Things to talk about next week

06May08

They’ve been reading the book, “Deaf Like Me” and have watched 2 cochlear implant movies (Sound and Fury, Sound and Fury: 6 Years Later). ….so we have had a lot of discussion around this topic. Please feel free to share your experiences, especially your perspective as a parent of a child with a cochlear implant. [...]

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Books

02May08

from the UO Community Conversation: The Deaf Community
The resources listed here aren’t exhaustive, but cover many of the important issues in the d/Deaf community.
Books: (in alphabetical order by Author’s last name)

Chorost, Michael. Rebuilt: My Journey Back to the Hearing World. 2006. [Available from Summit]
From Publishers Weekly:
Chorost had been severely hearing impaired since birth [...]

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Why does our Darling Boy have an implant?

02May08

I’ve read more than a few memoirs now (Deaf like me, Deafening for starters) where the child is completely isolated in a family of ignorant, if well meaning hearing people. The family is either unaware or afraid of sign language and they spend hours trying to teach the Deaf hero/heroine English.
I feel so sad [...]

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