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  • Children of a Lesser God – Brad
    by B Rad
    Children of a Lesser God came out in 1986. The same year I failed my first hearing test. That’s not to say I saw it then, or even shortly thereafter. I was five. I wasn’t even remotely ready to face my hearing loss. But I was aware of it. How could I not be? The… Read more: Children of a Lesser God – Brad
  • Children of a Lesser God- Julie
    by Julie
    I tried to watch the movie Children of a Lesser God. Emphasis on tried. I called it at 24:23 min. in the name of self-preservation.  For a brief background, this film was released in 1986 to critical acclaim and commercial success, including 6 Academy Award nominations. My skeptical mind immediately thought, “Wait – was this… Read more: Children of a Lesser God- Julie
  • Episode 81- Jonathan Ozek
    by B Rad
    In this episode we sit down with our good friend and fellow hearing loss advocate, Jonathan Ozek. Here’s the link to his foundation’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hear-you-rise-foundation/posts/?feedView=all  Here’s the Instagram pages:  Listen Jonathan:  https://www.instagram.com/listenjonathan/  Hear You Rise: https://www.instagram.com/hearyourisefoundation/  And Jonathan had an article published by the American Speech Language Hearing Association(ASHA) https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/leader.FTR2e.30072025.deaf-advocacy-aud.56/full Book Recs! Jonathan: Shoe… Read more: Episode 81- Jonathan Ozek
  • Deafula- Culture or Time?
    by B Rad
    Deafula came out in 1975. It was written, directed, and starring Peter Wolf (not the Whammer Jammer), and was the first movie in ASL. This Peter Wolf was Deaf and a member of the Deaf Community. Which brings me to my first point: this movie is not for deaf folks.  There was a disclaimer in… Read more: Deafula- Culture or Time?
  • Deafula- Julie’s Thoughts
    by Julie
    Welcome to movie month! All February, we’re going to be watching DHH-related movies and sharing our thoughts.. Now, on with the show…. We recently took some time out of our incessant writing, talking, meetings, and scheming to sit down for an afternoon and watch a movie that was unknown to us – and maybe to… Read more: Deafula- Julie’s Thoughts

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