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The Language of Light: A History of Silent Voices

Dec 8, 2017deafinprisonorgBook Reviews, EditorialsASL, Book Review, Deaf education, Gerald Shea, Jean F. Andrews, Language of Light, Linguistics

Book Review: The Language of Light: A History of Silent Voices (2017) by Gerald Shea Yale University Press. New Haven. By Jean F. Andrews This is a history of sign language – “the language of light” – and how Deaf people have fought for centuries for the right to use their language. The controversy of

Language learning and Deaf Children in Morocco

May 29, 2016deafinprisonorg1 CommentASL, Book Reviews#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Deaf education, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jean F. Andrews, Literacy, Reading and Deafness

By Jean F. Andrews http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/106522129 In his book, Literacy, Culture, and Development : Becoming Literate in Morocco, Professor Daniel Wagner (1993) describes the complex language learning contact situation of hearing boys and girls in Morocco. Deaf children are no different. They too are born into a complex language contact situation where their hearing families speak

Book Review by Jean Andrews

Nov 25, 2015deafinprisonorgBook Reviews#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Backspace by Steve Baldwin, Book Review, Deaf History, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jean F. Andrews

By Jean F. Andrews Backspace by Steve C. Baldwin, published by Savory Words Publishing (2015) Set in southeast Texas, Dr. Steve Baldwin crafted a briskly paced murder mystery filled with family violence, addiction, bullying, blackmail, deceit and greed, murder, and incest. In the early 1950’s, stuck in an unsympathetic hearing world filled with ignorance, misinformation,

More on Si5S

Jun 7, 2015deafinprisonorg1 CommentASL, Book Reviews#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, BitcoDavid, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, si5s

By BitcoDavid A few months ago, we did a piece on Si5S, a written form of ASL. Si5S deserves your attention because it nullifies the argument that ASL isn’t a language due to the fact that it has no written form. But its relevance goes beyond that. For one thing, it can help non-Signers learn

The Making of the Film “Love is Never Silent”

Mar 12, 2015deafinprisonorg8 CommentsASL, Book Reviews, Deaf History, Movie Reviews#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #LoveisNeverSilentScreenCampaign, #StopHearingLossBullying, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Joanne Greenberg, Love Is Never Silent

By Joanne Greenberg I wrote the book In This Sign, parts of which were made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame production. The book had been out for some years and had won an award for its portrayal of Deaf people and their hearing children. Because my husband and I had become part of the

Outcasts and Angels: Stories featuring the Deaf

Feb 8, 2015deafinprisonorg3 CommentsASL, Book Reviews, Embeded Files, Video#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Ambrose Bierce, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Joanne Greenberg, Lilcoco Love

By BitcoDavid As many of you know, for about the past 3 weeks, I’ve been working to translate and caption the video “What is ASL?” by Deaf activist and Signing whiz, Lilcoco Love. But she’s a native Signer, and I’m… well… I’m me. It’s an awesome video, and she’s got a lot to say. About

How To Learn About Deaf Culture? Read Tom Holcomb’s Introduction to American Deaf Culture

Jul 31, 2013deafinprisonorg7 CommentsBook Reviews#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, Cochlear Implant, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, JeanFAndrews, Video Relay Service

By Jean F. Andrews Tom Holcomb, writer-scholar-teacher who is Deaf, captures the heart, mind and soul of the Deaf community in his book, Introduction to American Deaf Culture. Respect me as a member of a cultural-linguistic group, don’t pity me as a member of a group of disabled individuals. While sign languages are not universal

Book Review: Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman

May 24, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsBook Reviews#JusticeForFelix, Book Review, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, DOJ, Illegal drug trade, JoanneGreenberg, Justice system, Piper Kerman, Prison

By Joanne Greenberg This is a memoir of fifteen months spent in Danbury Federal Prison work camp. In the range of prisons, this was the highest (best); the others were downhill from there. Piper had been a drug dealer, left the drug game, and ten years later was arrested in connection with a sweep arrest

Militarized Cops and Drug War Victims

Mar 23, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsBook Reviews, Editorials, ReBlogs#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Cheryl Ann Stillwell, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Huffington Post, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Radley Balko, SWAT, War on Drugs

By BitcoDavid The Huffington Post recently featured a story by Radley Balko, author of Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces. The article centers around the death of Cheryl Ann Stillwell, a middle-aged single woman, shot to death in a police raid gone awry. According to Balko, Stillwell was a recluse,

Book Review of Outcasts and Angels: The New Anthologogy of Deaf Characters in Literature by Edna Edith Sayers, Galluadet University Press (2012).

Mar 20, 2013deafinprisonorgBook Reviews#JusticeForFelix, Book Review, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, JeanFAndrews, Joanne Greenberg, Lip-reading, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Short story, Sign language

By Jean F. Andrews CHOICE is a publication which reviews books for academic settings. This book appeared in the April 2013 issue of CHOICE. Outcasts and angels: the new anthology of deaf characters in literature, ed. by Edna Edith Sayers. Gallaudet, 2012. 361p bibl afp ISBN 9781563685392 pbk, $35.00; ISBN 9781563685408 e-book, $35.00 Fiction