Alandra's lilacs /

The hearing mother of a deaf child recounts her experiences and provides advice for other parents in a similar situation. Author tells of her 25-year struggle through divorce, poverty, & intractable physicians & educators to raise Alandra her deaf daughter, & the bond she now has with he...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bowers, Tressa, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
Bowers, Tressa, > 1949-
Parents of deaf children > United States > Biography.
Deaf children > Family relationships > United States.
Parent and child > United States.
Parents d'enfants sourds > États-Unis > Biographies.
Enfants sourds > Relations familiales > États-Unis.
Parents et enfants > États-Unis.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
Deaf children > Family relationships.
Parent and child.
Parents of deaf children.
Kind
Gehörlosigkeit
Familienbeziehung
Biografie
Mutter
United States.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Reconciliation 1
  • 2 Homecoming 5
  • 3 The Race Begins 20
  • 4 The Sounds of Silence 27
  • 5 Total Communication 38
  • 6 Stuttering with My Hands 47
  • 7 Home Signs 53
  • 8 A Difficult Undertaking 61
  • 9 Our "Normal" Life 68
  • 10 Half Hearing and Half Deaf? 77
  • 11 Her Rightful Place 93
  • 12 Our Too Cool Daughter 104
  • 13 My Own Place in the Deaf World 116
  • 14 Enter Chad ... and Tyler 123
  • 15 I Finally Get to Hear Baby Talk 133
  • 16 A Normal Pair of Boys 139
  • 17 Smelling the Lilacs 148.

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