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| |  | by R.C. Smith
The five year struggle for the Rowley family as they fight to have school officials provide their daughter, Amy, with a sign language interpreter in the classroom. Amy’s parents, also deaf, struggled with officials for their own right to communications process so they could fully participate. |
| |  | by Leo M. Jacobs
Leo M. Jacobs’ qualifications to write this book stem from the fact that he was himself the son of deaf parents, the deaf brother of a deaf sibling, father of a deaf and hearing child, and up until his death, husband of a deaf wife. Taking all of the experiences and lessons learned from his life, this professor and Doctor of deaf studies at Gallaudet university has compiled vast information that addresses the problems and ramifications of deafness. |
| |  | ENFRANCHISING THE EDUCATION OF DEAF CHILDREN
Author: Frank Bowe. Foreword by Senator Robert Dole
Based on the records of a 1990 conference on the instructional uses of ASL. This book submits papers by leading educators, researchers an linguistics on the changing role of ASL in the classroom. |
| |  | By Harlan Lane, Robert Hoffmeister and Ben Bahan
For Deaf Studies Students & Professionals working with Deaf People. Now for the first time, three distinguished scholarsof Deaf culture provide the clearest explanation ever about the nature and meaning of the Deaf-World, the minority whose natural language-American Sign Language in the United States is manual and visual. In comprehensive work that brings the latest findings and theories into sharp focus, the authors take you on a fascinating journey to discover. |
| |  | by Harry G. LangWeitbrecht, a successful physicist with Stanford Research Institute, has been experimenting with a teletypewriter (tty) used with short-wave radios. Pages 256 |
| |  | Written by John Vickrey Van Cleve And Barry A. Crouch. Using original sources, this unique book focuses on the Deaf community during the nineteenth century. Largely through schools for the deaf, deaf people began to develop a common language and a sense of community. A Place of Their Own brings the perspective of history to bear on the reality of deafness and provides fresh and important insight into the lives of deaf Americans. Softbook, 224 pages |
| |  | A story about Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
by Andy Russell BowenThomas Hopkins Gallaudet was used to being left behind. He was a small, sickly child who grew to be small, sickly adult. But Thomas had a sharp mind and, even more important, a great determination to make a difference in the world. Thomas helped his students to leave their isolation behind and enter a world of knowing. |
| |  | An Anthology
by Sherman Wilcox
This anthology, edited by Sherman Wilcox, features Deaf and hearing authors who explore cultural values, American Sign Language, social interaction in the deaf community, education, folklore, and other topics. |
| |  | ByMJ Bienvenu & Betty Colonomos A series of five videotapes and workbooks presenting an excellent introduction to Deaf Culture. |
| |  | Dickens, Welty, and Turgenev are only three of the master storytellers in Angels and Outcasts. This remarkable collection of 14 short stories offers insights into what it means to be deaf in a hearing world. The book is divided into three parts: the first section explores works by nineteenth-century authors; the second section concentrates on stories by twentieth-century authors; and the final section focuses on stories by authors who are themselves deaf. Each section begins with an introduction by the editors, and each story is preceded by a preface. Angels and Outcasts concludes with an annotated bibliography of other prose works about the deaf experience. In addition to fascinating reading, it provides valuable insights into the world of the deaf. Softbook, 347 pages |
| |  | Selected Works of Clayton Valli
ASL Poetry, selected works of Clayton Valli is geared for Deaf Studies students and for those who wish to learn more about, or just want to enjoy ASL poetry. An excellent addition to every collection of Deaf culture materials. |
| |  | Written by Charlotte Baker-Shenk and Carol Padden. This pamphlet provides a backbone on the history of ASL, its composition, why it's used, and the deaf community and culture. The significance of certain gestures and parts of the face used in signing are explained. Included are diagrams of various words so that readers can better understand what is written in the text. This is a helpful piece for those who have contact with people who use sign language, or for those who just want to know more about it.
