Helping Children Who Are Deaf (2004)
Advisors and reviewers
How to help children who are deaf communicate is a very controversial topic. We are
especially grateful to the many committed people who gave so freely of their guidance and
opinions despite the inclusion of ideas they may not have completely agreed with.
This book could not have been written without the help of parents, teachers, deaf
adults, and health workers from around the world, who shared their experiences, stories
of the challenges they faced, and solutions they found.
Thanks to the following groups who contributed so much of their hearts and minds in
reviewing draft materials:
in Bangladesh:
Center for Disability in
Development
in Cameroon:
Abundant Life Ministry for
Blind and Deaf Children
in People’s Republic
of China:
Tianjin Hearing Disability
Rehabilitation Center
in Ghana:
Ashanti School for the
Deaf
in Haiti:
Pazapa
in India:
Balavidyalaya
in Jamaica:
Clarendon Group for
the Disabled, Jamaica
Association for the Deaf
in Mongolia:
The School for Deaf and
Blind Children
in Tanzania:
Chama Cha Viziwi
Tanzania (CHAVITA)
in Uganda:
Uganda Society for
Disabled Children
in Vietnam:
Catholic Relief
Services, Pearl S. Buck
International
in Zimbabwe:
NZEVE Deaf Children’s
Centre
Thanks also to Fundación Puntos de Encuentro
for facilitating review of parts of Chapter 1
in Nicaragua with members of the Centro
Fé, Esperanza y Amor, Escuela Cristiana
de Sordos in Managua; Asociación por un
Mundo sin Barreras in Chinandega; and the
Asociación Nacional de Sordos de Nicaragua
(ANSNIC).
Several stories in this book were adapted from articles written by the
following persons or organizations:
Thanks to Judith Collins (page 103), Birgit Dyssegaard (pages 142, 161, and
166), Elina Lehtomaki (page 148), Asocicao de Pais e Amigos dos Surdos do Cabo
(page 150), M. Miles (page 162), Paul Mumba (page 163), and EENET — Enabling
Education Network and DICAG — Disabled Childrens Action Group (page 189).
The hearing aid checklist (page 226) is reproduced with the kind permission of
Balavidyalaya, in India.