#Deafness

Gene therapy could end deafness. Should it?http://read.medium.com/XVnP7km In the future, parents of deaf children may have alternatives that don’t involve surgery or an electronic device prone to failure. Now, researchers

Birmingham before and after modernism. I have one question: why? A lack of aesthetic sensibility is forgivable, but a perverted sense of beauty is disordered.As Benedict XVI says of a

The absolute state of this from @thismorning. So many media faux pas around covering deafness in two minutes (h/t @QueerCantHear for making me aware of this).Let’s unpack this, shall we?

For The Love Of Queers

When I’ve dated guys and it’s progressed to seeing each other, 9/10 times they mention something along the lines of ‘Aww you’re so cute, I just wanna pick you up

Lina Hou (侯詠絮)

The AAPI deaf signing community is very small. What makes it infuriating and liberating is that everybody is constantly locating themselves vis-à-vis other people and (re)positioning them in different categories

Jennifer Wilson

1/8 I was debating whether to post this or not, but then I realised it's an issue that not only affects me, but also many others. I woke up this

Attention entertainment journalists writing articles on Ben’s upcoming cochlear implant switch-on on @bbceastenders: a cochlear implant does not enable a #deaf person to hear. Instead it *may* help them to

Gabe Valentine - I am grateful for what I have

Out of the WreckageTears ripple and splashupon the shores of your soulbeckoning you deeperinto yourselfwhile beating heartpounds deafness in your ear.Echoes of your life reverberateand float long enoughto remind youwhere

Okay lovely people, it’s National Deaf Awareness week! I’ve lived with a deaf parent for 21 years now, and here are some common misconceptions and unknown things about deafness that

Welcome to an episode of #DeafHistorySeries!Reformer & activist, Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879-1958) had a busy life: she wrote 40 books, spoke 5 languages, led WWI relief efforts, managed education programs

Jordan ⚡️ KACHOW

if you’re writing a character as deaf pls do not revolve their entire personality/struggles/interests around that. also portraying their life as pitiful is quite offensive, the Deaf community has faced

Hériter Lumumba

Sam Newman is doing exactly what he has always done. He is consistent with his bigotry, unwavering with his prejudice, and unapologetic with his tone deafness. He is one of

ENT & Audiology News

Oscar Wilde’s Final Irony - a thread#entsurgery #otology #earsurgery #histmed #entauds The celebrated writer and poet, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on 16 October 1854 in Dublin. At

Ruthie 🦻🏻📚

AutismAnecdotes

Even amongst other deaf people, I am unusual, because I have a rare type of hearing loss called Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder. This means that everything about my ears works

Positivity for fat trans people is important. The lack of exposure to it prior to coming it was one of the biggest things that held me back from transitioning. And

This tweet thread has its tone-deafness, sure, but I want to tease out an important point: the people who are being sent away are because WotC and Magic Esports have