Category: Random Thoughts

Duke Osborne

Happy Independence Day!

Written by Duke Osborne on July 4th, 2009 | 0 Comments

Greetings on the Fourth of July — with reading, our deaf children are always independent in learning

Duke Osborne

17 Again: Back to the Future of Cueing …

Written by Duke Osborne on May 17th, 2009 | 1 Comment

At 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.

Duke Osborne

London Calling

Written by Duke Osborne on April 26th, 2009 | 0 Comments

London, England
Cueing. The Rosetta Stone of literacy.

Hilary Franklin

Learning From Each Other

Written by Hilary Franklin on February 23rd, 2009 | 4 Comments

I 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 [...]

Catharine McNally

Using Technology to Communicate

Written by Catharine McNally on February 9th, 2009 | 1 Comment

In 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 [...]

Duke Osborne

Argentine Journal — Fathers & Sons

Written by Duke Osborne on February 3rd, 2009 | 2 Comments

A Super Sunday? Absolutely! … Hearing or deaf, the love of a father and son endures.

Beth Blair

One Note at a Time

Written by Beth Blair on January 21st, 2009 | 2 Comments

Imagine 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 [...]

Barb Ballard

Do you Cue in your dreams?

Written by Barb Ballard on January 14th, 2009 | 8 Comments

I 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 [...]

Barb Ballard

Say What?

Written by Barb Ballard on December 13th, 2008 | 0 Comments

 
The difference between having a CLT in class and not having one.

Duke Osborne

Argentine Journal (Fragments)

Written by Duke Osborne on November 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment

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 [...]