Read along as it answers basic questions about American Sign Language. What is it?, What is its history?, Who uses it?, What is the Deaf community?, Why is ASL important?, What are the building blocks of ASL?, What is the relationship between ASL and body language?, What are examples of ASL grammar? 22 pages; soft cover |
| |  | At Home Among Strangers presents an engrossing portrait of the Deaf community as a complex, nationwide social network that offers unique kinship to deaf people across the country. Schein depicts in striking detail the history and culture of the Deaf community, its structural underpinnings, the intricacies of family life, issues of education and rehabilitation, economic factors, and interaction with the medical and legal professions. This book is a fascinating, provocative exploration of the Deaf community in the United States for scholars and lay people alike. By Jerome D. Schein; Hardcover, 264 pages |
| |  | Authors: Ernest Hairston and Linwood Smith
An in-depth look at some of the problems of the Black Deaf community. Includes, a chapter on signs used in the Black community and interviews with Celebrated Black Deaf individuals who share their joys, fears and hopes for the future. |
| |  | by Frank Bowe, Foreword by Bob Dole
Like many Deaf adults, Changing the Rules is a humorous and poignant account of the obstacles that shaped this leading disability rights activist. Bowe’s account of coming of age and personal growth, the discovery of signed language, and an insider’s view of the equal rights movement is a compelling record of one man’s personal struggle with the challenges of profound Deafness. |
| |  | A decade ago, Beryl Lieff Benderly wrote in Dancing Without Music about two burning issues of the Deaf Community: oralism versus American Sign Language, and the rights of Deaf people. Now, her masterful book is available again. With scientific precision, Dancing Without Music investigates being deaf and its ramifications in society, and the relationship between thought processes and language, whether spoken or not. The sage perspective it offers will engender fresh insights about matters changed and unchanged for Deaf persons today. Softbook, 316 pages |
| |  | by Jack Olson
This book, based on Dr. Olson’s personal and intercultural travel. In this book, his students will read about the deaf communities they had visited. Great for all middle school children. Questions follow each story. |
| |  | Emergence, Struggle, and Rhetoric
Author: Katherine A. Jankowski
Pivotal to Deaf Empowerment is the clash between the dominant hearing society and Deaf people over the best means of communication, with the educational setting as the constant battleground. Deaf Empowerment focuses on the history of interaction between Deaf and hearing people, on the development of the deaf social movements and concludes with an evaluation of the goal of a multicultural society. |
| |  | Interpretations from the New Scholarship
John V. Van Cleve, Editor
Features 16 essays, from, Harlan Lane, Renate Fischer, Margret Winzer, William McCagg, and others. You will discover the new themes behind Deaf History, including the similarity in experiences between Deaf people and African Americans. Historians, teachers, and students will love Deaf History Unveiled for it’s insights that will change perspectives on the Deaf experience worldwide. |
| |  | Written by authors who are themselves Deaf, this unique book illuminates the life and culture of Deaf people from the inside, through their everyday talk, their shared myths, their art and performances, and the lessons they teach one another. Padden and Humphries employ the capitalized "Deaf" to refer to deaf people who share a natural language--American Sign Language (ASL)--and a complex culture, historically created and actively transmitted across generations. Signed languages have traditionally been considered to be simply sets of gestures rather than natural languages. This mistaken belief, fostered by hearing people's cultural views, has had tragic consequences for the education of deaf children; generations of children have attended schools in which they were forbidden to use a signed language. For Deaf people, as Padden and Humphries make clear, their signed language is life-giving, and is at the center of a rich cultural heritage. The tension between Deaf people's views of themselves and the way the hearing world views them finds its way into their stories, which include tales about their origins and the characteristics they consider necessary for their existence and survival. Deaf in America includes folktales, accounts of old home movies, jokes, reminiscences, and translations of signed poems and modern signed performances. The authors introduce new material that has never before been published and also offer translations that capture as closely as possible the richness of the original material in ASL. Deaf in America will be of great interest to those interested in culture and language as well as to Deaf people and those who work with deaf children and Deaf people.
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| |  | by Thomas S. & James P. Spradley
A moving story of parents coming to terms with their baby’s deafness. All emotions of hearing parents are expressed with power and simplicity. A wonderful book for everyone to read. |
| |  | Inspired by the conference "Deaf People in Hitler's Europe 1933-1945 conference staged at Gallaudet Universityin 1998. This extraordinary collection organized into three parts, integrates key presentations and important postconference research. 232 pages. Hardcover. |
| |  | The 1988 Revolution at Gallaudet University
Author: John B. Christiansen & Sharon N. Barnartt.
Deaf President Now! tells the story of the history-making week when students seized the Gallaudett University campus until their demands for a deaf president were met. The book is based on more than 50 in-depth interviews with the principal players. Takes a close look at the long term effects of this land mark episode in “the civil rights movement of the deaf.” |
| |  | Written by David A. Stewart. Deaf Sport describes the full ramifications of athletics for Deaf people, from the meaning of individual participation to the cultural bonding resulting from their organization. Deaf Sport profiles noted deaf sports figures and the differences particular to Deaf sports, such as the use of sign language for score keeping, officiating, and other communication. This important book analyzes the governing and business aspects of Deaf sport, both local deaf groups and the American Athletic Association of the Deaf and the World Games for the Deaf. It shows the positive psychological and educational impact of Deaf sport, and how it serves to socialize further the geographically dispersed members of the Deaf community. |
| |  | by Susan Gregory, Juliet Bishop and Lesley Sheldon.
