Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, Inc. — Attraction in Los Angeles

I'm so happy to read other glowing reports of GLAD. My experience with them was awful. I was a musician and theatre director who lost my hearing. The first person I really opened up to about this (yes, I did blub) was at GLAD. I won't name her but J was utterly dismissive of my experience and made me feel like my trauma couldn't compare to hers as she was ''deaf from her early years -and could I imagine how that felt'?'

Not sure that should have been the approach -no matter how (definitely) self-pitying I might have been at that time. I did explain that this was the first time I'd really communicated my true feelings about the impact hearing loss had had on me but this seemed lost on her. Or in no way could compete with her level of suffering.

It was such a shame as my desire back then was to try and get involved in the deaf community. Not the outcome here BUT I can see that I am very much in the minority here -which makes me think, Oh my goodness, was I that pathetic? Or was J having a...

Probably one of THE MOST beautiful, caring, inviting, group of people collected in one spot I've ever come to know! I look forward to future opportunities to be in their company. Look, when the leading actor in the film we were shooting there, offers to drive me home at 11pm at night, that speaks VOLUMES to the integrity of the members/affiliates. Never mind that it was late in the evening, the man is deaf and he brought an interpreter with him for safety. After all, he took on driving over 175 miles that night to accomplish this task! Miles, you're...

What a beautiful, historic-looking building they have here. I attend DeafBlind Access, Inc. events in the dining room here. But the "ASL is Freedom" poster in the other room off the entryway is the one decoration I find most agreeable here. I'll be back whenever the DeafBlind are gathering here as I know how to communicate with them and have enjoyed conversing with the DeafBlind for more...