{"product_id":"deaf-blind-reality-scott-m-stoffel-9781563685354","title":"Deaf-Blind Reality: Living the Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost stories about disabled people are written for the sake of being inspirational. These stories tend to focus on some achievement, such as sports or academics, but rarely do they give a true and complete view of the challenges individuals must deal with on a daily basis. For example: How does a deaf-blind person interact with hearing-sighted people at a family reunion? How does she shop for groceries? What goes through his mind when he enters a classroom full of non-handicapped peers? These aren't questions you are likely to find answers to while reading that incredible tale of success. They are, however, issues that a deaf-blind person wishes others understood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eDeaf-Blind Reality: Living the Life\u003c\/i\u003e explores what life is really like for persons with a combination of vision and hearing loss, and in a few cases, other disabilities as well. Editor Scott M. Stoffel presents extensive interviews with 12 deaf-blind individuals, including himself, who live around the world, from Missouri to New Zealand, Louisiana to South Africa, and Ohio to England. These contributors each describe their families' reactions and the support they received; their experiences in school and entering adulthood; and how they coped with degeneration, ineffective treatments, and rehabilitation. Each discusses their personal education related to careers, relationships, and communication, including those with cochlear implants. \u003ci\u003eDeaf-Blind Reality\u003c\/i\u003e offers genuine understanding of the unspectacular but altogether daunting challenges of daily life for deaf-blind people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott M. Stoffel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1563685353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781563685354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallaudet University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Scott M. Stoffel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065709146367,"sku":"9781563685354","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a972722-c174-48d8-8494-2381c85a91c8.jpg?v=1768676736","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deaf-blind-reality-scott-m-stoffel-9781563685354","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}