This is an additional part of our ALDA outreach to share some material for your consideration during isolation.
Please note the list is not all-inclusive and your thoughts and suggestions are welcome and appreciated. We look forward to hearing from you. Keep it simple, stay in touch, and share your thoughts.
BOOKS FOR CONSIDERATION
(Books listed are related to Deafness
and/or Hearing Loss)
- Deafened People: Adjustment and Support by Miguel Aguayo and Kathryn Woodcock (2000)
- Introduction to American Deaf Culture – Thomas Holcomb (2013)
- For Hearing People ONLY – by Matthew S. Moore and Linda Levitan to answer some of the most commonly asked questions about the Deaf Community, its culture, and more.
- Reading Between the Signs: Intercultural Communication for Sign Language Interpreters – Anna Mindess (2006)
- Alone in the Mainstream: A Deaf Woman Remembers Public School – Gina Oliva (2004)
- Guidelines: Practical Tips for Working and Socializing with Deaf-Blind People – Theresa B. Smith (2002)
- Listening Closely – A journey to bilateral hearing by Arlene Romoff (2010)
- Shouting Won’t Help – Why I and 50 million other Americans – Can’t Hear You by Katherine Bouton (2014)
- Smart Hearing by Katherine Bouton (2018)
- The Way I Hear It by Gael Hannan (2015)
- Odyssey of Hearing Loss – Tales of Triumph by Michael A. Harvey (1998)
- I Can Hear You Whisper by Lydia Denworth (2014)
- Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick (2011)
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MOVIES (and TV shows)
FOR CONSIDERATION
The movies and TV shows listed below are related to Deafness and/or Hearing Loss. Some also feature a Deaf/Hard of Hearing actor. Enjoy!
- Wonderstruck – story of two children with hearing loss separated by 50 years. Stars deaf actress Millicent Simmonds
- The Hammer – the life of Matt Hamill, the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Wrestling Championship. Stars deaf actors Russell Harvard and Shoshannah Stern.
- Baby Driver – Man with severe tinnitus works as getaway driver for various heists. Also stars deaf actor, CJ Jones.
- Children of A Lesser God – Maybe the most famous movie about relationships between deaf and hearing people ever. Marlee Matlin won the Oscar for best actress.
- Lake Windfall – a portrait of interactions between deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing people – Highly Recommended.
- A Quiet Place – In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing. Stars deaf actress Millicent Simmonds.
- Quantico (TV Show) – with deaf actress Marlee Matlin.
- The River Wild – English and ASL.
- The Silent Child – A deaf 6-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate.
- Mr. Holland’s Opus – Composer turned music teacher struggles with his identity and learning to communicate with his Deaf son. Stars deaf actor, Anthony Natale.
- No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie – A deaf actor who plays a superhero on a TV show must look beyond the cape to inspire a deaf boy to believe in himself. Stars deaf actor John Maucere.
- Music Within – The true story of Richard Pimentel, a brilliant public speaker with a troubled past, who returns from Vietnam severely hearing -impaired and finds a new purpose in his landmark efforts on the behalf of Americans with disabilities.
- West Wing (TV Show) – With deaf actress Marlee Matlin
- Switched at Birth (TV Show) – With Marlee Matlin and other deaf actors.
- Fargo (TV show) – Deaf actor Russell Harvard plays a deaf bad guy in season 3 – Warning this show is very violent.
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