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  • What the heck is the “green zone”?

    Recently, I was interpreting for a speaker who talked about having different elements of life cared for in such a way that relationships with other people would improve. Interestingly, they said that if you have all these elements in order, you would be in the “green zone.” I froze! My instinct was to use the…

    Grab the Lapels

    September 9, 2024
    Reflection
    interpreting, sign-language
  • Working Together in Love

    Working Together in Love

    “They are people who take and hold a generous and neighborly view of self-preservation; they do not believe that they can survive and flourish by the rule of dog eat dog . . . They know that work ought to be necessary; it ought to be good; it ought to be satisfying and dignifying to…

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    August 23, 2024
    Reflection
  • Transition to Adulthood, Higher Education, and Occupations: A Report on Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals and SSI/SSDI Payments

    Transition to Adulthood, Higher Education, and Occupations: A Report on Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals and SSI/SSDI Payments

    Sometimes, a cost-benefit analysis was necessary to figure out if living just above the poverty line without health benefits was worth it for a family that could suffer long-term medical harm for the sake of avoiding SSI.

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    June 10, 2024
    Learn Something New
    deaf, deafness, hearing-loss
  • Women and Deafness: Double Visions, edited by Brueggemann and Burch

    “The requirements for contestants in the Miss Deaf America pageant (and Miss Gallaudet and many other state-level contests) reflect mainstream pageant rules but also reveal physical and cultural Deaf components.”

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    June 7, 2024
    Books and Authors
    culture, deaf, deafness, sign-language
  • Emerging Wings by Melissa Lewis

    If you want a brief introduction to what life is like for one person who is not Hearing, this is the book for you.

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    May 29, 2024
    Books and Authors
    deaf, deafness, hearing-loss, sign-language
  • Practice Over Summer Break

    I’ve been thinking lately about how I should continue to improve my interpreting skills over the summer break.

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    May 24, 2024
    Learn Something New
  • Identity, Church Shopping, and Biblical Interpretation

    I recently completed a 300-level course on Sociology and Religion and wanted to share the papers I wrote here. First, I have a report on any health benefits provided to society by religion. You can find that in my previous post. Today, I’m sharing my argument on Biblical interpretation and the desire to church shop.…

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    January 19, 2024
    Learn Something New
  • Report on Sociology and Religion

    I recently completed a 300-level course on Sociology and Religion and wanted to share the papers I wrote here. First, I have a report on any health benefits provided to society by religion. At a later date, I’ll share my argument on Biblical literalism and the desire to church shop. A Report on Health and…

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    January 12, 2024
    Learn Something New
  • Never the Twain Shall Meet

    “Throughout the last two centuries, a controversial question has plagued the field of education of the deaf: should sign language be used to communicate with and instruct deaf children?”

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    December 8, 2023
    Books and Authors
  • Volunteering & Collectivist Communities

    Come Monday morning, would we look back and say we “did” anything that weekend, anything relaxing or fun?

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    June 27, 2023
    Reflection
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