West Routt Library District

In this autobiography, initially published in 1903, Helen Keller recalls her remarkable life as a blind and deaf woman taught to communicate by Ann Sullivan. Here among other memories, Keller describes her epiphany at the water pump when she connected the physical world with its linguistic counterpart. Keller was eventually educated at Radcliffe University, where she graduated with honors.

A young girl describes how her deaf sister experiences everyday things.

With the publication of her first novel, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers, all of twenty-three, became a literary sensation. With its profound sense of moral isolation and its compassionate glimpses into its characters' inner lives, the novel is considered McCullers' finest work, an enduring masterpiece first published by Houghton Mifflin in 1940. At its center is the deaf-mute John Singer, who becomes the confidant for various types...

Presents the handshape for each letter of the American manual alphabet accompanied by an object whose name begins with that letter.

Traces the life and accomplishments of the woman who struggled to overcome her deaf and blind handicaps, with the aid of her famous teacher, Annie Sullivan.

A manual of approximately 1,000 signs used by the deaf of North America.

Kisor recounts his life as a deaf person in a hearing culture.

Presents information about the role of communication in the development of deaf and hard of hearing children. Describes the attributes of full and effective communication and tells how to provide communication access to deaf and hard of hearing students. Discusses all common communication modalities.