The period of adolescence and young adulthood is important as a time during which young people come to make sense of the society in which they live, and is a period in which their aspirations for the future become consolidated. This book deals with a specific group: deaf young people, as their deafness will have implication for their communication within both the family & society in general. |
| |  | Significant Contributions of Deaf Women and Men
by Anita Davis & Katharine Preston
Over twenty biographical sketches of notables in science, math, social studies, literature, fine arts, health, physical education and politics. Related activities including group and independent study, word searches, crossword puzzles and cut and paste sheets. |
| |  | The Man And His Legacy
by Mildred Albronda
A comprehensive compilation of the greatest works by this largely famous deaf sculptor. This beautiful hard-bound covered book contains large color, as well as black and white photographs of his most famous work along with documented descriptions in Tilden’s own words. Highly inspirational and informative. |
| |  | Portrait of a Deaf Sculptor
Author: Mildred Albronda.
A portrayal of the life and talent of California-born deaf sculptor Douglas Tilden. |
| |  | Hereditary Deafness on Martha’s Vineyard
by Nora Ellen Groce
A lovely story about two towns on Martha’s Vineyard Island which for over 200 years had a high incidence of hereditary deafness. Take a look at the historical events evidence reported. |
| |  | In Hearing and Deaf Children. In these 21 essays renowned scholars such as Ursula Bellugi, Judy Snitzer Reilly, Susan Goldin-Meadow and others discuss communicative gesturing in the first two years of life and its importance in a child’s transition to a linguistic system. |
| |  | On Depathologizing Deafnessby James Woodward This collection of articles examines Deaf culture & its relationship withhearing society, profiling sociolinguisticandanthropological perspectives in research on American Deaf Society and culture. |
| |  | by Gil Eastman
This book will definitely challenge you and stimulate your thinking. Gil offers us his thoughts & observations on life as a Deaf person in modern society. |
| |  | Quotes from Deaf Women for a Positive Life
A treasury of quotes from Deaf Women who share what they have discovered about life, love and other good stuff. |
| |  | Exploring the Nature of Sign
BY JEROME D. SCHEIN AND DAVID A. STEWART
This enjoyable book first introduces sign language and communication, and follows with a history of sign languages in general, then delves into the structure of American Sign Language (ASL). |
| |  | by Darlene Toole
A wonderful book for teachers as Darlene Toole shares six stories about deaf people who have courageously achieved excellence in their professions. Each story has a word list before & questions after so that you may test the students’ understanding. |
| |  | Renate Fisher and Harlan Lane- Eds.
Researchers from around the world present findings in six areas: Deaf Biographies: Deaf Communities; Sign Language and Signed Systems; Deaf Education in the Context of Oralism; Issues Concerning Medicalization, Sociology, and Methodological and Theoretical Issues of Deaf History. |
| |  | Bell, Gallaudet, And the Communications Debate
Author: Richard Winefield
-A question subjects to controversy throughout the last two centuries “Should sign language be used to communicate with and instruct deaf children?” This book focuses on the debate over this question. It explores Alexander Graham Bell’s and Edward Miner Gallaudet’s ancestral and educational backgrounds and how their views of society effected their philosophies and how their work continues to inspire the education of deaf students today. |
| |  | An Anthology of Literature
by Deaf and Hard of Hearing Writers
A collection of short stories, essays, poems, and dramas. |
| |  | The Story of the National Theater of the Deaf
Author: Stephen Baldwin
In the late 1950’s, a small group of actors met in New York City to showcase the unique talents of deaf actors. Pictures in the Air tells of their success in starting the National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD). Baldwin traces the work of Edna Levine, Anne Bancroft, Gene Lasko, Arthur Penn. Complete with photographs, this book capture how a startling new endeavor grew into an artistic company treasured worldwide. |
| |  | One Woman’s Experience
Author: Cheryl Heppner
Cheryl Heppner writes of experiencing severe hearing loss-twice. First when she was six, spinal meningitis left her with a profound loss of hearing. Then when she was 25 years old she had two strokes leaving her completely deaf. |
| |  | The Work of William C. Stokoe
Author: Jane Maher
This incisive account traces the process that William C. Stokoe followed to prove that American Sign Language met the full criteria of linguistics and can be classified as a fully developed language. |
| |  | A Reader for Students of American Sign Language
by William Stokoe
This anthology, edited by William Stokoe, is widely used in Deaf culture and Deaf studies courses. The sixteen chapters include a number of classic articles on language learning, language use, the Deaf community, and other socioculturally important topics. |
| |  | A Profile Two Deaf Plays
Gilbert C. Eastman
Sign Me Alice is an outrageous comedy & the most popular play ever shown at Gallaudet University. Based on pygmalion and My Fair Lady, it teaches lessons about Deaf people and their conflicts with hearing world over styles of communication. Laurent Clerc: A Profile is an historical play about the Deaf Frenchman who sacrificed his personal life to become America’s first teacher of deaf children and who is the father of American Sign Language (ASL). Along with Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, he made American Deaf education possible in early 1800s. |
