Until I came to UPenn for my graduate studies, I hardly participated in any class in the New York City Public School System, Bronx High School of Science, or even Harvard College. You ask, “Why?” It’s because I was often a lone deaf participant in any classroom, and I never had any ‘reasonable accommodations’ such….
No, it has nothing to do with dealing with my hearing loss. It has something to do with milestones. In my own opinion, I count two milestones. I’m at least surviving my lymphoma. I think I’m looking up a bit. On March 9th, I will begin my second chemo treatment. That’s one milestone. The second….
I have lymphoma. There you all go…. You ask me what this has to do with my deafness. A lot! For four weeks, my mind was befuddled, and I had severe anemia. Every movement I made required effort, very valuable tidbits of energy when I had very low energy. My Denise took me to several….
That was not me saying that. It was voiced by Amar’e Stoudemire1, a basketball great who played for the NY Knicks, one of the NYC teams that I support no matter where I now reside. He answered my question. But hey, I’m way ahead….let’s start at the beginning. It took place at a recent fund-raising event….
For five years (from August 2009 to May 2014), I taught d/Deaf and hard of hearing (D/HH) students biology at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), one of the nine colleges at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), and I tutored D/HH students taking biology courses at the College of Science (COS) and, to….
Something unusual had occurred last week at a local grocery store. In the past, I’ve often gone food shopping. I love food shopping, not because I like to eat, but because it’s so relaxing. For example, I don’t have to think about work and I move around at my own pace. It’s also interesting to….
No, it’s not a sequel to the early blog1 with the same title (except for Part 2). No one asked me that question in this blog. But the early blog reminds me of a different but related event. The said event was my and my family’s move from Bethesda to Rockville, MD in the spring of….
I love the sport of baseball. I dreamed of being a professional baseball player, but the dream went out the window at the end of my Little League career after two years. I was about 13 years old at that time. Oh well… I’ve watched baseball on TV countless times, and I’ve jumped as high….
It is an acronym for Children Of Deaf Adults. My wife Denise and I are deaf, and we have twin daughters with hearing. It does not matter whether my girls are hearing or deaf – they are CODAs. It is also the name of a fine movie, starring Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, and Daniel Durant. ….
It grabs your attention, doesn’t it? No, I’m not going into details about my sex life. It’s no one’s business, except that it has produced two beautiful daughters of Denise’s and mine. But earlier this month, something strange had happened. I had an appointment with a urologist. Of course everyone has to wear face masks,….