Introduction

This WWW page contains a bibliography of deafness related books and CD-ROMs. Certain subjects have their own specialized bibliographies. Links to those bibliographies exist in the next section.

If you compiled a specialized bibliography and made it available in a WWW site, please let me know about it and I'll be glad to add a link to your bibliography.

Pointers to specialized bibliographies in other WWW pages

• Deaf History Bibliography
• Cued Speech Bibliography
• Bibliography on job seeking by hearing impaired people
• Books and CD-ROMs for Learning Sign

Bibliography - deafness-related

• "American Deaf Culture: An Anthology by Sherman Wilcox, Ed.

• "Deaf Heritage" by Jack R. Gannon
  Dr. Gannon is working on the second volume (as of March 1995).

• "A Place of Their Own" by John V. van Cleve
  (Dr. van Cleve is an editor of the encyclopedia of the deaf, which is a set of three volumes for over $295)

• "Deaf in America: Voices from Culture" by Carol Padden and Tom Humphries

• "The Mask of Benevolence" by Harlan Lane

• "Deafness" by David Wright
  This is an autobiography

• "Outsiders in a Hearing World - a sociology of deafness"
  Author: Paul C Higgins ?
  Publisher:
  Sage Publications Inc.
  275 South Beverly Drive
  Beverly Hills, California 90212
  USA
  Copyrighted (=year of publication? - I couldn't be sure) : 1980.

• "Bilingual Teaching of Deaf Children in Denmark: description of a project 1982-1992."

• (Contributed by Gerald Venable at 20 Nov 1993.)

  "A Child Sacrificed to the Deaf Culture" by Tom Bertling

  A shocking and bold new book from a deaf writer.

  A must-read for anyone associated with deaf children and those interested in the deaf. Complete insight on everything one should know about residential deaf schools and the culturally deaf community's way of life.

  A first-hand report from a culturally deaf writer educated at a residential deaf school with a disclosure of many shocking circumstances surrounding residential deaf schools as well as an expose' of the deaf "culture" with information the deaf community does not want widespread public knowledge of.

  In his timely report on a topic getting national attention, the writer defies the deaf culture's "confirmity" protocal and presents information which is sure to provoke the ire of many deaf community's leaders.

  The cost is $22.90 included shipping for one copy.

  The publisher's address is:
  Kodiak Media Group
  PO BOX 1029, KF23
  Wilsonville, OR 97070
  USA

• "What's That Pig Outdoors?", by Henry Kisor.

  It is published by Penguin Books:
  Penguin Books USA Inc.
  375 Hudson Street
  New York, NY 10014 USA

  Penguin Books Ltd.
  27 Wrights Lane
  London W8 5TZ England

  Penguin Books Australia Ltd.
  Ringwood
  Victoria, Australia

  Penguin Books Canada Ltd.
  2801 John Street

  Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 1B4

  Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.
  182-190 Wairau Road
  Auckland 10, New Zealand

Assistive Technology bibliography

• "Assistive Devices: Doorways to Independence"
  Author: Cynthia L. Compton.
  Published by: Assistive Devices Center
  Dept. of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
  School of Communication
  Gallaudet University
  Copyright © 1989, Assistive Devices Center

  For additional copies, contact:
  The Academy of Dispensing Audiologists
  30008 Millwood Avenue
  Columbia, South Carolina 29205
  USA

  Or the Gallaudet University Bookstore.

  Note: The information is up to date as of November 1993.

• LIVING IN THE STATE OF STUCK:
  How Technology Impact the Lives of People with Disabilities

  by:
  Marcia J. Scherer
  Rochester Institute of Technology
  National Technical Institute for the Deaf

  "...takes the needs of the whole person into account"
  Senator Tom Harkin

  "...the hard part is not the answer, but asking the right questions"
  Dr. Frank Bowe
  Hofstra University

  "...a caring book written for those who care"
  Dr. Roberta Trieschmann
  Author, SPINAL CORD INJURIES

  "Required reading for anyone who wants to understand the depth and complexity of the disability experience"
  Dr. Margaret A. Nosek
  Director, ILRU
  Baylor College of Medicine

  "Dr. Scherer gives us a consumer-driven, person-centered model to match the person to the device to get us all out of a state of stuck. It is an intelligent book about real people."
  Dr. Harry Murphy
  Founder and Director
  Center on Disabilities
  Calif. State, Northridge

  "Through example and discussion, accented wtih stories about and words directly from consumers, Dr. Scherer has been able to provide insight into both the potentials and limitations of technology, as well as the importance of its applications within a general intervention/assistance program"
  Dr. Gregg Vanderheiden
  Director, Trace Center
  President, RESNA

  Assistive technology is changing the lives of persons with disabilities. Dr. Scherer sets the background for this transformation and discusses the implications of assistive technology in these persons' lives.

  NOW IN PAPERBACK FOR $25.95, Hardcover for $32.95.
  Available from:
  BROOKLINE BOOKS
  P.O. Box 1046
  Cambridge, MA 02238

  Note: The information is up to date as of November 1993.

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Bookshops for deafness-related books

• The Forest Shop
• The Gallaudet University Bookstore
• The NAD Bookstore