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<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Dear Friends and Colleagues,</SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> I'm writing to let you know about this book which was featured as book of the month in the December/January 2009 issue </SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> of RNID's <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">One in Seven</SPAN></EM> magazine. Now available on CD for large print or use with screen reading software, as well as </SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> in regular print, of <STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">"Words in My Hands, A Teacher, A Deaf-Blind Man, An Unforgettable Journey</SPAN></I></STRONG> reviewer Michael Simmons says:</SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> "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 </SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> straight American-talk about relations between a deaf-blind client and his teachers, and Helen Keller understandably, is evoked."</SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> 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 </SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> 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 </SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> eighty-six-years old when I was hired to be his teacher. I taught him how to read tactile sign language.</SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> While the story illustrates psychosocial factors that complicate the disabilities of deafness and deaf-blindness, it carries an inspirational message as well. This book </SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> 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</SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> 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 </SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> caregivers.</SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Words in My Hands</SPAN></B></EM> has received: </SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal> An award from The National League of American Pen Women</div>
<div class=MsoNormal> Praise from acclaimed author, Joanne Greenberg, from Patricia Clark, researcher of</div>
<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal> ASL at Rochester Institute of Technology, and B.J. LeJeune, Director of</div>
<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal> Deaf-Blind Programs at Mississippi State University. </div>
<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal> Reviews by:</div>
<div class=MsoNormal> National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, <EM>Inside Gcm,</EM></div>
<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><EM> Winter 2007 /Spring 2008</EM></div>
<div class=MsoNormal> British Journal of Occupational Therapy, December 2007</div>
<div class=MsoNormal> California Association of Resource Specialists and Special Educators</div>
<div class=MsoNormal> Oklahoma Speech-Language Hearing Association</div>
<div class=MsoNormal> Deaf-Blind Perspectives</div>
<div class=MsoNormal> Alvin Roberts, Bureau of Blind Services Quality Assurance Administrator,</div>
<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal> Carbondale, Illinios</div>
<div class=MsoNormal> Dr. McCay Vernon, Chairman of the National Deaf Academy Advisory</div>
<div class=MsoNormal> Board</div>
<div class=MsoNormal> Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education (fall of 2006)</div>
<div class=MsoNormal> The National League of American Pen Women</div>
<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> Article: "Reconnected by Sign," <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, Genetic Drift</SPAN></EM>, published July 2007</SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> 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 </SPAN><A href="http://www.ellexapress.citymax.com/" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">www.ellexapress.citymax.com</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">. Books are also available through Barnes & Noble on-line, and at Harris Communications.</SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Sincerely, </SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Diane Chambers, Author<br>
<EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Words in My Hands, A Teacher, A Deaf-Blind Man, An Unforgettable Journey</SPAN></B></EM></SPAN></div>
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