| Description |
xiii, 248 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Part 1. A whole life account: -- Janet's diary / Janet Goodwill -- Part 2. Diagnosis: -- The appointment / Kathy Robinson -- Discovery and diagnosis / Lorraine Fletcher -- Part 3. The pre-school years: -- Extracts from "A Toy Merry-go-round" / Kathy Robinson -- Total commitment to total communication / Riki Kittel -- The chance to speak for ourselves / Heather MacDonald -- Deafness -- the treatment / Lorraine Fletcher -- Part 4. School days: -- School -- the early years / Christine Monery and Linda Janes -- School days / Clive Mason -- Making plans for Nigel -- the erosion of identity by mainstreaming / Paddy Ladd l -- Ife at secondary school / Elizabeth Craddock -- Part 5. Continuing education: -- A polytechnic with a difference / Lucy Briggs -- Education for life? / Christopher Reid -- Training to teach / Sarah Elsey -- A career in design / Christopher Shaw -- From college to work in the lace industry / Paul Holehouse -- School and beyond / Juliet Bishop with Lesley Sheldon -- Part 6. A deaf psychologist -- A deaf teacher -- personal odyssey / Janice Silo -- Raising the profile / Shalil Lad and Linda Janes -- Working for change / Billy Lambers -- Part 7. Citizenship: -- How I live with deaf-blindness / Patrick Murphy -- A deaf-gay man / David Nyman -- Growing up in care / Andrew Charles and Rachel Coombs -- Provision for deaf patients in Rampton Special Hospital / Janet Goodwill and Rae Than -- Part 8. Public faces: -- Deaf sports (Great Britain) / Arthur Dimmock -- A sign-singer / Colin Thompson -- Behind the scenes / Clive Mason -- Notes on myself / Dorothy Miles -- Part 9. Acquired hearing loss: -- The silent house / Jack Ashley -- Acquired hearing loss -- acquired oppression / Maggie Wooley -- Part 10. Older deaf people: -- Memories of a war / George Taylor -- Memories of a school / George Taylor |
| Analysis |
Deaf persons |
| Notes |
Man. Deafness. - Sociological perspectives (BNB/PRECIS) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Deaf.
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Deafness -- Social aspects.
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Hearing impaired.
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Deafness.
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| Author |
Bishop, Juliet.
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Taylor, George.
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Open University.
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| LC no. |
91188541 |
| ISBN |
0861871677 (cased) |
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0861871766 (paperback) |
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