SOURCES: DEFINITELY USE

Brick, Kelly, Marc Charmantz, Sarah Greer, Karen Peltz Strauss, and Mary 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.
Nielsen, Kim E. A Disability History of the United States. Boston: Beacon, 2012. Print.
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-ofhearing person and I plan to use it as the main source for my thesis.
Scheetz, Nanci A. Deaf Education in the 21st Century: Topics and Trends. Boston, MA:Pearson,
2012. Print.

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.
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. New York: Scholastic, 2008. Print.
The story of Katniss Everdeen, a young woman who lives in a dystopian world where
children from the ages of 12-18 are placed in an arena to fight to the death for food for
their familys district. The text follows Katniss as she volunteers to participate in the
Games in place of her sister, and the struggles she faces in the Arena. While the authors
intent is to display a dictatorial government, I will be using this as a source because
Katniss becomes, albeit briefly, hard of hearing during the course of the Games. It is
relevant to my thesis because her loss is greater in her left ear than her right, which is
similar to mine.
John, Antony. Five Flavors of Dumb. New York: Dial, 2010. Print.
The story of Piper Vaughan, a deaf teenager who becomes the manager of a high school
hard rock band. Piper also learns to deal with her families priority with hearing and her
cochlear implanted sister. The text is in first person through Pipers point of view as she
learns about music and blending five different personalities to make a cohesive band
while also coming to terms with her own inner power. I will be using this book for my
thesis as an example of how hearing loss relates to music; I love music and also have a
hearing loss, so this text puts that into perspective. Also, Pipers hearing loss is
specifically listed in the book, which piques my interest of exactly what she could hear.
This book would make a great example to showcase what I hear with certain songs.
Scott, Virginia M. Belonging. Washington, D.C.: Kendall Green Publications, Gallaudet College,
1986. Print.
Belonging is the story of Augusta Gustie Blaine and her struggle with becoming deaf
after contracting meningitis. Gustie goes from being completely hearing to hard of
hearing where it yo-yos, to becoming completely deaf. The text showcases her journey
recovering from the illness, struggling with her fading hearing, adjusting to school
without her former hearing, and losing and gaining friendships along the way. Scott
portrays the stages of hearing loss with pinpoint accuracy. I will be using this text as a
source because I related to Gusties feelings the most, concerning aspects of hearing loss.
This text has many examples to use of how I have felt as a hard of hearing person and as
an educational moment of what it is like for those who do not have a hearing loss.

Selznick, Brian. Wonderstruck. New York: Scholastic, 2011. Print.

This is the story of Ben, a deaf boy ultimately in search of the father he never knew. It is
also the story of Rose, a deaf girl wanting to belong and be close to her famous mother.
Bens story is told in words, and Roses in pictures. The two stories are told in separate
time periodsBens in the 1970s and Roses in the 1920sand they run parallel to one
another until they intersect towards the end of the book. Ben starts out being deaf in his
left ear, but through a freak accident during a thunderstorm, he loses the hearing in his
right ear. While on the search for his dad, he makes a friend and learns sign language. I
will mainly be using this piece as a source for my thesis because of its unique form of
storytelling, which is a combination of novel and sketch art. Bens hearing loss is also
similar to mine, and Selznicks descriptions of the hearing loss in the text will provide
examples to what my life is like without the use of my hearing aids.
Kress, Gunther R. Multimodality: A Social Semiotic Approach to Contemporary Communication.
London: Routledge, 2010. Print.
In this book, Gunther Kress presents a contemporary, distinctive and widely applicable
approach to communication. He provides the framework necessary for understanding the
attempt to bring all modes of meaning-making together under one theoretical roof (back
of book). This book discusses meaning and how it is made through various mediums such
as signs. I would use this as a source for my thesis because it has, in my opinion, the best
explanation of what sound is, which provides the perfect contrast to what ASL is, so it
would be an educating moment for my audience.
Kleege, Georgina. "Reflections on Writing and Teaching Disability Autobiography." PMLA
120.2 (2005):
606-10. JSTOR. Web. 04 Apr. 2014.
This article is about a university class that the author taught about autobiography writing
from the disability perspective. Through teaching this class, the author recounts the
students experiences as well. Kleeges article discusses the themes of access and
identity in the lives of various famous persons with disabilities as well as her own and
how it affects the lives of others with disabilities. I will use this article as a source in my
thesis because it discusses all components of my thesis, which are Literary, educational,
social, and that of identity.
Newby, Wendy L. "Voices from the Classroom." PMLA 120.2 (2005): 598-602. JSTOR. Web.
04 Apr. 2014.
Newbys article discusses the variety of voices of those of students with disabilities. The
author shows the range of student disability needs by giving examples of scenarios and
situations that are common to students with disabilities and that pose obstacles to learning
in the higher education setting. Newby suggests a designing of instruction that caters to
the varying disabilities. I will use this as a source for my thesis because it covers the
educational component, and also gave the best idea I have ever read on student
accommodations in the classroom, which I would like to incorporate into my own
classroom as a future teacher.
Padden, Carol A. "Talking Culture: Deaf People and Disability Studies." PMLA 120.2 (2005):
508-13.

