Julia is anything but your typical teenage girl. She is rebellious, edgy, and, on top of it all, she is also deaf. In Whitney Gardner’s You’re Welcome, Universe, Julia’s struggle to find her place in the world is on full display. With plenty of humor, honesty, and insight into the life of a deaf teen, […]
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after I had been deaf a week I woke to my sister singing in my ear ………………………..I sat up in bed and did not breathe and stared at the closed door silent smiles and the scent of wood if she sang again I would sit at the piano and play along […]
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Deaf West Theatre and director Michael Arden have recreated the 2006 Tony Award winning musical Spring Awakening. The show is based on the 1891 play by Frank Wedekind about teenagers who are struggling with love and sexuality in a repressed Germany. The new production finds new elements and new ways to express the intense themes […]
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May 21st, I wanted to wake up happy and ready to celebrate my husband’s birthday. But I didn’t. I couldn’t. I fell into a restless sleep with tears rolling down my face the night before, and the realization that my 15-month-old son was deaf wasn’t any easier to handle as the sun came up. For a […]
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My kids have reached the age where they love to crank up whatever they’re listening to. Whether they’re listening to music on their headphones or watching a movie on the TV or their computer, the louder the better. Of course, this is terrible for their ears, and my husband and I are constantly asking them […]
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Have you ever had to ask someone to repeat herself? Again? What? Over and over? Did it make you feel smart? Chances are, no. Communication through speech is such a big part of our daily lives that we often don’t think about how isolating it would be to struggle with hearing in ways that other […]
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The new neighbors have a son who only knows numb sounds and dull drums. We play together. He speaks sign language. I am learning, (for him). He asks me to tell him what his mama’s voice sounds like, if it is crisp or gentle. Cold or quilted. I scour for words with a temperature that […]
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