Welcome to coda+, my blog for codas, adult children of deaf adults, who add one ore more cultures to their deaf and hearing heritage. Here, I am inviting you to discuss matters that seem relevant to us in writing or in sign. This blog is not affiliated with any organization and neither I, nor any of the contributors or authors speak for other codas, nor do we give advice. There are pages open to the public but most discussions on this blog are private. If you are a coda, know me personally and would like to participate in this blog as a reader, commentator or co-author, please contact me, get a wordpress ID and become a member of this blog upon invitation. Members will find the source material in a google-docs file. Contact me at: oya@signsandwords.com
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Thank you, Oya, for this fabulous article. It was an incredible pleasure to meet you in Berlin this year. I am SO appreciative of your wonderful insights to take this entire topic of the many ways children can grow up cross-culturally to the sphere of CODA and other disabilities as well. When I did the revision, I knew that I had barely begun to see the scope of how many types of experiences might be included as CCKs but I hoped the discussion could start so that others might add to it – just as you have! Thanks. And your CODA circle is on my slides now! Thanks. Ruth Van Reken