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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Hello world!

25Mar08

I’m thrilled to see the new blog for other ASL CI families.  I’m not sure where I’m going with this one yet.  But, I’m going to be making a presentation in May and I wanted a place to put down some of my ideas.

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