Lance Allred Cavs Update

On Tuesday I posted about Lance Allred, the NBA’s first deaf basketball player. Since then, I ran across another article on him which detailed his struggles in getting to his sport’s highest level.
Most of this article details the difficulty that “minor league” basketball players go through in scraping up enough money to live (and [...]

Did I Hear You Correctly?

I am naive. I admit it. I did not think that we would have to deal with ignorant people so early in Drew’s life. I knew the time would come with others would look at him differently, but I thought the days of teasing and such would come in elementary and middle school.
On Saturday our [...]

"The Ends Justify The Means?"

I have mentioned the raging debate over whether cochlear implants are destroying “Deaf culture” or not, and have been trying to learn more myself. I understand that as a hearing person (“hearie”), I cannot fully realize what it is like to be Deaf (Deaf with a capital “D” is often used to refer to [...]

Cochlear Implants Do Not Eliminate Deaf Rights

Recently we described how we were kind of at a standstill. We have some tests scheduled for later in January, and a CAT Scan in March. We are attending counseling sessions and so forth, but with no visible signs of the hearing aids working, we are just doing our best to learn about [...]

Deaf Culture Controversy

I have found a wonderful group on Yahoo! for parents of children who are deaf and either have been implanted or are pursing implantation. These parents have a wealth of information on cochlear implants, the latest technology, helpful hints for surgery and habilitation. CI Circle has been a great resource for me. The part I [...]

Scammers Abusing Phone Aid for Deaf – Video

This MSNBC video illustrates the lengths that scam artists will go to these days. As if targeting senior citizens or the general public was not disgusting enough, now those in the deaf community are being subjected to these criminals via a service known as IP Relay.
The lastest hotbed for robbery seems to be Nigeria. [...]