Summary
Nicholas' first day of school, where he learns his first signs and realizes that he can communicate with others using commonly understood signs.
Nicholas is a little Deaf boy. This first book in a series is about his first day of school. It has been expertly edited and illustrated and is currently in the layout process. I hope to publish it by the end of the year.
Nicholas is the only Deaf child in a hearing classroom. Luckily, his teacher is fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) With her help, he learns his first signs and is thrilled that with those few basic signs, he can communicate with the other children in his class..
I taught Deaf pre-school age children for many years. Nicholas is fashioned after a child so unique and so golden that she will live in my heart forever.
Deafness does not mean that something is broken or impaired and has to be fixed. It can however by a very isolating disability. When asked whether she would rather be Deaf or blind, Helen Keller replied BLIND! She gave this as her rationale:
"Blindness separates you from things. Deafness separates you from people."
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