Accessible Happiness: The Blog

Smiling and Nodding: A Streaming During Convo Moment.

Smiling and Nodding: A Streaming During Convo M...

Rob Cookenour

I left my phone at the table and couldn’t hear a thing—just smiling, nodding, and streaming 80s music while a stranger tried to talk to me. A real-life deaf moment...

Smiling and Nodding: A Streaming During Convo M...

Rob Cookenour

I left my phone at the table and couldn’t hear a thing—just smiling, nodding, and streaming 80s music while a stranger tried to talk to me. A real-life deaf moment...

Cochlear Monitor Earphone Adaptor with Earphones (Z544578) – A Helpful Tool for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing

Cochlear Monitor Earphone Adaptor with Earphone...

Rob Cookenour

As someone who became deaf unexpectedly, I’ve grown to rely on tools that help me—and others—bridge the communication gap in everyday life. Today, I’m spotlighting a lesser-known but powerful cochlear...

Cochlear Monitor Earphone Adaptor with Earphone...

Rob Cookenour

As someone who became deaf unexpectedly, I’ve grown to rely on tools that help me—and others—bridge the communication gap in everyday life. Today, I’m spotlighting a lesser-known but powerful cochlear...

a picture of me viewing my daughter in a casket in a funeral home standing by myself holding flowers and all is styled to look as if drawn with color pencils

Daughter's sudden death after I went deaf

Rob Cookenour

From the silence of sudden deafness to the heartbreak of losing my daughter, this is the story of how grief and disability collided — and how I still choose to...

Daughter's sudden death after I went deaf

Rob Cookenour

From the silence of sudden deafness to the heartbreak of losing my daughter, this is the story of how grief and disability collided — and how I still choose to...

A selfie picture of myself holding my ear the day i woke up deaf and a phone screen with the words i can't hear you displayed on it as that day found me having to have people talk into my voice to text feature so i could read what they were saying

I Woke Up Deaf. That 1st Day Went...

Rob Cookenour

I Woke Up Deaf. That 1st Day Went...

I Woke Up Deaf. That 1st Day Went...

Rob Cookenour

I Woke Up Deaf. That 1st Day Went...

Computer graphic design of a door with a handicap accessible sign on it that has had someone use a pen to write let's make happiness above the wheelchair icon and the word accessible as a positive message in graffiti.

Why I Believe Happiness Should Be Accessible

Rob Cookenour

Sure, accessibility helps us function—but what helps us grin or smile? This first post shares why emotional happiness for disabled people is the heart behind everything I’m designing.

Why I Believe Happiness Should Be Accessible

Rob Cookenour

Sure, accessibility helps us function—but what helps us grin or smile? This first post shares why emotional happiness for disabled people is the heart behind everything I’m designing.