ABOUT THIS BOOK

Leo Jacobs has written a unique and personal account of what it is like to be deaf in a hearing world. He speaks out on such issues as mainstreaming and its effect on deaf children and the Deaf community, total communication versus oralism, employment opportunities for deaf adults, and public policy toward deaf people.

This new edition includes an update of services by and for deaf people, and an expanded chapter on legislation and social issues that have had an impact on the Deaf community in the last ten years.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Leo M. Jacobs taught for many years at the California School for the Deaf at Berkeley (now Fremont).

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

Preface

Preface to Second Edition

Acknowledgments

About the Author

1
Introduction

2
What Deafness Means

3
What Communication Really Is

4
The Deaf as a Minority Group

5
Traditional Educational Methods

6
Total Communication

7
Public Law 94-142 and Mainstreaming

8
The Deaf Adult

9
The Community of the Deaf

10
The Economic Aspects of Deafness

11
What Is Being Done for the Deaf

12
A Look Back and a Look Ahead

References

Appendix A:
Seven Other Faces of Deafness: A Panel Discussion by Deaf Adults

Appendix B:
What Total Family Involvement Means to Me

Appendix C:
Three Portrayals of Deafness: Some “Hazards” of Deafness

How Do You Dance Without Music?

See! See! See! See! (A Satire)

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