Recent content by Robbiebago

How can you talk? Last week I assisted a Swiss national who wanted to ensure he was getting off the train at the right station. My husband and I were getting off at the same station and told him to disembark at the same time. He proceeded to ask another question which I didn't pick up due to...

Depends on what you want the colours to be a part of. Are you mixing paint? Are you colour co-ordinating a wardrobe or house furnishings. Are you desgining a card or scrap book page. Are you piecing together fabrics for a quilts. Other than painting, a safe option is the 60:30:10 rule. Where you...

Camping I am in the midst of caravanning (RV) around north eastern Australia with my husband. Loving it and writing up a blog on my experiences, both in travel and life. Robbiebago Grey Nomad Caravan Adventures Oh ... and finding my way around All Deaf since I have only just recently join it.

I wrote and article on my blog to help 'hearing' people improve their communication skills with any deaf or heard of hearing people that they may know. Obviously this leaves out signing. It may be a useful guide for passing on to your hearing friends and family. Even if you have a different...

Today I learnt that being deaf or hard of hearing has nothing to do with how much I can hear! It has to do with how I identify myself. I am a person with a hearing difficulty. You can take the time to know me & accept me as I am or you can reject me to your loss. Some days it may hurt but...

What is partially deaf??? That I am partially hearing??? I can not hear without any aid at all. yet I refuse to look on the negative. I can hear some with assistance! You want figures? I am completely deaf in one ear and have 10% hearing in the other. My speech recognition without lipreading or...

Labels are useless. They are far too restrictive, to ourselves as well as to other people's perception of us. It matters not whether we are 50% deaf, 10% deaf or anything else. What matters is what we can do with what we have been given (or left with.) In some areas, I excel in, in others I...