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"This volume illuminates the unique challenges faced by deaf people when they are arrested, incarcerated, or navigating the court system"--
The story of how captioning came into the lives of deaf and hard of hearing people has not been told with any detail, though captions are one of the greatest technological advancements in the effort to improve access to films, television, and other video content for both deaf and hearing audiences. In Turn on the Words!, Harry G. Lang documents the struggles and strategies over nearly a century to make spoken communication accessible through the use of captioning technology.
When Raymond Luczak was growing up deaf in a hearing Catholic family of nine children, his mother shared conflicting stories about having had a miscarriage after-or possibly around-the time he was conceived. As an elegy to his lost twin, this book asks: If he had a twin, just how different would his life have been?
Emily Shaw establishes connections between embodied discourses in American Sign Language and spoken English and illuminates gesture's connection to language as a whole.
"An insider's view of the events that lead up to one of the most crucial moments in American deaf history: the 1988 Deaf President Now (DPN) protests at Gallaudet University"--
This paperback edition, accompanied by the supplemental video content available on the Gallaudet University Press YouTube channel, presents the first empirical study that verifies Black ASL as a distinct variety of American Sign Language. This volume includes an updated foreword, a new preface that reflects on the impact of this research, and an extended list of references and resources on Black ASL.
The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary is a one-of-a-kind resource for learning ASL and enhancing communication skills in both ASL and English.
A study that investigates the infancy of American Sign Language (ASL). It highlights the major events in ASL history, analyzes the metalinguistic assumptions of these early accounts and also examine in depth a key set of films made by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) between 1910 and 1920.
Komesaroff exposes the power of the entrenched dominant groups and their influence on the politics of policy and practice in the education of deaf students.
Profiles ten Norwegian Deaf people, and their life stories within a translocal/transnational framework. The author notes that deaf individuals find themselves distanced from their own families, and akin to other deaf people in far locations. The ten stories in this book reveal deaf people who would like a stronger link to the Deaf world.
This volume fills a void in the field by providing a global view of recent theoretical and applied research on literacy education for deaf learners.
From reflecting on the difficult choices parents must make for their children, to recounting awkward communication exchanges, Deaf advocate Jack Gannon marries good humor with a poignant advocacy for sign language rights in this collection of vignettes from his life.
These selected papers are comprised of research conducted in places such as Australia, Flanders, France, and Ghana, creating a volume that is international in scope. Editors Hunt and Shaw have collected papers that represent the advances in the depth and diversity of knowledge in the field of signed language interpretation and translation research.
Mathews conducts qualitative research that explores the impact of mainstreaming deaf students on power relations across parents, children, and professionals.
"Elements of French Deaf Heritage is an examination of how Deaf ethnicity evolved in France via key elements such as Deaf schools, associations of the Deaf, congresses of the Deaf, presses, and key "founders" such as Deaf artists. Intended as a reference book, the aim of the authors is to disseminate the extensive amount of information they've collected so the reader can begin to understand the underlying forces how of Deaf culture was formed both in France and more generally"--
David Sorensen's memoir reveals a person seeking acceptance and belonging while straddling the Deaf and hearing worlds.
This is Don Fulk's inspiring story of seeking independence and finding happiness as a deaf person with quadriplegia.
This volume examines how VRS interpreters exercise professional autonomy in decision-making and quality of services provided, despite the constraints that arise from rules and regulations established by federal agencies and corporate entities.
Naomi Malone offers a historical assessment of deaf education that is contextualized with interviews with former students and explanations of concurrent political and social events.
In short, engaging narratives, a deaf literacy specialist reveals the attitudes and assumptions in the educational system regarding race, ethnicity, economic status, gender, and disability.
This is the first introductory course book that explores the theoretical foundations used in sign language interpreting studies.
Chronicling her father's life as well as her own, the author reveals her unique cultural background as the hearing daughter of a Deaf Nanticoke man who grew up in Dover, Delaware's Black community.
This work contributes to the emerging body of research on learning experiences and teaching practices in sign language interpreter education.
Employing a systems theory approach and resiliency models, Cawthon and Garberoglio examine the postsecondary transition process for deaf individuals.
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