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"This book contains everything you need to know about selecting and training a service dog to alert you to the things in your environment that you cannot hear. It provides information about the laws that relate to service animals, and it discusses issues unique to people with hearing impairments. It even introduces some ongoing issues and controversies relevant to service dogs."--Back cover.
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Providing descriptive annotations of the best children's picture books published in the last decade, this comprehensive overview is perfect for librarians, teachers, parents, daycare providers, and anyone who works with young children. It is both an excellent tool for collection development and an abundant resource for planning storytimes and other children's programming. With selections based on proven appeal and quality, Northrup's survey features...
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A love story about John Leeds, an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah. At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their relationship blossoms into a love so passionate it shatters the barrier of silence that keeps them apart.
11) Coriolanus
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The last of Shakespeare's tragedies, in which Coriolanus, a strong and cruel soldier, brings about his own downfall through the flaws in his character.
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"In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie's works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. At first, Lo's stay is nothing but pleasant:...
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This series of videos are intended for interpreters, students, educators, parents, and members of the deaf community. It features three different Deaf persons sharing their experiences and is designed to provide a better understanding of the multiculturalism and diversity within the Deaf community. Recommended for intermediate to advanced sign-to-voice interpreting practice.
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Showcases the original works of Deaf poet Ella Mae Lentz. This native-daughter of the Deaf community gives expression to personal and social observations in American sign Language presenting some of her more memorable poems. Students and admirers of ASL Literature benefit from a voiced-over explanation give by Ms. Lentz of each selection which precedes each poem permitting viewers to fully appreciate the nuances and messages contained in the performance....
15) Deaf jam
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Aneta Brodski, a deaf teen living in New York City, discovers the power of American Sign Language poetry. As she prepares to be one of the first deaf poets to compete in a spoken-word slam, her journey leads to an unexpected collaboration. [From discussion guide.]
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Learn Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 in American Sign Language. Become an expert quickly!
Are you ready to be an expert on Microsoft PowerPoint 2010? PowerPoint is the one of popular applications in the Microsoft Office suite, and PowerPoint has some exciting new features. If you learn best when you can see how something is done, you'll find 194 step-by-step instructions and stunning full-color, full-motion recordings of a running application make it...
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"It's estimated that 1.2 million Americans are both deaf and visually impaired. Dealing with this dual sensory loss can be challenging at the very least and devastating at its worst, causing profound isolation and loneliness. Support service providers can make a huge difference in improving the quality of lives for individuals who are deaf-blind. This informative and engaging documentary chronicles travels with the Deaf-Blind Explorers - vividly portraying...
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"A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience: Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives are, in the words of playwright Neil Marcus, "an art . . . an ingenious way to live." According to the last census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible,...
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"This volume brings together the best research presented at the first International Symposium on Signed Language Interpreting and Translation Research. Editors Brenda Nicodemus and Keith Cagle have gathered an international group of contributors who are recognized leaders in signed language interpreter education and research. The ten papers in Signed Language Interpretation and Translation Research cover a range of topics, including the need for Deaf...
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