Sorry it has been so long since my last post. Things have been manic, including my return to the UK. Yes, its true, my trip of a lifetime is over and it is back to the grindstone. It seems like an age past when I was zipping around New York in a yellow taxi, or…
What a day! Thanks to the wonderful Erin Kane of the NTID, David and I had a packed day yesterday when we visited the Rochester Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Technology for the Deaf. Let me tell you a little about it! RIT is an extremely well respected technical institute and is…
A few hours drive and we find ourselves in Buffalo and at the famous, famous site of Niagara Falls! What a sight! I didnt realise before, but the Falls are actually two falls and there is an ‘American’ and ‘Canadian’ side – the American Falls and the Horseshoe Falls, respectively. They were very inspiring and…
So, David and I travelled a mammoth 11 hours from Washington to Rochester, in upstate New York. On first impressions, this is the first ‘real’ American town we have met. Rather than the bright lights of New York City, or the slightly contrived historical feel of Washington, we are now met by urban decline and sub-urban…
Here Abdi talks about his recent visit to Gallaudet and the MSSD And a little video showing the neat museum they have about their history!
The last couple of days have been very inspiring for me personally and professionally and have shed light on a number of core areas of my Fellowship research. We had the great privilege of visiting Gallaudet University and the MSSD. For those uninitiated in all-things-deaf, Gallaudet is the world’s first and only university that offers…
Hi all… I just wanted to let anyone know who might have been concerned – David and I are fine, despite the tragedy of the shootings yesterday. In fact, we had made arrangements to visit the Capitol area yesterday morning and go into some of the buildings, but it fell through. A bit scary to…
Hi All We are about halfway through the trip now – cant believe how fast it is going. We have had some lovely meetings and some great informal meet-ups with people – it is amazing how organic this experience is. Before leaving, I really wanted every minute of the day to be planned and meetings…
Today we had the great pleasure of meeting with three core members of the NAD staff: Howard Rosenblum (President), Lizzie Sorkin (Director of Communications) and Allison Rice (Coordinator of Youth Leadership). It was clear that they have a massive workload and are thoroughly immersed in preserving and fighting for the interests of the Deaf in the…
Hey fellow Fellows… I hope all are well. I was thinking that I benefitted from some of the musings from the LinkedIn group for our Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowships. So, time to add to the pot – I know that nothing is new here, but just wanted to lend my voice: – Staying connected…
Wow – what an horrific journey! It is only now I can bring myself to tell you about it! Ha, that’s not true. We have just been really caught up with Washington DC meetings I have not had the chance to sit and write a blog in a day or so. We decided to take…
All my life I have believed in the right to equality, access, freedom of choice and the right to independence. Through my experiences as a child through to adulthood, it has often perplexed my why such basic concepts would be used by the masses to allude to a better world, yet the elude those who…
Hi all: Here is my BSL diary entry from the Statue of Liberty!
Hey all See my video diary entry about Central Park, the subway and other little things:
Hello to all my readers – I see that you are growing in size… Thanks for taking the time to read my posts and see what we are up to and how the project is progressing, along with bearing with my comments and observations as I make my way around this strange land! Today David…
Deaf Unity In The USA 