Erin Perkins Erin Perkins

Sign Names in the Deaf Community

Name signs are an important component of “capital D Deaf” culture, a term used by some deaf people to indicate that they embrace deafness as a cultural identity.

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Erin Perkins Erin Perkins

Snowboarding While Deaf (DeafBlind)

I’ve been snowboarding for 9 years. When I first started snowboarding, I’d wear both my hearing aid & cochlear implant. But after time went on, I realized how painful it was for me to wear the cochlear implant with the helmet.

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Erin Perkins Erin Perkins

Everywhere I go, I read…

Just the other day, a friend and I were lamenting about the fact that we have to read everything. I can’t just pop on headphones and take Cota out on a walk and listen to a podcast.

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