Let’s change negative stigma around deafness
One time during job interviews, I had two very different experiences; one within the hearing world and the other in the deaf world.
How do D/deaf people experience music?
‘How can D/deaf people hear music’… ‘D/deaf people must really miss music’…
These questions and phrases are commonly asked and is a common myth I’d like to dispel in this blog.
Any D/deaf person, regardless of their level of hearing loss can experience or ‘hear’ music, they might just access it differently to the way hearing people do.
Web and Online Accessibility for Deaf People
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Myths and misconceptions around deafness
Perhaps because I live and breathe it, I can’t quite understand why there are still so many inaccurate perceptions about deafness and hearing loss?
William Stokoe – American Sign Language scholar
William Stokoe (pronounced Stowkee) is the man most responsible for ASL being recognised as an official language rather than just a mimed vocabulary. Surprisingly, he wasn't deaf or a signer. He was an English teacher who had gone to Gallaudet college (the world's only Deaf University) in 1955 to teach Chaucer to deaf students.
