March 15th, 2015 by Jessica | Tags: Accommodations, Audiology, Cochlear Implant, College, School | Comments Off

About four years ago, I first met Nicole, whose mother and mine are good friends. Nicole and I instantly hit it off and became fast friends. Every now and then our mothers, Nicole, my sister, and […]

February 26th, 2015 by Jessica | Tags: Accommodations, College, Life, School, Social Life, Sports | Comments Off

My mom and Sam’s mom met in the CI Circle many years ago and became friends. Sam and I had never met in person until we attended the AG BELL Leadership Opportunities for Teens Program […]

February 14th, 2015 by Jessica | Tags: Friendship, High School, School, Social Life, Valentine's Day | Comments Off

Happy Valentine’s Day! While Valentine’s Day is a day about love, I also like to think that Valentine’s Day is a day about appreciating friendship. Over the years, I have always wondered what it was […]

February 8th, 2015 by Jessica | | Comments Off

Back in December of 2013, I met Bethany M. from Australia while she was staying with my sister in Boston. Bethany recently contacted me saying that she wrote an article for school about the long term […]

January 26th, 2015 by Jessica | Tags: Cochlear Implant, Deaf Culture, Hearing Aids, High School, Music | Comments Off

One of my closest friends from high school wrote this. Karina and I met over four years ago at the beginning of my freshman year of high school. When I first met Karina, she was […]

January 21st, 2015 by Jessica | Tags: High School, Sports | 2 Comments »

This past summer at the Usher Syndrome International Conference, I met Clare W. Clare is a high school student and is very involved in her cheerleading squad. Clare has decided to share her experiences about cheerleading, […]

January 17th, 2015 by Jessica | Tags: Disability, High School, Identity | 2 Comments »

In my junior year of high school, my English class and I studied The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This book was my class’s least favorite book to read because of Hawthorne’s writing style and the difficult […]

January 11th, 2015 by Jessica | Tags: College, Speak Up, Tips and Tricks | Comments Off

In kindergarten to twelfth grade, you have an IEP—Individualized Education Program—that is run by a team of teachers. Back when I was in high school, I used to have yearly IEP meetings with my Teacher […]

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