SUNDAY AFTERNOON, the Conference was officially "over". (I encouraged people to come to Chicago in 2011 for the ICDA Conference.)Was able to take a nice walk around Rome which has suddenly become VERY hot! May was rainy and cool; now the temperature has spiked! Later in the afternoon, FR. TYRRELL(IRELAND) & I spent two hours discussing World Youth Day with FR. JAIME VILLANUEVA & LORETO (the interpreter) from MADRID, SPAIN. The issues involving deaf young people, programs, interpreters are all complicated, but we all want World Youth Day in Spain next year to be very accessible to the deaf!
Later that evening, FR. GERARD & I went to dinner with FR. JOHN KENNEDY of Ireland who works in the Vatican. Romans eat dinner very late, always after 8pm.We did not sit down to eat till 9pm, and the place was packed. The food, of course, was wonderful!
Because a lot of my talk focussed on health care issues and deaf people, I have been reading on this trip an exceptional book: PASSAGES IN CAREGIVING: Turning Chaos Into Confidence by Gail Sheehy. Morrow;2010. This is a very well written, and very helpful book for all families, especially those with family members who are older and/or ill.