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What is it like being a deaf/hard of hearing student at mainstream school?

November 15, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

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Have you ever wondered what is it like for a deaf/hard of hearing student to attend mainstream schools?

Or perhaps you wanted to hear from someone else’s experience?

As well as everything that is covered on this site that students can go through, like going through concentration fatigue or suffering from deaf anxiety, there are also unique challenges that deaf/hard of hearing students goes through.

Those challenges are likely to be amplified at mainstream schools (though deaf schools also have their own unique challenges too).

In this video, I share my own personal experiences at primary and secondary/high school.

Learn about my experience at mainstream school here

Why in-flight entertainment needs to be better for d/Deaf or hard of hearing passengers

November 9, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

Post image with title: Why In-Flight Entertainment Needs to be Better for Deaf passengers - Travelling long-distances would be more manageable if we can use in-flight entertainment

As someone who has experienced various in-flight entertainment systems when going on a long-haul flight, I can’t help but realising that I never get the full experience as they are not accessible. And that applies to various airlines across different countries. Sure, I can read books or maybe even do some work. But sometimes, you […]

‘Deaf Anxiety’: What is it & why we should talk about it?

September 27, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

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I learnt a new phrase recently: ‘deaf anxiety’.

After reading and learning more about, I realised that whenever I get anxiety, it is mostly likely because of my lack of ability to hear. And the more I read about it, the more I realised that it resonates with me and it’s definitely a thing.

It also made me aware that it’s a topic that we should be talking about more often, and this is why I decided to open up about it.

Learn more about ‘deaf anxiety’ here

Reacting to ‘what would you do?’ – waiter being rude to deaf customer

August 22, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

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I have noticed a few articles talking about the popular U.S program ‘What Would You Do?’ (WWYD) where in this particular episode, a waiter is being rude to a deaf customer.

And we ask: “what would you do” if you witnessed this at a restaurant?

So I decided to watch the episode and record myself reacting to watching it the first time so that I can provide unbiased thoughts and opinions about the programme and the scenarios that’s being played out.

Check out my reaction to an episode of WWYD here

The challenges of dealing with audio as a deaf content creator

July 18, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

Post image with the title: The Challenges of Dealing with Audio as a Deaf Content Creator - Creating videos and podcasts comes with challenges if you can't hear what you created

As someone who is creating videos and audios on consistent basis, there is a huge challenge for me as a deaf content creator to deal with the audio aspects of it.

I mean, how do you deal with audio if you are deaf?

Listen or read my story on how I work with audio

Why I want to learn sign language?

July 5, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

Image post with the title: Why I Want to Learn Sign Language? - my own personal reasons for wanting to learn british sign language (BSL)

Instead of talking about the benefits of learning sign languages and why you should learn it, I want to talk about my own personal reasons on why I want to learn sign language.

Because as much as everyone has their own reasons and there are many benefits to learning any languages in general let alone sign language, I have my reasons which I explain in this podcast.

Listen or read about why I want to learn sign language

Is it rude to call someone ‘deaf’?

May 31, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

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In episode #17 of the Hear Me Out! [CC] Podcast, I wanted to answer the question that (mostly) hearing people have asked me before; is it rude to call someone d/Deaf?

Maybe it’s because of political correctness or perhaps they just want to learn. Either way, I thought of answering that question in this episode so that nobody can make their own assumptions, which is probably the worst thing to do regardless of the scenario.

Learn whether it’s rude to call someone d/Deaf or not here

Deaf & mental health – they are more closely connected together than you think

May 17, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

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In the UK, one week it was Deaf Awareness Week. The next, it was Mental Health Awareness Week (which was when this podcast was recorded).

Yet, not many people realise that deaf and mental health they are very closely linked together.

So in today’s podcast (with transcript included), I share my own thoughts about this link, the struggles that d/Deaf people, my own personal experience with mental health and raise awareness of both topics.

Listen or read podcast about deaf and mental health

How the ‘Avengers’ movies triggered my emotions & deaf advocacy

May 2, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

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In episode 13, amidst the hype around the Avengers: Endgame movie, I open up with personal story about how The Avengers has played a part in triggering my emotions and unleashed my deaf advocacy.

Even though everyone is able to enjoy “the best movie ever”, I cannot experience the same joy, which was difficult to accept. But it did not mean that I just wanted to sit around and accept it.

Listen or read the story about Avengers and deaf advocacy

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