ASIN: B00S1SMYLG
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 132
Forgetting he was deaf, there was no way David Jonsson could be Deaf. So, not fitting in, he quits wearing hearing aids for 10 years after college. But the problems with society continued until he identified with being Deaf. In "You Are Deaf, Congratulations", he reveals his anger and his humor, with stories and feelings of his experience discovering his Deafhood and unveiling Audism.Being mainstreamed with hearing classmates, David was taught to act hearing. Armed with a hearing aid and instructed to sit up front and lipread, he was told he was fixed. But knowing that life was going to be a struggle, he would just have to work harder. Identified as Hard-of-Hearing, and trying to be a hearing person, but failing, David finally explores the dark side... identifying as Deaf! But not without controversy in the hearing community and the Deaf community.How to BE Deaf is what nobody taught ...
