Writings about Ataxia, being DeafBlind, family life. The best life can offer!


Daily Prompt

What are you good at?

Oh this is a really open-ended prompt with quite a few “good at” answers, I’ll just to five…

  1. I am good at talking about, knowledge of, explaining the DeafBlind community and its individuals, and the various subcultures of the bigger DeafBlind community.
  2. I’m also good at explaining the different between ASL interpreter, a Deaf interpreter and an Intervenor.
  3. I’m also good at procrastination… I’m writing several soon-to-released blockbuster novels… and yet, I can’t finish any! I’m always blocked! One of these novels, a breathtaking crime story about a DeafBlind detective, was started 25 years ago as I wandered the streets of
    Staré Mesto (Old Town) in Prague. I remember heading to the same coffee shop everyday near the Karlův most, where I wrote about Max.
  4. I’m also good, an expert probably, at the art of falling:
    Falling down, falling over, falling up, falling asleep (which working on this blog), falling my shorts (…after a jaunt on the toilet), falling onto (my dog because she didn’t move fast enough as a plummeted to the ground), falling while trying to stand up, falling while trying to sit down, et al.
    I’ve fallen everywhere, I’m an the Jimi Hendrix of Falling!
  5. I’m also good at writing long and pointless blogs with crappy conclusions… good day, thank you for reading!

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Craig MacLean is DeafBlind with ataxia, a rare condition called CAPOS. He & his wife of 22 years have two sons, the oldest of which has CAPOS as well.

Craig uses American Sign Language to communicate. He is an avid writer, friend, Hot Wheel collector and intervenor advocate.

Craig sits on many committees, boards and associations as a DeafBlind rep. He graduated university with a BA in psychology in 2000.