Deaf Like Me
In the book “Deaf Like Me,” by Thomas S. Spardley and James P Spardley, a father and uncle a go on a journey to share the struggle of teaching their deaf daughter/ niece how to communicate. Thomas and Louise live in Minnesota with their son Bruce. Thomas is a teacher at Carleton College, and Louise is a stay at home mom. Louise, the mother, finds out that while she is pregnant she developed German measles. When the doctors asks if Louise was pregnant she informed the doctor that if she was it was only a couple days and she should be fine. Aware of the danger that German measles could bring while pregnant, such as retardation or deformities in the child the next 9 months left Louise and Tom frightened. When their baby Lynn was born the doctor assured the two parents that there was nothing to worry about and they have a perfectly healthy baby girl. Months went by and everything seemed to be normal until 4th of July. While the 4th of July paradise was going on Louise noticed that Lynn was unresponsive to all of …show more content…
Back when this book was written parents who had deaf children were encouraged for their children to speak. Now parents of deaf children are encouraged to have their children learn ASL. Its inspiring that people who are deaf or hard of hearing now have most of the tools to communicate with others who know the language. I believe that ASL is becoming more common because people are now becoming more aware and conscious of all the people do not have the ability to communicate orally. For example I nanny for a 1 year old and both of her parents encourage her to learn sign language. When I watch her we go over basic signs to help her communicate such as all done, more, food, water, sleepy, diaper change, mom, and dad. Both of her parents are hearing but they encourage leaning ASL because they know what a great tool it is to be able to sign and communicate with others using sign
In the book “Deaf Like Me,” by Thomas S. Spardley and James P Spardley, a father and uncle a go on a journey to share the struggle of teaching their deaf daughter/ niece how to communicate. Thomas and Louise live in Minnesota with their son Bruce. Thomas is a teacher at Carleton College, and Louise is a stay at home mom. Louise, the mother, finds out that while she is pregnant she developed German measles. When the doctors asks if Louise was pregnant she informed the doctor that if she was it was only a couple days and she should be fine. Aware of the danger that German measles could bring while pregnant, such as retardation or deformities in the child the next 9 months left Louise and Tom frightened. When their baby Lynn was born the doctor assured the two parents that there was nothing to worry about and they have a perfectly healthy baby girl. Months went by and everything seemed to be normal until 4th of July. While the 4th of July paradise was going on Louise noticed that Lynn was unresponsive to all of …show more content…
Back when this book was written parents who had deaf children were encouraged for their children to speak. Now parents of deaf children are encouraged to have their children learn ASL. Its inspiring that people who are deaf or hard of hearing now have most of the tools to communicate with others who know the language. I believe that ASL is becoming more common because people are now becoming more aware and conscious of all the people do not have the ability to communicate orally. For example I nanny for a 1 year old and both of her parents encourage her to learn sign language. When I watch her we go over basic signs to help her communicate such as all done, more, food, water, sleepy, diaper change, mom, and dad. Both of her parents are hearing but they encourage leaning ASL because they know what a great tool it is to be able to sign and communicate with others using sign