Codas and CODAdet!

Did you know that there is an public Facebook page that offers resources, stories, and panels about and from Codas? One such group is CODAdet! Click here to check it out!

With permission from Jaymes Pomare and Petey Peters, I am reposting the most recent post from CODAdet to highlight this incredible page and an example of what it means to be a Coda. 

According Jaymes' post:
Petey Peters is from Washington D.C.; Major: Communication/Linguistics; Career Goal: Interpreter; Middle child of 3 children -only signing child in family; Fun fact: Didn't find out about Coda till age 32; Hobbies: traveling. 

Check out his story below:

Thank you Petey for sharing your story! 

One of the resources shared on the CODAdet Facebook page is an Infographic created by Jeffrey Levi Palmer (2016). 

While it is a couple of years old, I thought as we explore Coda stories and experiences, looking at the statistics below can also inform our awareness for Codas here in the U.S.. I hope to see more stories, research, and statistics worldwide to learn more about what it means to be a child of a deaf adult/s.

PDF: http://tinyurl.com/US-Codas

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[Image description for a infographic in pastel green, pink, blue and green about Children of Deaf Adults (Codas) in the United States: a green banner is centrally placed and reads in all capital letters: Children of Deaf Adults. In the upper left are two circles that are formed by twenty person icons each. On the left nineteen of the person icons are in slate gray and the remaining one icon is in a lighter gray, the text below reads in the United states ninety-five percent of children born to Deaf parents are Codas, on the right, only one person icon is in slate gray and the remaining nineteen are in light gray, the text below reads five percent of children are born to Deaf parents are Deaf. Below the person icon circles are a set of numbers in large print that read one hundred thirty-three thousand to one hundred eighty-eight thousand five hundred followed by text that reads the estimated number of Codas living in the United States. In the bottom left corner of the infographic is the silhouette of a mother, father and daughter that run off the page above their knees. From head to toe the mother is pink gradating from dark to light. The father is in purple and similarly gradates from dark to light. The daughter, who is standing in-between and in front of the two, is in green and gradates from dark to light. On the daughter’s chest is a heart that is half pink and half purple. On the right-hand side of the infographic is a large blue box with the text Codas are Heritage Signers. The word heritage signer is prominent as it is in a cursive font. Below the text is a table with two columns Deaf of Deaf and Coda. In the first row it contains the text home language. In the cell to the right, for Deaf of Deaf, it reads ASL. In the next cell to the right, for Coda, it also reads ASL. In the second row it contains the text school language. For Deaf of Deaf it reads ASL and written English but for Coda it reads English. In the third row it contains the text language settings. For Deaf of Deaf it reads unlimited and for Coda it reads limited. In the fourth row it contains the text proficiency level. For Deaf of Deaf it reads less variable and for Codas it reads highly variable. To the right of the table is a outlined image of a human face, neck and brain. The brain is separated into two parts, the upper portion is in white and is labelled spoken languages, the bottom portion is in blue and is labelled sign language. Below the image is text that reads Codas are bimodal bilingual. The word bimodal bilingual is in bold purple text. In the bottom right of infographic are two final images. To the left is a map of the United States with the states of New York, Ohio, Wisconsin and California highlight. The text below reads five, the number of Koda-only summer camps in the US. Followed by smaller text that reads three more camps are available for Deaf and Kodas. The image on the right is a tree with varying shades of blue leaves. In bold green print is the year nineteen eighty six followed by the text year of the first CODA International conference in Fremont California. In the lower right-hand corner of the inform graphic is very small print is the text created by Jeffrey Levi Palmer [email protected].]