Terynce Teaches

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👋🏾 I'm still Terynce, who last taught hearing and deaf university students. I've earned my doctorate! Same interests with most of my reading taking place via audiobooks or digitally. I wish revising the book chapter and planning a conference was this easy.

Some authors make it absolutely clear that not only do they have no idea what they’re doing, they also did not ask deaf people to check their work. Here are ten of the cringiest things I’ve read (so far). Check it out here: https://slacowan.com/2023/09/23/10-of-the-most-ridiculous-portrayals-of-deaf-characters/

#deaf #DeafAwarenessMonth

10 of the Most Ridiculous Portrayals of Deaf Characters

Welcome, all, to yet another Deaf Awareness Month installment. I hope you enjoy. I want to preface this blog with an important disclaimer: The deaf characters on this list are not necessarily poorl…

S. Leigh Ann Cowan
#Fitbit, and everything else, needs to use USB-C. No more proprietary chargers.
Pro Tip: use the Heading features in Word, Docs, or whatever you use to compose long form writing. I got through 3 chapters with improperly formatted second level headings, but fixing it was a breeze - I only had to edit the style in one place. Additionally, Headings are better for #accessibility.
France bans iPhone 12 sales due to too much radiation - Apple could be forced to recall all iPhone 12 smartphones sold

While Apple was celebrating the successful presentation of the new generation of smartphones, trouble came from where it was not expected. The French National Agency for Frequencies (Agence nationale des frequences, ANFR) temporarily banned sales of the iPhone 12.

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How old am I? I still have a Kodak Advantix camera in an unopened package! Date on back says develop before 11/2001.

Latest update to the #deaf ranked list: I’ve added Andromeda Klein by Frank Portman and The Making of Yolanda la Bruja by Lorraine Avila. Both subverted my expectations—the former in a good way, the latter in a not-so-good way.

https://slacowan.com/2023/08/25/ranked-deaf-characters-in-fiction/

Ranking Deaf Characters in Fiction: Reviews, Analyses, and Tips to Write Better Deaf Characters (Updated Monthly)

When it comes to representation in literature, deafness is very rare. So I decided to go on a quest to find as many fiction books as possible portraying deaf characters, and rank these representati…

S. Leigh Ann Cowan

Fall Online #ASL Community Class registration at the Oklahoma School for the Deaf has opened: courses.osd.k12.ok.us

Registration closes September 28, 2023. Classes begin September 11, 2023 and are "go at your own pace." Access to the videos will be available until December 31, 2023.

#AmericanSignLanguage