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Author
Language
English
Description
"A heartfelt and inspiring memoir and celebration of Deaf culture by Nyle DiMarco, actor, producer, two-time reality show winner, and cultural icon of the international Deaf community. Before becoming the actor, producer, advocate, and model that people know today, Nyle DiMarco was half of a pair of Deaf twins born to a multi-generational Deaf family in Queens, New York. At the hospital one day after he was born, Nyle "failed" his first test--a hearing...
5) Supporting deaf children and young people: strategies for intervention, inclusion and improvement
Author
Series
Publisher
Continuum
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Examines the issues that arise in an extended family consisting of several deaf members when the opportunity arises for two of the children to receive a surgical implant that would enable them to hear. Explores the little-known world of deaf culture.
Author
Publisher
McFarland
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"This volume tracks the changes in education and the social world of deaf people through the years. Topics covered include the attitudes toward the deaf in Europe and America, the evolution of communication and language and increasing influence of education. Of particular interest is the way in which deafness has been increasingly humanized, rather than medicalized or pathologized"--Provided by publisher.
17) Being deaf
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explains what it is like to be deaf, its possible causes, and how speech reading, hearing aids, and sign language can help deaf people live full lives.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Dell
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The author describes growing up as the hearing son of two deaf parents during the Depression, the challenges of straddling the world of the deaf and the hearing world beyond the family's apartment, and his occasional resentment of the burdens of his roleas an interpreter.