for my masters thesis, I came across an article* which described the role of microagressions in the unconscious classification and oppression of various minority and sub-cultural groups. 

Microaggression are casual and often unintended act… Read full post »

About a weekend ago I found myself clustered with hearing people near a bonfire.  We had just done our SCA-geeky thing and were regaling each other with heroic stories of each other's exploits.  "Dude," spake one, "I had no idea deaf people could do what you did."

 "What exactly did I… Read full post »