ASD Online Academy
Equitable Education with Online Academy Education is the foundation for people to gain the knowledge, critical thinking, empowerment and skills they need to make this world a better place. Access...
Hands & Voices Releases App for Families with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
Parents of children who are newly identified as deaf or hard of hearing, welcome home! We have an app for you! Hands & Voices Parent Support is designed especially for...
Guiding Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children Through the Coronavirus Shutdown
Luck, Love, and a Little Bit of Grace By Karen L. Kritzer, Ph.D. and Chad E. Smith, Ph.D. By March 31, 2020 a third of humankind was residing under lockdown...
Kodi Brandt-Ogle: Reminded of the Joy
This morning I read a beautiful blog post from another mom of a child with cochlear implants. It talked about how we, as parents, see the struggles our children face...
The 2019 Hands & Voices Leadership Conference
The H&V Leadership Conference is an annual event that is a reflection of what happens every day throughout the Hands & Voices world. I am inspired by our chapter leaders...
Parent Advocacy App for Families with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
Hands & Voices has collaborated with American Society for Deaf Children, National Association for the Deaf, and Gallaudet University to create a Parent Advocacy App for families with deaf and...
Amanda Case: Our Journey with Progressive Hearing Loss
In-between Two Worlds – Our Journey with Progressive Hearing Loss It is hard to believe that it has been 6 1/2 years since we first received our daughter’s diagnosis of...
Marbely Barahona: We Wondered How His Future Would Be
Today was the day. As parents of a deaf child, we always wondered how his future would be. At some point, we felt overwhelmed, sad and very hopeless. We remember...
LaShawna Sims: Deaf with Autism
I have heard that oftentimes the first deaf or hard of hearing person some people meet is their own deaf or hard of hearing child. While for us that wasn’t...
The Journey of Acceptance
During a staff discussion, the topic of “acceptance” came up. The journey of raising a child who is deaf/hard of hearing is an intensely personal one. Hands & Voices posted...
