Selected Articles from the 2025 Fall Edition of the H&V Communicator
Meaningful Family Engagement
A Short Guide for Professionals
There is widespread consensus that family involvement significantly influences the developmental outcomes of children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (D/HH).
Journey to Jordan
My two youngest children are deaf and use cochlear implants. As a family, we’ve learned to adapt, advocate, and support one another across various settings. But international travel, …brought new insights and challenges that did not occur to me before the plane took off.
Tips for Educational Advocacy
Your ten-minute wait for the IEP meeting seemed longer but the thought disappears as soon as you see your child’s case manager. You exchange small talk while walking. She leads you to a room and opens the door. A drum roll runs through your mind. You step inside a room full of people already seated and looking at you.
Customizing Holidays for my Deaf Son
Like Hands & Voices motto, “What works for your child is what makes the choice right.”tm, holiday celebrations differ between families and what works for one family’s holiday may not work for another.
Open Captions
Going to the movies is one of those simple pleasures so many families love—snuggling into those big recliner seats, popcorn in hand, escaping into a story on the big screen. For my family, it’s always been a little more complicated. I have four Hard of Hearing children, and while we love movies, we’ve often left the theater feeling frustrated.
Never Give Up!
Those were the words from a retired DHH teacher. She advised me to keep EVERYTHING on my young daughter, who has a severe/profound bilateral hearing loss and Down syndrome. And I did.
Too Young for Access?
The first time I asked for an American Sign Language interpreter for one of my son’s medical procedures was uncomfortable. Before I finally took the leap and asked, I had spent weeks, if not longer, engaged in back-and-forth inner dialogue about what people would think of me…
The Right Thing for Your Deaf Child
Parents of Deaf children want to do the right thing for them. But with all the information out there, knowing what that “right” thing is for your child can be challenging. I’m a Deaf person – and this is what I want parents with a deaf child to know.