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Deaf Like Me

“DEAF LIKE ME”

By: Thomas Spradley & James Spradley

My first reaction to this book was not good. I had barely gotten into it and the parents were contemplating aborting this precious little child just because it might turn out to be abnormal. It wasn’t even a sure thing that the child might be different; just a possibility. Still, they wanted to abort this tiny life on the mere possibility and would have if the mother had not already been too far along. The fact that they could even consider snuffing out this life still irks me. It makes me wonder if they’ve ever been grateful that they weren’t able to carry out the abortion. I also wonder how Lynn feels knowing that her parents didn’t want her. My heart goes out to her.
The rest of the book was good. I did not know that many so-called “hearing impaired experts” felt like the deaf would be better off not learning sign language. I cannot imagine trying to teach a child anything without being able to......


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