Smarter Than a 5th Grader?!?
Written by Beth Blair on September 12th, 2008 | 0 CommentsWhat I really love about September is that none of the erasers have been chewed off the pencils. Yet.
The last blog that I wrote has a comment from Esther asking if I have cued in all of the grades yet. That’s funny because my colleagues joke that we should, by now, be smarter than 5th [...]
The Middle Man
Written by Beth Blair on July 19th, 2008 | 1 CommentIt’s a cool job. I go places. I learn things. I sing and crack jokes. Sometimes I flirt or tell a lie. I’ve gone down a zip wire and had to kiss a fish. I am a professional communication facilitator, aka, Cued Language Transliterator. The clients’ lives are private, so the window that I have [...]
Connections Within the Family
Written by Mary-Beth Robie on June 22nd, 2008 | 3 CommentsTo come from a family where each of my immediate family members learned how to cue is something I consider a blessing. I even put my life on the line by trying to teach the family cat how to expressively cue to me. I would take her paw and try to move it around her [...]
Giving Back: Ten Years Later
Written by Mary-Beth Robie on May 29th, 2008 | 5 CommentsTen years ago, I was asked to meet a family with a daughter who had been diagnosed with a profound bilateral hearing loss. This was a first for me. By no means did I know what the role of a deaf model meant. After all, I grew up in a rural town 20 miles north [...]
The Cued Speech Program in Fairfax County, Virginia
Written by Aaron Rose on May 23rd, 2008 | 0 CommentsThere is a large population of deaf children in the DC region, and Fairfax County Public Schools have created programs to accommodate the different communication modes for those children. One such program is the Cued Speech Program, which consists of Canterbury Woods Elementary School, Frost Middle School, and Woodson High School.
My friend [...]
Welcome
Written by Barb Ballard on May 21st, 2008 | 5 CommentsWelcome to WeCue.net! WeCue.net is what is known of as a Contributor’s Blog. There will be many different bloggers who contribute on a regular basis. The purpose of this blog is to share information and ideas concerning Cued Speech. The contributors here are a mix of individuals who for personal or professional reasons have embraced [...]
