As deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, deaf-blind or hearing individuals with deaf parents or families, everything that comes our way in life, our everyday occurrences, can be seen as a call to adventure. We are all heroes in our own journey and story of deafhood. We are all searching to find our way through and beyond…

Looking at what it means to be deaf is the kind of adventure that offers us the possibility of significant transformation and personal growth. All of our interactions with other people can be seen as opportunities to help or be helped by them, or to thwart them or be threatened by them. Though we may not have a choice about the path that we travel, we do have the choice of how we travel. We can journey with openness, courage and acceptance, or we can journey with resistance, defensiveness or fear.

Any sort of transformation we go through, individually or collectively as a group, is a kind of hero’s journey. Whether you are exploring concepts of deafhood, entertaining new ideas, giving new meaning to old labels, protesting, advocating, losing your hearing, or going through any kind of personal or group transformation, we are all heroes on a great adventure! read more