Argentine Journal — The Constant Educator

Have you ever been disappointed that no one knows about cueing, about Cued Speech’s design as an ideal tool in overcoming deaf illiteracy?
I was at a friend’s son’s Bar Mitzvah last weekend (I have just loved saying that phrase; such joy to use a double possessive). In a quieter moment, it was revealed through [...]

When I was learning to Cue

Many hearing parents who learn to Cue for their hearing impaired or deaf child have learned to do so while their child is still quite young.  Some as early as infancy, others during toddlerhood.  Since my son was not diagnosed with a hearing impairment until 2nd grade, I was working with different developmental milestones than [...]

Argentine Journal (Fragments)

Refracted thoughts on Argentina, communication, empathy for Ben and his deafness:
(1) Can you ever really blend in when you are an outsider? Should you?
In the first day or two of our journey to Argentina, my daughter Maddie seemed oddly out of sorts when I cued to my son Ben, especially in [...]

Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky (in cued English with subtitles)

I wanted to share this YouTube video. It shows the Louis Carroll poem Jabberwocky being Cued. It also has subtitles for those who cannot cue read. Jabberwocky is a literary classic, but was meant by Carroll as a parody designed to show how not to write a poem. According to [...]