Making Sense in Sign, livre ebook

Language which develops ‘against all the odds’ is very precious. Words were not enough for Tom; it was signs that made sense of a world silenced by meningitis. Confidence came via joyful and positive steps to communication from babyhood; a brush with epilepsy, a cochlear implant in his teens and life as an independent young adult followed.

Introduction
Acknowledgements
1 The Time of Crisis
2 Deafness may Result
3 Take My Hands and Let Them Move
4 Channels of Communication
5 Good Times – Bad Times
6 Coping and Caring
7 Growing Up
8 Sound or Silence?
9 Staying Strong
10 The Big Adventure
11 Language for Life
12 Borneo and Beyond
13 What is Deaf?
14 Paths to Understanding
Appendix 1: A Letter to a Deaf Son ‘Yellow is a Lovely Word to See’
Appendix 2: A Second Letter to a Deaf Son
Appendix 3: Some Useful Addresses
Appendix 4: Glossary
References
Index