The story Deaf Like Me begins with a young married couple, Louise and Thomas Spradley, waking up in the middle of the night and panicking about the child they are expecting. Louise is five months pregnant with the couple 's second child. They already have a three and a half year old one named Bruce who became ill last summer. When taking him to the doctors, Louise finds out that Bruce has German measles, or rubella. The doctor notifies Louise that if she is pregnant there can be possible congenital defects in the newborn. The doctor’s warning was the main cause for the many sleepless nights the couple endured, although they still had hope that everything would be alright with their baby.This illness causes a drastic change in the family’s life forever because Louise discovers that she was pregnant and the disease negatively influences the newborn.
On April 16,1965 Louise and Tom had a normal and healthy baby girl named Lynn. The couple was relieved to find out that their baby had no physical deformities or any noticeable mental impairments. As months pass, Lynn continues to …show more content…
Tom came prepared to defend oralism. He went prepared to speak against manualism and stated that “I could at least cite these arguments against the use of fingerspelling for young children” (page 211), but later in the course of the meeting he changed his mind . During the meeting, a Deaf man stood up and explained to the crowd that the only reason that he could speak that well is because he became Deaf after he had acquired speech. He explained that their children will never speak as well as does. He also explained that ASL is a real language. This moment was eye-opening for Tom and Louise since they were never told anything positive about American Sign Language. Up until that moment Tom realized that he did not actually know any Deaf
On April 16,1965 Louise and Tom had a normal and healthy baby girl named Lynn. The couple was relieved to find out that their baby had no physical deformities or any noticeable mental impairments. As months pass, Lynn continues to …show more content…
Tom came prepared to defend oralism. He went prepared to speak against manualism and stated that “I could at least cite these arguments against the use of fingerspelling for young children” (page 211), but later in the course of the meeting he changed his mind . During the meeting, a Deaf man stood up and explained to the crowd that the only reason that he could speak that well is because he became Deaf after he had acquired speech. He explained that their children will never speak as well as does. He also explained that ASL is a real language. This moment was eye-opening for Tom and Louise since they were never told anything positive about American Sign Language. Up until that moment Tom realized that he did not actually know any Deaf