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Signs Of Friendship, Ashley N. Brickner, Kaylee J. Kapalko
Signs Of Friendship, Ashley N. Brickner, Kaylee J. Kapalko
Honors Projects
This children's book is about mainstreaming a deaf student into a public school composed of predominantly hearing children, and the eventual friendship between that student and a hearing student. The majority of deaf students are educated in hearing schools and experience high rates of social isolation as a result of the inability to communicate with their peers. In order to create this book, there was collaboration between a communication disorders major and a creative writing major in order to create a realistic portrayal yet creative learning tool for children at a young age. We chose to aim our book at …
Signs Of Friendship, Kaylee J. Kapalko, Ashley N. Brickner
Signs Of Friendship, Kaylee J. Kapalko, Ashley N. Brickner
Honors Projects
This children's book is about mainstreaming a deaf student into a public school composed of predominantly hearing children, and the eventual friendship between that student and a hearing student. The majority of deaf students are educated in hearing schools and experience high rates of social isolation as a result of the inability to communicate with their peers. In order to create this book, there was collaboration between a communication disorders major and a creative writing major in order to create a realistic portrayal yet creative learning tool for children at a young age. We chose to aim our book at …
Finding Deaf Gain: Changing Languages, Changing Lenses, Changing Society, Edward Henry Bart
Finding Deaf Gain: Changing Languages, Changing Lenses, Changing Society, Edward Henry Bart
English Theses
Most literature is analyzed through various lenses, or more accurately, schools of thought informed by life experience and cultural knowledge. Literature created in American Sign is no different than any other literature in spite of it being a visual-spatial language rather than a sound-based language. It requires scholars able to access the Deaf Lens, cognizant of the linguistic and historical context that informed Deaf artists in the creation of their work. This context is embedded in their ASL literature, and often requires scholars to approach their work as the product of a colonized group. Though the Deaf Community does not …