The Deaf Way II Reader ─ Perspectives from the Second International Conference on Deaf Culture

In these proceedings of the July 2002 conference, over 100 contributors from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South American describe their work, research and lives within Deaf culture, covering issues in advocacy and community development, economics, education, family, health, history, language and culture, literature, mental health, recreation and leisure, sign language and interpreting, sports, technology and youth. Topics include the global realization of the human rights of deaf people, empowerment, partnership, conditions in developing countries and entrepreneurship, professionalism, academic progress, adoption for deaf couples, hearing parents with deaf children, health projects involving deaf people, deaf communities, new styles of training, the importance of deafhood, poetics, literacy, deaf women and sports, variation in sign languages, the perils of genetics, cochlear implants, a national organization for deaf-blind youths, and living deaf in a socially unstable country. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Harvey Goodstein, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science at Gallaudet University, was Chair of Deaf Way II.