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Can you please repeat that? Hearing Loss in the Academy
Reprinted from Disabled Faculty and Staff: Intersecting Identities Volume 2 (2023) with permission from the Association on Higher Education And Disability, AHEAD, Huntersville, NC, USA. www.ahead.org At...
The “Deaf Tax” and Speaking for Others
Today, in spite of the presence and efforts of deaf academics and deaf advocacy organizations, hearing sign language linguists are most readily heeded,...
Can everybody hear me? Experiences as an hearing impaired faculty member
"People do not recognize the struggles involved on a daily basis for those of us with hearing loss, and the extent to which...
My academic path from self-reliance to self-advocacy to peer-support
Self-reliance seems more of a recipe for isolation and alienation than for increasing the presence of disability in academia
1 out of 4 people on a hiring committee think I can’t do my job
— Michele “On your faculty job application, don’t say that you have hearing loss ‘cause, you know… you function just fine.” Enmeshed within...
Creating community with The Mind Hears open houses
We recently hosted two on-line open house sessions to provide an opportunity for folks to meet other deaf or hard of hearing faculty...
New Year’s Resolution 2023: Improve accessibility of your workplace for your deaf/HoH colleagues
Chances are that someone in your department has hearing loss, whether they’ve disclosed this or not, and will benefit from your efforts to...
Dear Students: Listen Up. Like, for Real.
Is there anything as vulnerable as a deaf person standing in front of an expectant audience?
Profile: Dr. Krista Kennedy
setting limits on how much listening I do each day, negotiating accommodations through the ADA office, and educating my colleagues about CART and...
And I knew the silence of the world
"I am holding on with both hands and never letting go."
