It was in the summer of 1999 when I stumbled upon Cued Speech. I had just finished my freshman year of college at Roger Williams University and was getting ready to head down to Washington, DC to participate in LEAP (Leadership Enrichment Adventure Program), a leadership program designed for Read More ...
“You’re a good girl, you’re a wonderful sister, and you’re a sweetheart of a child.” I bestowed this valedictory benediction on Maddie, my daughter, for years. Gender specific, relationship specific, and then universal — girl, sister, child. Maddie turned 15 Read More ...
I love when I stumble upon videos concerning Cued Speech. I found this video on YouTube. I’m glad it was captioned. The person in the video is a BSL user who used Cued Speech until she was 7 years old and then switched to signing. Now, as an adult, she wishes she had continued to use Cued Read More ...
This is the continuation of my first post about Prosody, and why we should cue it. To show you how so very important prosody is in communication, I’ve embedded two short videos of myself cueing several short sentences, one with prosody, one without. See which one you can get the most Read More ...
High schoolers in our county are in the middle of first semester exams, a few taken on Friday but the rest looming this week. Ben and Maddie are both preparing and studying. I want to believe, but don’t really know, what or how much or how well they, but Ben especially, is doing. If Read More ...
The next Cues on Tap – Fairfax will be held on Saturday, January 9th 2010 from 7pm to 9 pm. The location is Auld Shebeen, 3971 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, VA. To keep updated on future Cues on Tap – Fairfax events, join the Cues on Tap – Fairfax group on Facebook. Read More ...
Chase wants to give away $5 million. Simply vote for your favorite nonprofit (hint – National Cued Speech Association) through Chase Giving on Facebook and then ask your friends to do the same. The voting ends soon, December 11th, so don’t wait! http://bit.ly/dimpO Read More ...
I guess this post is really aimed at those hearing individuals who are learning to cue, or who’ve learned to cue, in order to support someone who is either hearing impaired or using cued speech for other educational reasons. I want to talk about finding creative ways to practice and improve Read More ...
Once upon a time in November, a boy was diagnosed as deaf. That boy’s father gives thanks. Dates in November are significant in my professional and personal life. I just completed 20 years at my job, receiving a plaque from our government thanking me for “loyal and devoted Read More ...
… To advise in parallel with Mr. Shakespeare, to that there is a question. But the teacher assigned the homework, so I’ll give it a go. Hamlet’s on the syllabus for Ben’s senior year. The students are going to study Polonius’ advice to his son Laertes. Hamlet, Read More ...
