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 Read More ...
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, Read More ...
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 Read More ...
Say What?
Written by Barb Ballard on December 13th, 2008 | 0 CommentsThe difference between having a CLT in class and not having one. Read More ...
Cued Children’s Stories
Written by Barb Ballard on December 4th, 2008 | 0 CommentsThe National Cued Speech Association has recently published, on YouTube, a series of new videos on Cued Speech. They did a really good job! The videos include captions for those who cannot hear the audio or read the cues. This one is entitled Cued Children’s Stories and it Read More ...
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 Read More ...
When I was learning to Cue
Written by Barb Ballard on November 10th, 2008 | 5 CommentsMany 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 Read More ...
Argentine Journal (Fragments)
Written by Duke Osborne on November 8th, 2008 | 1 CommentRefracted 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 Read More ...
Jabberwocky
Written by Barb Ballard on November 1st, 2008 | 10 CommentsJabberwocky (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 Read More ...
What happened to Brian’s posts?
Written by Barb Ballard on October 26th, 2008 | 0 CommentsOver 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 Read More ...