| |  | Excerpts from Signing Naturally Videos
Starring Ben Bahan, Dan Lynch, Ethan Bernstein, Ella Mae Lentz, Cinnie MacDougall, Freda Norman, Anthony Natale, and Mary Hill Telford
From the hilarious to the heart-rending, this special collection of clips from the best-selling Signing Naturally videos is guaranteed to entertain viewers. With more jokes, stories, legends, poems, and songs that are recited by some of the Deaf community’s most popular storytellers- all bringing unique moments of Deaf life into a wonderful experience you will never forget! |
| |  | Profiles of Deaf Americans. by Ron Podmore
Five short biographies about deaf people who have been successful in a variety of fields never losing the sight of their dreams. After each biography, there are questions and answers along with key words that are designed to test the readers comprehension. |
| |  | Classic In Language and Education
by Harlan Laneand Franklin Philip
A history of the deaf, this book, translated from the French, shows how the Western deaf shaped their lives down to the present. Some of the works included here were written between 1764 and 1840. |
| |  | In 1837, Samuel Gridley Howe set about rescuing Laura Bridgman, a blind seven year old, from the "darkness and silence of the tomb." Bridgman learned to finger spell, to read raised letters, to write legibly and even eloquently, and became a living exhibit for theological and psychological debates, with influential writers and reformers Darwin,
Carlyle, and Dickens among them visiting or writing about her. But by her death in 1889, she had been wholly eclipsed by the prettier, more ingratiating Helen Keller. The Imprisoned Guest is an absorbing, inspiring account of the intersection of two extraordinary lives and their time.
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| |  | Arden Neisser's classic book on American Sign Language (ASL) and the Deaf community is again available, with a new prologue. The Other Side of Silence explores the Deaf community through telling interviews and research from across the country. In widely varying encounters, Neisser heard Deaf individuals recall how their teachers suppressed ASL, how linguists foster conflicting theories, and how various institutions of the deaf dilute ASL to suit hearing patrons. This seminal book reveals the warmth, creativity, and resilience of Deaf people, and offers an update of the community today.
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| |  | by Owen Wrigley
A highly intense book that challenges the reader to re-examine their thoughts about the popularly considered condition of deafness as a physical deficiency. Insightful and Intriguing, it gains perspective on the meaning of deafness. |
| |  | Contains eight vintage sing language performances tales from 1913 films in the Gallaudet University archives. Included are performances by G. Veditz. |
| |  | In 200 full-color and black-and-white photographs, The Week the World Heard Gallaudet depicts, day by day, the Deaf President Now! Revolution at Gallaudet University as it unfolded March 6 - 13, 1988. Author Jack Gannon interviewed such main characters as Greg Hlibok, president of the student government, and Elizabeth Zinser, the University's president for two days. I. King Jordan, Gallaudet's first deaf president, contributed the epilogue. Hardcover, 175 pages |
| |  | Raija Nieminen, a deaf woman from Finland, had been leading a very full life as both a librarian and mother of two children. Then her husband Jukka won an exciting new job designing the harbor in the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. Raija suddenly needed to start her life over again in a small, hot, developing country where both the hearing and deaf populations used languages foreign to her.
Voyage to the Island recounts the remarkable story of how she adjusted to a strange, exotic island, first by seeking out other deaf persons and learning their sign language. Later, she met Alfonso, a deaf child and an orphan, and realized that he was only one of many deaf children who needed her help. Soon, Raija was teaching at the island's school for the deaf. Her vivid stories of daily frustration mixed with moments of exhilaration at the school make Voyage to the Island an unforgettably moving book. It becomes even more poignant against the backdrop of her own accomplishments as a deaf person advocating complete communication among all people in all communities. Softcover, 248 pages |
| |  | By Henry Kisor. Veteran journalist Henry Kisor lost his hearing at age three. With the help of a supportive family and an unconventional teacher, he was, however always encouraged to participate in the hearing world. In this engaging memoir, Kisor recounts what life as a deaf person in a hearing culture is all about. The simple activities of growing up attending classes, participating in sports, going out on dates-were complex adventures requiring elaborate strategies, and Kisor describes his various practical problems in humorous and poignant anecdotes. But the most exceptional aspect of Kisor's life has been his choice of journalism as a career. For a deaf person to survive, let alone succeed, in this most verbal of professions has required great ingenuity and perseverance, and the tales related here testify to Kisor's strength of character as well as his journalistic talent. 269 pages, softbook |
| |  | The Memories of a Deaf Doctor
Author: Philip Zazove M.D
..An inspiring story of Doctor Zazove, rejected by almost every medical school he applied for because he was deaf. After finally being accepted to Rutgers University, he later became a highly regarded physician and educator of medicine. |
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