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Archive for the ‘Acceptance’ Category
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
“Inclusion is more than just geography”
I wish I could take credit for the quote above, but it came from a great presenter I heard at this year’s AG Bell Convention, Dr. Sarah Wainscott (see my notes from her presentation, “AVT Model for Families Transitioning from Visual Language” HERE).
Back-to-school time is upon us and, for many [...]
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
A while ago, I posted THIS about decorating hearing devices, and how adding flair to your “ears” can increase acceptance and awareness of hearing loss every day. Well, the world of hearing devices changes quickly, so here are some of the original ideas of that post with even more ideas of how to decorate your [...]
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
A few months ago, I posted THIS asking for reader opinions and feedback on the subject of children with hearing loss and additional disabilities. This spurred an independent learning project, and I promised to share with you all what I learned. Here is what I found…
STATISTICS: WHO ARE THESE CHILDREN?
Approximately 40% of children with hearing [...]
Saturday, May 8th, 2010
HERE’S TO THE MOMS
Here’s to the Moms who may not have “signed up” to parent a deaf or hard of hearing child, but do so anyway with grace and love.
Here’s to the Moms who narrate every second of every day, not caring what others may think.
Here’s to the Moms who put miles on their cars [...]
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
UCLA Tailback Derrick Coleman — see the hearing aids!?!
(Photo source HERE)
Derrick Coleman, a tailback on the UCLA Bruins football team, is not only a successful athlete who happens to have hearing loss, but also a stellar young man who has distinguished himself as one of the recipients of the 2009 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®. [...]
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
I just learned about a great new film, “Including Samuel”. According to the film’s website:
Before his son Samuel was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about the inclusion of people with disabilities. Now he thinks about inclusion every day. Shot and produced over four years, Habib’s award-winning documentary film, Including Samuel, chronicles [...]
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Do children really like their cochlear implants? Do they bond with their high-tech ears? How does having cochlear implants affect children’s self esteem?
Well, sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words. ”Qq” was the letter of the week last week at the Hearing School, and each child was given a few squares to add to [...]
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Congratulations to Mel Paticoff, leader of the HearingExchange Teens group on Facebook, her very musically talented sister, Dani, and their cousin, Julie (bilateral CI recipient and daughter of bilateral CI recipient and HearingExchange founder Paula Rosenthal) for their winning video “That’s Just the Way We Hear!” which won the American Speech-Language Hearing Association’s Better Hearing [...]
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
At the Cochlear Celebration Expo, Rachel came over and told me she had found someone I just had to meet! She pulled me to the other side of the room to meet Fred, an adult CI user who had told Rachel how he loved changing the color plates on his CI processors because it helped [...]
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
“I don’t have my mom’s eyes, but I do have her HEART.”
November is National Adoption Month. How does this apply to a website called “Cochlear Implant Online”? Keep reading…
Those of you who know me know that, second only to listening and spoken language for deaf children, adoption is the cause of my heart. Combine the two, [...]
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