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The Beginning of This Journey

I never explained how I first came to Sri Lanka. My journey started with an e-mail that I blew off for three months.
It was an e-mail from my mom titled “Fwd: Deaf & Blind Orphanage,” a forward from my parents’ good friends Jim and Julie Regan. They had written to their friends about an […]



“Deaf Can!” So Say The Rohana Special School Children!

During one lesson in the Deaf Studies class, I showed them a short video from California School for the Deaf’s Middle School PAH! Day celebration. The children were so inspired that they wanted to make a video themselves. I suggested the “Deaf Can!” theme and they ran with it. About half of the footage were […]



The Video Dictionary Non-Project

I made some mention of a video sign language dictionary filming project in partnership with Ruhunu Sumaga Circle of the Deaf. I would like to update everyone and explain that this did not happen after all due to a succession of reasons. But the last reason is the best one of all: the Central Federation […]



It’s Not All Bad…

Of course, I don’t want to leave the impression that returning to this country only fills you with deep, unanswerable questions. There’s a lot of joy to be found in every single day in Sri Lanka. In the last seven days, I’ve:
Gone to Mr. Abeygunawardana’s mirith, a house blessing where twelve monks chant all night […]



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