The first full week of December celebrates the remarkable partnership between deaf-education pioneers Laurent Clerc and Thomas Gallaudet. Gallaudet, founder of the first deaf school in the US (and for whom Gallaudet University here in DC is named), began a partnership with a young French teacher, Laurent Clerc, to promote the education of deaf children. Read more about Gallaudet and Clerc at Gallaudet University's Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center.
Or check out some of the library’s interesting books on deafness, deaf education, sign language, and deaf culture.
Chambers, Diane. Communicating in Sign. HV2474 C43 1998
Dreams Spoken Here. VHS HV2430 D74x 1998
Eastman, Gil. Just a Deaf Person’s Thoughts. HV2395 E27x 1996
Freeland, Andrew. Deafness: The Facts. RF290 F74 1989
Gallaudet Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness. REF HV2365 G37 1987
Gannon, Jack R. Deaf Heritage: A Narrative History of Deaf America. HV2530 G36
Himber, Charlotte. How to Survive Hearing Loss. HV2534 H56 A3 1989
How to Talk to a Person Who Can’t Hear: A Unique & Fun Video That Teaches Sign Language. VHS HV2474 H69x 1996
Kisor, Henry. What’s That Pig Outdoors? HV2534 K57 A3 1990
Myers, David G. A Quiet World: Living With Hearing Loss. RF290 M84 2000
Padden, Carol. Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture. HV2545 P33 1988
Riekehof, Lottie. The Joy of Signing. HV2474 R53 1978
Riekehof, Lottie. The Joy of Signing. VHS HV2474 R532x 1987 (3 volumes)
Schein, Jerome. At Home Among Strangers. HV2545 S29 1989
Sound and Fury. VHS HV2391 S686x 2002
Speaking for Myself. VHS HV2430 S64x 1998
Turkington, Carol. Encyclopedia of Deafness and Hearing Disorders. REF RF290 T93 2000
Turkington, Carol. Living
with Hearing Loss: The Sourcebook for Deafness and Hearing Disorders.
RF290 T934 2000