JSTOR. Web. 04 Apr. 2014.

Paddens article gives the history of both deaf studies and disability studies and how
those who are a part of Deaf Culture have distanced themselves from the term disabled
until recently. The article also discusses the use of the deaf voice and how it relates to
society today via various mediums of technology. I will use this article in my thesis
because it discusses the social aspect that deaf people have had throughout history, which
interests me.
Snyder, Sharon L. "Geographies on Uneven Development: How Does One Make Disability
Integral to
Higher Education?" PMLA 120.2 (2005): 533-41. JSTOR. Web. 24 Mar. 2014.
Snyders article discusses the process of integration of those who have disabilities into
the mainstreamed education systems, and the problems that have occurred because of it.
The author ends her article with the example of her disabled daughter having to use the
current system. I will use this article in my thesis because it covers the educational and
social components and because it is a foundational brick of disability studies and it
discusses why the inclusion method of education does not work.
Connor, David J. "The Disability Studies in Education Annual Conference: Explorations of
Working Within, and Against, Special Education." Disability Studies Quarterly 34.2 (2014): n.
pag. Web. 24 Aug. 2014. <dsq-sds.org/article/view/4257/3595>
Kieth, Lois. "What Writers Did Next: Disability, Illness and Cure in Books in the Second Half of
the 20th Century." Disability Studies Quarterly 24.1 (2004): n. pag. Web. 28 Aug. 2014.
<http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/845/1020>.
Kendrick, Jenny. "Signifying Something: Images of Learning Disability in Fiction for Children."
Disability Studies Quarterly 24.1 (2004): n. pag. Web. 28 Aug. 2014. <http://dsqsds.org/article/view/846/1021>.
Kudlick, Catherine J. "Disability History, Power, and Rethinking the Idea of "The Other"" PMLA
120.2 (2005): 557-61. JSTOR. Web. 24 Mar. 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25486184.
Kudlicks article discusses the power of The Other, or marginalized groups in
societyspecifically of the disabled. The article delves a little bit into disability history,
and brings up questions about the group and the thinking of normal society towards it.
It concludes with the statement The question thus is not simply what historians of
disability can learn from other Others but what disability history can contribute to
rethinking the idea of the Other itself (561). Im not sure if I will use this article for my
thesis, but it provides good insight about the disabled identity in general and how the
thinking process of normal society needs to change
Mahshie, Shawn Neal. Educating Deaf Children Bilingually: With Insights and Applications
from Sweden and Denmark. Washington, D.C.: Pre-College Programs, Gallaudet University,
1995. Print.
This book looks at deaf education from the bilingual standpoint that is used in
Scandinavia; how the system was implemented gradually into Swedish and Danish law,

and how it has become interwoven with mainstreamed society. It represents the ideal
means of educating the Deaf. I would use this as a source for my thesis because of its
idyllic representation and as a model that the United States should start implementing
into society. I would use this to show that an ideal form of deaf education is possible and
is proven to work.