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 [...]

What happened to Brian’s posts?

Over the last week, Brian published several new posts expressing the feelings and personal experiences derived from his use of the various methods of communication available to deaf and hard of hearing individuals.  These posts generated a number of comments.  Unfortunately, over the weekend Brian choose to leave WeCue! and in the process felt it [...]

Finding the Common Denominator

At the risk of sounding cliche, I don’t believe in bad events or moments. I think that ultimately, we look back and have a good understanding of why events happened and how it changed our course. Challenges make us stronger, more certain of our decisions, and more well-rounded. Those decisions may result in a greater [...]

Argentine Journal (Listening)

Argentine Journal (Field Notes)
The effort of listening.  How travel to a foreign country, with a foreign language, generates empathy for Ben, my deaf son.
During our time in Buenos Aires we stayed in an apartment.  This provided us a perfect base of operations to unpack our gear, a kitchen for supplies and meal preparation, beds and [...]

Argentine Journal

Journeys, metaphorically or literally, through life or to foreign countries, require some interactions with others, at least for basic needs – transportation, food, lodging.  These basic transactions require interacting with others, which requires communication. This summer I went on an overseas adventure to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with my teenage children, Ben, 16, and Maddie, [...]

CLTs and Culture!

One reason why I love cued speech is the ability to be mainstream as much as possible.
This is possible thanks to cued language transliterators (CLTs), as Beth blogged about earlier. What a great post - the CLTs are truly instrumental in the mainstream experience and the ability to get the exact same information, and we [...]

The Middle Man

It’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 [...]

Cued Speech and Entrepreneurship

Many of us are able to say, “…because of cued speech, ________________ is possible.”
For some of you, it can be “pursuing an education,” “sharing laughs with my siblings,” or “being able to tell my child, ‘I love you.’” For me: …because of cued speech, starting my own company is possible. Growing up with cued speech, [...]

Texas Brings Random Contemplations on CLT Access

As I write this, I am currently in what amounts to the middle of nowhere, central Texas, working as a volunteer at an archaeological field school, ready to sell a kingdom for a good hot biscuit, and surrounded by colonies of fire ants. I also have very limited internet, so y’all are very lucky to [...]