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Harnessing social media to advocate for accommodations
While just the mention of ‘social media’ can elicit eye rolls from our senior colleagues, many of us deaf and hard of hearing...
Profile: Dr. Heather Fair
Without hearing diversity, we are missing the tremendous collective power of different human experiences, ideas, and creative thought which is shaped by information...
Science in ASL is a whole different language: Interpreters in STEM
— Megan Majocha Deaf and hard of hearing scientists often face a lack of communication access, which is troubling because they have made...
Writing reference letters for disabled mentees
When explaining why you want to mention their disability in your letter, share with your mentee specific character traits that you notice them...
Presentando The Mind Hears [La Mente Oye] a académicos de habla hispana
-translated by Ana Our goal for The Mind Hears is to have it serve as a global resource for deaf and HoH (hard of hearing)...
The Eight Faces – a deaf artist’s perspective on masks
At this moment, after 2 years of pandemic living, many COVID restrictions are being rolled back in the communities where we – Michele...
Profile: Elli Harpum
Location: UCL, London UK Field of expertise: Quantum Physics@victorianphysic photo credit: Hannah Coleman Tell us about your background I have had hearing loss since I was 14...
Dear Students: Listen Up. Like, for Real.
Is there anything as vulnerable as a deaf person standing in front of an expectant audience?
New Year’s Resolution 2022: Making your in-person and remote workplaces accessible for your deaf/HoH colleagues
The new year brings a fresh start to our lives; it’s a natural time to reflect on the year past and make plans...
Lessons from the pandemic: work innovations that we are keeping
The last year required a myriad of adjustments in our professional lives. For those of us in academia, much of it entailed moving...
