Deaf Culture

The National Association of the Deaf of the United States of America is pleased to publish this book and support the critical work of the World Federation of the Deaf.  Representing deaf interest on the international stage is tremendously complex and the WFD adeptly ...

An essential anthology of Deaf perspectives

To many who hear, the deaf world is as foreign as a country never visited.

Deaf World thus concerns itself less with the perspectives of the hearing and more with what Deaf people...

An anthology of Prose and poetry by the Deaf

Edited by: Robert F. Panara, Taras B. Denis, and James H. McFarlane

Published by The Gallaudet College Alumni Association

The goal of the book is to collect, organize and interpret examples of the cultural life of Deaf people.  There is a preference for materials that are unusual or unexpected, that run counter to the more familiar ways of talking about Deaf people.  The materials are o...

Here, in a handy question-and-answer format, are answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about deaf people, their community, and their language.  Concise, easy-to-read, designed for those with no prior background, For Hearing People Only makes a formidab...

Through Deaf Eyes depicts the story of Deaf America in more than 200 photographs, a tableau that also affords readers the opportunity to learn about the nation's broader history.  The values and judgements of American society have had a impact on the education, emplo...

Now, Jack R. Gannon’s original groundbreaking volume on Deaf history and culture is available once again. In Deaf Heritage: A Narrative History of Deaf America, Gannon brought together for the first time the story of the Deaf experience in America from a Deaf ...

Abel and Janice Ryder began their married life together with all the hopes and dreams of a young couple deeply in love. But before long they realize that their deafness stands as an immense barrier between them and a society that seems to work only for those who can ...