When Galloway was born, no one knew that an experimental antibiotic given to her mother had wreaked havoc on the fetus's nervous system. With disarming candor, the author writes about her breakdowns, her queer identity, and living in a silent world populated by unforgettable characters.

Allred, the first legally deaf player in the NBA, chronicles his unlikely journey from a polygamous compound in Montana to playing with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The compelling memoir of the Academy Award-winning actress and role model for 30 million deaf and hard-of-hearing people serves as an inspiration and a lesson in overcoming adversity. color photos.

Uhlberg recalls growing up the son of deaf parents in 1940s Brooklyn.

Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.

This extraordinary volume presents nine masterful chapters that bring together a remarkably vivid depiction of the varied Deaf experience in America. This collection features the finest scholarship from a noteworthy group of historians, including Reginald Boyd, Barry A. Crouch, Mary French, Brian H. Greenwald, Harlan Lane, Harry G. Lang, Kent R. Olney, Richard Pillard, Jill Hendricks Porco, Michael Reis, and volume editor John Vickrey Van Cleve.

"Junius Wilson (1908-2001) spent seventy-six years at a state mental hospital in Goldsboro, North Carolina, including six in the criminal ward. He had never been declared insane by a medical professional or found guilty or any criminal charge. But he was deaf and black in the Jim Crow South. This is the story of his life." "Biographers Susan Burch and Hannah Joyner expand the traditional interpretation of Jim Crow by highlighting the complicated intersections of race and disability as well as of community of language. There is much to learn and remember about Junius Wilson and the countless others who have lived unspeakable histories."--BOOK JACKET.

Since 1987 the preeminent guide to communications options, CHOICES IN DEAFNESS is now extensively revised and updated to provide comprehensive information to parents of children with deafness and hearing impairment. The book presents unbiased portraits of 5 communication options: Auditory-Verbal, ASL-English Bilingual, Cued Speech, Auditory-Oral and Total Communication. The authors cover such topics as assessment, diagnosis, medical and audiological treatments, the latest types of cochlear implants, educational methods, and technological devices. New Chapters on the following subjects make this guide more complete than ever: Universal Newborn Screening; Auditory Neuropathy; Genetic Causes of Deafness; Emotional Outlooks; Educational Programs; Technology; College; Understanding What Hearing Impairments Sound Like. The combination of professional expertise and first-hand accounts from families makes this an essential guide for parents navigating the world of communication options.

Designed as a companion to the public television documentary and drawn from the Smithsonian Institution exhibition created largely from materials from Gallaudet U., the photographs and illustrations here represent 200 years of the history of Deaf culture in the US. Baynton (history, U. of Iowa) and his coauthors, both of whom are associated with Gallaudet U., get it right when they describe the elements of the collection, such as how Deaf culture struggled for equity in education and employment, how and why Gallaudet (a university for the deaf) had a band and how today's advocates work toward equity, respect, consideration and increasing influence in policy-making and legislation. They include short interviews and references. Annotation #169;2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)