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• She Touched the World

  Laura Bridgman, Deaf-blind Pioneer

  Alexander, Sally Hobart

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  "When she was just two years old, Laura Bridgman lost her sight, her hearing, and most of her senses of smell and taste. But then a progressive doctor, who had just opened the country's first school for the blind in Boston, took her in.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Can Bears Ski?

  Antrobus, Raymond

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  "Is Little Bear ignoring his friends when they say hi, or is something else going on? A discovery opens new doors in a tale that will delight kids with deafness and all children learning to navigate their world." (NoveList)

• The Perseverance

  Antrobus, Raymond

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  "An extraordinary debut from a young British-Jamaican poet, 'Perseverance' is a book of loss, language, and praise. One of the most crucial new voices to emerge from Britain, Raymond Antrobus explores the d/Deaf experience, the death of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• El Deafo

  Bell, Cece

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  "The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower." (NoveList)

• Shouting Won't Help

  Why I--and 50 Million Other Americans--can't Hear You

  Bouton, Katherine, 1947-

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  "A former senior editor at The New York Times traces her own experiences of hearing loss while evaluating a growing epidemic of hearing impairment in America, drawing on medical and specialist insights to identify possible causes while…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Is Kind of An Epic Love Story

  Callender, Kacen

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  "Budding screenwriter Nate, sixteen, finds his conviction that happy endings do not happen in real life sorely tested when his childhood best friend and crush, Oliver James Hernandez, moves back to town." (NoveList)

• I Can Hear You Whisper

  An Intimate Journey Through the Science of Sound and Language

  Denworth, Lydia, 1966-

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  "An investigation into the science of hearing, child language acquisition, neuroplasticity, brain development, and Deaf culture spurred by Lydia Denworth's discovery that her son couldn't hear her lullabies and the family's life-altering…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Disability Visibility

  First-person Stories From the Twenty-first Century

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  "This collection of essays from contemporary disabled writers celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act focuses on issues such as disabled performers in the theater and the everyday lives of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mean Little Deaf Queer

  a Memoir

  Galloway, Terry

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  "Recounts the author's experiences of growing up with a nervous system that had been adversely affected in utero by an experimental medication, describing her hallucinatory youth as a hearing-impaired gay member of a conservative hometown,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You're Welcome, Universe

  Gardner, Whitney

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  "A deaf, Indian-American teen with a flair for graffiti learns how to make her mark. With two deaf moms, a deaf school, and Jordyn, her deaf best friend, Julia Prasad has always been unapologetically deaf. But when she paints graffiti over…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Silence Between Us

  Gervais, Alison

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  "Deaf teen Maya Harris must navigate a new life--and love--in this own-voices novel from award-winning author Alison Gervais. When Maya is forced to attended a hearing school, she sets out to prove that her lack of hearing won’t stop her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan

  Gilligan, Ruth

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  "Interweaves the experiences of a young Lithuanian emigrant in Ireland at the start of the twentieth century, the unlikely friendship between a young Irish deaf boy and a lonely caretaker in 1958, and the identity crisis of an Irish…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

  Gino, Alex

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  "When her baby sister is born deaf, Jilly makes an online connection with a fellow fantasy fan, who happens to be Black and deaf, and begins to learn about the many obstacles that exist in the world for people who are different from her."…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Haben

  the Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law

  Girma, Haben, 1988-

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  "An Eritrean American Deafblind disabilities advocate tells the story of how she learned to succeed in a world made to the measure of sighted, hearing people." (Kirkus)

• Whisper

  Keighery, Chrissie

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  "When I go swimming, I am no different from anyone else. Everyone is deaf underwater. Demi swims to forget her problems. The mess she's made with Jules, the only guy who seems to understand her. Being ignored by her old friends while she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Story of My Life

  Keller, Helen, 1880-1968

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  "A serious illness destroyed Helen Keller's sight and hearing at the age of two. At seven, she was helped by Anne Sullivan, her beloved teacher and friend. Through sheer determination and resolve, she learned to speak and prepared herself…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Legal Rights

  the Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People

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  "This in-depth title focuses on the many legal developments affecting the nearly 50 million people in the United States who are deaf or hard of hearing. The book covers the recent Americans with Disability Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), which…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Show Me a Sign

  LeZotte, Ann Clare

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  "A young girl living on Martha's Vineyard in 1805 doesn't think her community of Deaf and hearing signers is special until the day the hearing world violently intrudes." (Kirkus)

• I'll Scream Later

  Matlin, Marlee

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  "The actress describes how she lost her hearing at the age of eighteen months, the challenges of being a role model for the deaf and hearing-impaired community, and her personal struggles with addiction and abuse." (NoveList)

• The Art of Being Deaf

  a Memoir

  McDonald, Donna, 1955-

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  "Born in 1950s Australia, McDonald was placed in an oral deaf school when she was five. There, she was trained to communicate only in spoken English. Afterwards, she attended mainstream schools where she excelled with speechreading and…Read moreRead more of this annotation