The statistics are staggering. Some 90 percent of Deaf or hard-of-hearing children are born into families with no experience with Deafness, and 75 percent of families do not sign with their children, creating a huge barrier to communication during their...
Category: Features
SPECIAL FEATURE: White Ribbon Campaign marks 25 years
Long before #MeToo and #TimesUp, before Gillette and the American Psychological Association took on toxic masculinity, men across Central New York were speaking out against domestic and sexual violence. Working with Vera House, men like Calvin Corriders, regional president for...
WBOC Leading Woman: Michelle Wolfenden
Michelle Wolfenden always thought she’d be an English teacher. “I was an English major, and I though I'd end up as an English professor,” Michelle said. “The job market in that particular field, at the time that I was graduating,...
Fashion Forward: Put on your red shoes
A brief history of the red shoe Under Louis XIV, only aristocratic men had the right to wear red heels. At the time, red ink came from grinding a red insect imported from Mexico, which made it extremely expensive. Naturally,...
Inspire: Speaking out about silent heart attacks
You’d never know Tasha Benjamin had a heart attack. In fact, Tasha herself didn’t know it until her doctor told her. “, ‘Yeah, I need to refer you ,’” Tasha recalled. “I'm like, ‘Okay, why?’ And she's like, ‘Well, you've had...