[Fopbc] Fwd: hearing and vision loss/ communication

[Lenora Marten]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,
 
          I'm writing to let you know about this book which was featured as book of the month in the December/January 2009 issue 
    of RNID's One in Seven magazine. Now available on CD for large print or use with screen reading software, as well as 
    in regular print, of "Words in My Hands, A Teacher, A Deaf-Blind Man, An Unforgettable Journey reviewer Michael Simmons says:
 
                "in sheer humanity...this book, a true story, is told with almost palpable joy--and tears--at all the ups and downs involved...this is 
                 straight American-talk about relations between a deaf-blind client and his teachers, and Helen Keller understandably, is evoked."
 
     With my degree in Therapeutic Recreation, I am also a certified sign language interpreter in Colorado, and the author of this book about an elderly deaf-blind man who 
     played classical piano. Before he lost his sight and hearing to Usher Syndrome Bert Riedel was a dentist in Lombard, Illinois. I met him when he was 
     eighty-six-years old when I was hired to be his teacher.  I taught him how to read tactile sign language.
     
     While the story illustrates psychosocial factors that complicate the disabilities of deafness and deaf-blindness, it carries an inspirational message as well. This book 
     is a resource for educators, rehabilitation counselors, and other professionals who work or interact with the deaf, blind, elderly, or disabled.  It is for families who
     deal with a member’s hearing loss, vision loss, or other disability.  This book shows how miracles can happen where there are dedicated professionals and 
     caregivers.
 
      Words in My Hands has received:             
                An award from The National League of American Pen Women
                Praise from acclaimed author, Joanne Greenberg, from Patricia Clark, researcher of
 ASL at Rochester Institute of Technology, and B.J. LeJeune, Director of
 Deaf-Blind Programs at Mississippi State University. 
    Reviews by:
                    National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, Inside Gcm,
        Winter 2007 /Spring 2008
                    British Journal of Occupational Therapy, December 2007
                    California Association of Resource Specialists and Special Educators
                    Oklahoma Speech-Language Hearing Association
                    Deaf-Blind Perspectives
                    Alvin Roberts, Bureau of Blind Services Quality Assurance Administrator,
        Carbondale, Illinios
                    Dr. McCay Vernon, Chairman of the National Deaf Academy Advisory
                    Board
                    Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education (fall of 2006)
                    The National League of American Pen Women
        Article:  "Reconnected by Sign," American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, Genetic Drift, published July 2007
 
        I have included reviews and a book announcement in the email attachments.  I hope you will share them with professionals and associates of children and adults with special needs.  For more information or to order books, please contact me or go to www.ellexapress.citymax.com. Books are also available through Barnes & Noble on-line, and at Harris Communications.
 
Sincerely, 
Diane Chambers, Author
Words in My Hands, A Teacher, A Deaf-Blind Man, An Unforgettable Journey
Hearing the Stream, A Survivor's Journey into the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer

 Ellexa Press LLC
 www.ellexapress.citymax.com
 dlc at ellexapress.com
 303 591-1040
 
 

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