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Vargas. Legal Rights: The Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People.
Washington, DC: Gallaudet Univ., 2000. Print.
Compiled by the National Association of the Deaf; a brief history on the
rights of disabled persons in the Deaf and hard of hearing communities.
Text explains the rights in the chapters on the Americans with Disabilities
Acts and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Further states rights and
accommodations pertaining to various fields such as public education,
health care and social services, and legal settings. This text will fit with
my thesis as it gives the very basics of what my rights are as a person with
a hearing loss. I plan to use this source as a foundation, in self-education
as well as for my audience.
Dugan, Marcia B. Living with Hearing Loss. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet UP,
2003. Print.
Introductory knowledge of hearing loss (what it is, how it is determined,
signs indicating loss, etc), and how it sociologically affects the person
with the hearing loss everyday life. Dugan gives strategies for various
social situations such as eating in restaurants, going to the movies, and
hospital stays that can cause problems with a hearing loss. Dugan also
gives advice on effective communication and advocacy strategies for those
situations. This source will fit with my thesis as it directly impacts my life
as someone who is hard of hearing. I plan to use this source as a means of
examples of how hard everyday life is for someone with a hearing loss.
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A historical narrative of the United States through the eyes of those who
are disabled, from pre-discovery to the present day. Kim Nielsen argues,
to understand disability history isnt to narrowly focus on a series of
individual triumphs but rather to examine mass movements and pivotal
daily events through the lens of varied experiences (inside flap). This
source will fit with my piece by providing background knowledge of the
history of disabled persons in the United States. I will use this source as a
part of gaining knowledge of a part of my own history I had not known
before. I also plan to use it to educate my audience.

Tribes. By Nina Raine. Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago. 14 Feb. 2014.

Performance.
A theatrical production of a dysfunctional British family with a deaf son
(Billy), and how they learn to accept and acknowledge his deafness; also
about Sylvia, a hearing woman born to Deaf parents and her struggle with
becoming deaf herself. Raine pulls together multiple languagesBritish
English, American Sign Language (ASL)as well as different disabilities
(deafness and speech impediment) to bring together a family and touches
on what language really is and how each community views the concept
differently. I plan to use this source because it is all about disability,
specifically hearing loss, and how that impacts social life. This was
personally relative to me as a hard-of-hearing person and I plan to use it as
the main source for my thesis.
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An up-to-date text on the research of deaf education and all of its
components. Scheetz discusses family dynamics, modern technology, the
history of deaf education as it was in the past and as it is now, and cultural,
social, and personal development. provides readers with an up-to-date
look at research, the changing population of students who are D/deaf and
hard-of-hearing, and what implications these discoveries and changes
mean for educators, interpreters, service providers, and parents (back
cover). I plan to use this source to show the current events of education
and some sociology of the D/deaf and hard-of-hearing. I also plan to use
this source as a means of diagnosing where I personally fit into this
category and to determine what educational and social accommodations
would serve me best.
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