17 Again: Back to the Future of Cueing …
Written by Duke Osborne on May 17th, 2009 | 1 CommentAt birth, I fell in love with my boy; it was love at first sight. … A portal to a different world opened. … Ben is a deaf cuer; I am cueing dad.
London Calling
Written by Duke Osborne on April 26th, 2009 | 0 CommentsLondon, England
Cueing. The Rosetta Stone of literacy.
Learning From Each Other
Written by Hilary Franklin on February 23rd, 2009 | 4 CommentsI can’t count the number of times I’ve been in the hot seat. Or the number of times I’ve been on a panel of native cuers being asked questions about what it’s like being deaf, what we think about cueing, what our advice is for fellow cuers, parents, professionals, aliens, and maybe a marmoset here [...]
Using Technology to Communicate
Written by Catharine McNally on February 9th, 2009 | 1 CommentIn another blog, I wrote about the increasing use of digital technology and how Keen Guides is using it to create more integrated experience for people of all languages and communication modalities. We’re hopeful that it creates dialogue when everyone has access to the same information.
I think it’s important to create experiences for people in [...]
Argentine Journal — Fathers & Sons
Written by Duke Osborne on February 3rd, 2009 | 2 CommentsA Super Sunday? Absolutely! … Hearing or deaf, the love of a father and son endures.
One Note at a Time
Written by Beth Blair on January 21st, 2009 | 2 CommentsImagine that you are a professional musician working every day and never playing the same piece of music twice. Each evening you show up at the auditorium in your black tux and on a screen, you are shown only one note at a time, in rapid succession, not a standard piece of music with the [...]
Do you Cue in your dreams?
Written by Barb Ballard on January 14th, 2009 | 8 CommentsI realized recently, that from time to time, I find myself Cueing in my dreams. Sometimes it is when I’m communicating with someone to whom I would normally Cue, but in other dreams I find myself Cueing to people who have no knowledge of Cued Speech. It seems that when I find myself Cueing to [...]
New Year’s Resolutions.
Written by Catharine McNally on December 29th, 2008 | 3 CommentsI’ve never been a big fan of New Year’s until this year. I suspect it’s because my life used to revolve around the school calendar, from September ’til June. Now that I’m in the working world, there is getting to be some meaning behind our traditional calendar year, with a “new fresh” and a conclusion [...]
More Cued Speech Informational Videos
Written by Barb Ballard on December 18th, 2008 | 0 CommentsThere are actually a total of five video segments which the National Cued Speech Association has made available. This one is the longest. It’s called Who Uses Cued Speech? The video shows both native cuers and hearing parents describe how and why they chose Cued Speech as the primary communication modality for their child/children. I’m [...]
Argentine Journal — The Constant Educator
Written by Duke Osborne on November 30th, 2008 | 2 CommentsHave 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 [...]
