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"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...
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Alfred A Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural. Her supposed best friend snitches, the principal expels her, and her two mothers set Julia up with a one-way ticket to a "mainstream" school in the suburbs, where she's treated like an outcast as the only deaf student. The last thing she has left is her art, and not even Banksy...
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Publisher
Text Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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I am still unlearning the habit of secrecy. And yet, whenever somebody discovers that I am deaf, my body still reacts with churning terror. How do you build up a sense of robust pride when your body has taught itself to be fearful? Fiona Murphy's memoir about being deaf is a revelation.
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A comic, a drummer, an actor and a singer, who are all well-known entertainers in the deaf community, are followed as they attempt to cross over to mainstream audiences. These uniquely talented entertainers overcome great challenges to celebrate success.
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Publisher
One Peace Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Kohei Sugihara, a college student with hearing loss, and Taichi Sagawa, his ever-optimistic former classmate, met in a chance encounter that ignited an undeniable spark that would eventually blossom into love. Summer has at last arrived, but Kohei's job search is sapping all his free time. Taichi, now a working professional, is struggling with his role as a mentor to the office's new hire. And life only grows more complicated when Taichi receives...
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Publisher
Plural Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"How does Deaf culture fit into education, psychology, cultural studies, technology and the arts? This book addresses these questions with both theoretical and practical information. With the recognition of American Sign Language (ASL) as a bona fide language, the perception of Deaf people has evolved into the recognition of a vibrant Deaf culture centered around the use of signed languages and the communities of Deaf people. This text also describes...
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Judea Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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This handy little pocket guide contains definitions to those not-so-familiar terms that can facilitate understanding and communicating within the ASL community. Start ASL is the leading online resource for ASL and Deaf Culture.
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