deaf culture

When we moved to this city block last October I debated whether or not to get a deaf kid sign. I kind of decided against it. For one, I didn't think it would make any difference. People would speed regardless. For another, we've taught Ellis ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/12/2010 - 22:05 - 0 comments

This post has two parts. Part the First: wherein encounters with the public library lead to benefits beyond my wildest dreams. I am attempting to renew our overdue relationship with the public library. (heh, heh.) The public library and I have a ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/11/2010 - 08:26 - 11 comments

In a week, Ellis will begin his first experience having a personal ASL interpreter in a hearing setting. He will just barely five years old. He has been in great situations thus far. At school, he has full access to communication, because he goes to a ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/14/2010 - 08:49 - 0 comments

So why three parts? Because I had more thoughts than I had time at a time to write. And because what I wanted to say falls roughly into three points: background, what's going on now, and the obligatory abstract reflections. Incidentally, this is ...

Blog entry - cjones - 05/26/2010 - 09:48 - 5 comments

Ellis runs ahead of me in all his four-year-old boy vivacity. As I lumber along with the baby on my back, lugging our little bag full of snacks and water bottles, I watch him, waiting for the moment, just before he disappears around the ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/14/2009 - 22:36 - 19 comments

In June of 2005 our son, E, was born. E's birth was the bright spot in a very difficult year. In the wake personal loss, regret, and tragedy, E's arrival brought us joy and peace. We had just moved from New Orleans, only a few months before Hurricane ...

Story - admin - 01/13/2009 - 17:29 - 8 comments

The two month mark has passed from E's CI activation. He's doing well, especially expressively. When he's wearing the CI, he more regularly turns to his name/other sounds. And he's consistently saying "bye-bye" and "aaah" for airplane. He's imitating ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/27/2007 - 23:14 - 33 comments

bust of Laurent Clerc By request, I'm posting a bit more about our stop at the American School for the Deaf in Hartford on the way home from our fabulous Maine Vacation. This was our first trip up through New England, and I thought ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/20/2007 - 11:33 - 3 comments

E and I are at my parents' for a couple of days. Hoping to enjoy friends, the dog, throwing rocks in the pond, riding trains, fresh tomatoes and peaches, And I have a couple of brilliant sewing projects to finish. So back to our regularly ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/27/2007 - 09:32 - 4 comments

Though I almost never post on my wife's blog, I almost always read through the comments she gets re. d/Deaf issues. Mostly I tend to stay away from commenting, because I have a tendency to take things personally, whereas she is much more measured in her ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/26/2007 - 17:46 - 43 comments

Ellis's CI was activated on July 24. It is now August 25. So, how is E doing? Well, not bad! Sound awareness is the first step in the CI training process. Learning how to use the CI is often called "rehabilitation", but I find that term kind ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/25/2007 - 23:57 - 49 comments

I wanted to post a link to a blog that I guest blogged on yesterday. Amy and I have had some exciting conversations and we wanted to share some our dialogue, which we did on her blog . It's been an incredibly encouraging to me as a parent, yet unsure ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/01/2007 - 08:46 - 3 comments

When we had a baby and found out that he was deaf, one of the first things we did was set about learning sign language as fast as possible. Signing was something I was considering anyway, because of the widespread popularity of baby signs to give babies ...

Blog entry - diber - 07/28/2007 - 12:43 - 12 comments

For real. Done baking. Kitchen cleaned. Floor mopped. Monsieurs et 'dames. Je vous presente Le Pumpkin Pie de l'An 2006: Chris's aunt sent us this awesome "I love You" cookie cutter the other day. Since I like to make a little ...

Blog entry - diber - 11/22/2006 - 21:28 - 2 comments

The protest at Gallaudet is over. The Board of Trustees met over the week and rescinded the contract from Jane Fernanded for the position of incoming president. Having heard absolutely zero good about her; having seen her NOT act in a reconciliatory ...

Blog entry - diber - 10/30/2006 - 21:58 - 0 comments

I am totally loving Google Reader. I've loaded all the blogs and news sites that I read/would like to read and it puts it all together for me. So now I'm not missing blogs I'd like to catch but don't always have time to catch on the blog rounds, and ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/14/2006 - 00:53 - 10 comments

Our early intervention has taken a new twist. So far a teach comes every other week from the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. She brings resources, information, and conversation. In between, we watch Signing Time! and read. PSD is trying to ...

Blog entry - diber - 05/11/2006 - 23:20 - 3 comments

Yesterday morning as we were waiting on the train platform to go down to University City, a young man wearing hearing aids came up to Ellis and cooed calling to his friend, "look at this cute baby!!" His speech was difficult to understand, and he signed ...

Blog entry - diber - 02/02/2006 - 12:42 - 4 comments