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"Arlo Dilly is young, handsome and eager to meet the right girl. He also happens to be DeafBlind, a Jehovah's Witness, and under the strict guardianship of his controlling uncle. His chances of finding someone to love seem slim to none. And yet, it happened once before: many years ago, at a boarding school for the Deaf, Arlo met the love of his life-a mysterious girl with onyx eyes and beautifully expressive hands which told him the most amazing stories....
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"I love being DeafBlind and would not change it for the world."
This collection of essays from one of the country's leading voices on issues facing the signing community appears at a time of troubling trends and exciting new developments. Through his lucid and accessible prose, John Lee Clark delves into questions ranging from why hearing parents of Deaf children don't sign to how written American Sign Language will change the course of Deaf
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A moving portrait of Anne Sullivan Macy, teacher of Helen Keller—and a complex, intelligent woman worthy of her own spotlight
After many years, historian and Helen Keller expert Kim Nielsen realized that she and her peers had failed Anne Sullivan Macy. While Macy is remembered primarily as Helen Keller's teacher and a straightforward educational superhero, the real story of this brilliant, complex, and misunderstood woman has never...
After many years, historian and Helen Keller expert Kim Nielsen realized that she and her peers had failed Anne Sullivan Macy. While Macy is remembered primarily as Helen Keller's teacher and a straightforward educational superhero, the real story of this brilliant, complex, and misunderstood woman has never...
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" We can all be heroes. That's the inspiring message of this New York Times Bestselling picture book biography series from historian and author Brad Meltzer When Helen Keller was very young, she got a rare disease that made her deaf and blind. Suddenly, she couldn't see or hear at all, and it was hard for her to communicate with anyone. But when she was six years old, she met someone who would change her life forever: her teacher, Annie Sullivan....
9) Helen Keller
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"A biography of Helen Keller, part of the She Persisted chapter book series"--
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A text of the television play set in the 1880s, intended for reading, of Anne Sullivan Macy's attempts to teach her pupil, Helen Keller, to communicate.
Based on the remarkable true story of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan, this inspiring and unforgettable play has moved countless readers and become an American classic. Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution because her inability...
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"Kenny Tedford is a charming combination of Helen Keller and Forrest Gump that includes deafness, blindness, an inability to speak clearly until the age of ten, and mental challenges that give him the same child-like innocence that made Gump so lovable. Despite his cognitive impairment, Kenny is a masterful storyteller; he is one of only two deaf people in the world with a master's degree in storytelling, which he earned at the age of fifty-five,...
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Presents the true account of the relationship between Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan. Portrays how this blind and deaf child is challenged by a teacher who is determined to help her overcome her physical handicaps. Captures the patience and perseverance displayed by Sullivan as she instructs this mute young girl to communicate using sign language and introduces her to the power of words.
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Overview and introduction --This DVD features Theresa B. Smith discussing a number of topics that provide a glimpse into the multi-faceted Deaf-Blind community. Among the topics presented are definition and description of the community, individual differences and preferences, becoming involved and setting limits. This unit also uses footage to illustrate aspects of guiding and communication preferences among Deaf-Blind individuals.
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A demonstration, through actual conversation with six deaf-blind people, of the five most commonly used methods of communication with deaf-blind individuals: printing in the palm, alphabet glove, one-hand manual alphabet, Teletouch, and vibration method. The purpose is to acquaint the average person with ways of communicating with persons who are both deaf and blind.
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Discusses communication methods and strategies that can effectively be used by people who are deaf-blind during their daily activities. The methods and strategies are taught by featuring a variety of adult students with varying capabilities are attending the Helen Keller National Center to learn independent living skills.
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This is a multi-media presentations that presents information on vision loss, hearing loss, and combined vision and hearing loss. Terminology, background explanation, conditions, measurement insturments, and development guidelines along with suggestions for instruction are provided.