Books and Movies for Consideration for Late-Deafened, Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Our Hearing Allies | ALDA

Books

Deafened People: Adjustment and Support by Miguel Aguayo and Kathryn Woodcock (2000)

Introduction to American Deaf Culture – Thomas Holcomb (2013)  

Reading Between the Signs: Intercultural Communication for Sign Language Interpreters – Anna Mindess (2006)

Movies and TV shows

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.

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