Deafness
Stop, and listen. What are can you hear right now? I can hear the clicking of my keyboard, the sound of air blowing through the vents, my computer fan and CPU, the wind outside. Yet I was not really aware of them until I forced myself to pay attention. This makes sense becasue there are too many things going on in our surroundings in order for us to always be giving them our full attention; we have to allow certain things to become white noise or we would not be able to focus on the task at hand. However, after hearing Rachel Kolb speak I became acutely aware of how much our society is based on audio communication. Kolb's talk is an encouraging message to the hearing disabled and a wake up call to those who are simply unaware. I was/am a part of the latter category. I did not know that the majority of the parents who have a deaf child do not learn how to communicate with their child. How are you supposed to nurture a child if you cannot communicate? How can you teach them? I also...