Since day one that I lost the rest of my hearing, I have been using Skype to video call my mom, who lives in Aruba. I am fortunate that I can lipread our native language, Papiamento, well enough to be… Read more The Demise of Skype an Accessibility Tragedy September 17, 2024
My knowledge of music stopped 17 years ago when I became completely deaf. I don't know any new songs after 2007 and before going deaf I wasn't someone who listened to music all day long. Growing up in the 80s… Read more The maddening sound of late deafness January 24, 2023
If you have been following my blog, or social media or know me personally, you know I'm late deaf. I lost all my hearing 15 years ago and can't hear even the loudest sound anymore. Before that, I was hard… Read more When things change or don’t change March 28, 2022
For the past two years thanks to being inside all the time (Netflixing) and the classes and talks I gave, I have thought a lot about captioning and transcripts. D/deaf people are not all the same and like and needs… Read more Contemplating music captioning in TV shows and movies August 7, 2019
Last year Tamar Doorduin interviewed me for her podcast, Ziek. It's a Dutch podcast where Tamar interviews people who are chronic ill, deal with mental illness, and other disabilities. Looking for the crossroad of ableism, sexism, and racism. My episode… Read more A podcast interview