Books

Finding Zoe: A Deaf Woman’s Story of Identity, Love, and Adoption

Brandi Rarus was just 6 when spinal meningitis took away her hearing. Because she spoke well and easily adjusted to lip reading, she was mainstreamed in school and socialized primarily in the hearing community. Brandi was a popular, happy teen, but being fully part...

Complexities in Educational Interpreting: An Investigation into Patterns of Practice

If you are concerned about the quality of educational interpreting services provided for school-age students who are deaf and hard of hearing, then you are likely aware of the chaos that exists around these services in public schools across the United States. For yo...

A Handful of Spells

Who wouldn't want to go to a 300-year old school of magic, wave a wand, and learn to fly? But this girl falls off her broom, gets her spells wrong, and isn't sure her cat really is a familiar. All because her ears don't work as well as everyone else's. But once Cai...

Ready to Be Heard – How I Lost My Hearing and Found My Voice

When author Amanda McDonough started losing her hearing at the age of 4 she swore her parents to secrecy. She hid her hearing loss for 18 years from her friends, family, teachers, and acquaintances. As the author grew older, her hearing gradually decreased, causing...

Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law

The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage.

Haben grew up spending summers with her family in the enchanting Eritrean city of Asmara. There, she disc...

Literature Series: Bird of a Different Feather and For a Decent Living Student Workbook

The ASL Literature Series Student Workbook accompanies the Student Videotext. Combined these tools will enhance student's ASL comprehension. Students learn how to retell the stories and recognize the linguistic and cultural aspects of the ASL narratives. Linguisti...

Interpretation Skills: English to American Sign Language (2nd Edition)

By Marty M. Taylor

(Second Edition)

English-ASL Interpreting students, educators, practitioners, and mentors will find this second edition of Interpretation Skills : English to American Sign Language useful and informative. It builds on the first edi...