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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Welcome to My World
The Original Chronicle of a Child of Deaf
Adults (CODA) During the Depression
“If there were a way, if I could, I would write this book in sign language. I
cannot. Signs do not transpose to the printed page; they are understood only in
the flesh, hand to hand, face to face. And so I write in universal printed
English, words to conjure the magic of my first language—words my mother taught
me, words my father taught me—words told by the flick of a finger, the sweep of
a hand. Sentences, liquid, rising not from the human voice but from the human
body.” With these words, Ruth Sidransky introduces her life story in the reprint
of her groundbreaking book
In Silence:
Growing Up Hearing in a Deaf World.
As the hearing daughter of deaf Jewish parents in the Bronx and Brooklyn during
the 1930s and 1940s, Sidransky reveals the challenges deaf people faced in pre-
and post-World War II America. “We lived in two worlds as I was growing up, our
private world and the ‘hearing’ world outside,” Sidransky recalls. “I was on
intimate terms with silence and the language of silence. But my parents’ oral
words hit hearing ears like jagged stones on rooftops. And I, a small child,
hung my head, unable to speak in clear sentences.” Read more about the early
life of Ruth Sidransky in chapter 2 “School Days,”
and order In Silence
online. Take advantage of your exclusive 20% subscriber discount by typing “MAR0620%”
in the box marked “Comments or Special Instructions” below your credit card
information. Or, order by
mail.
 Martha
Sheridan, Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at Gallaudet
University, knew all about the negative stereotypes attached to deaf children
when she set out to interview the subjects of her groundbreaking study,
Inner Lives of Deaf Children:
Interviews and Analysis. Deaf and hard of hearing children, so the story
goes, traditionally suffer from low self-esteem and underdeveloped interpersonal
skills, leading lives primarily defined by negative experiences. What Sheridan
discovered, however, effectively banishes these prejudicial misconceptions once
and for all.
Now in paperback, Inner Lives of Deaf Children provides a comprehensive
look at how a variety of educational environments, communication systems, and
family situations affect the lives of deaf and hard of hearing children. Writing
as a social worker and as a deaf woman who grew up in a predominantly hearing
family, Sheridan offers a unique understanding of the children she worked with
and an incisive analysis of the developmental challenges that remain for these
children today. Read an excerpt from chapter 8
“Lisa,” and
place your order
here.
 The
Journal of Deaf
Studies and Deaf Education recently recognized
Educating Deaf
Students: Global Perspectives in its Fall 2005 issue,
stating: “Professionals in the field of Deaf Education and researchers who would
like to broaden their view beyond their relatively narrow research interest, as
well as advanced students, should have this book on their shelf. And they should
read it too.” In
2000, the International Congress on Education of the Deaf (ICED) held its 19th
conference in Sydney, Australia. More than 1,000 teachers, administrators, and
researchers from 46 countries addressed an extremely wide selection of topics
ranging from the inclusion of deaf students in regular educational environments
to deaf students in post-secondary school education. Educating Deaf Students, edited by Des Power and Greg Leigh, brings
together a select cross-section of the issues addressed at the 19th ICED. Read more about the past, present, and future of deaf education in
“Reviewing the Past,
Assessing the Present, and Projecting the Future,” and
secure a copy of Educating Deaf Students.
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