[misc.handicap] New Book Release

Ann.Stalnaker@p0.f14.n385.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Stalnaker) (10/31/90)

Index Number: 11441

[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Have any of you read the new book by Henry Kisor called "What's
That Pig Outdoors? - A Memoir of Deafness?"
 
There is an excellent review of the book by Marjorie Boone in
the September/October 1990 issue of Shhh Journal as well as a
personal interview with Henry.  I've yet to read this book but hope 
to purchase the hard back copy very soon.  I was informed by my
mother today that Henry was interviewed on the radio Friday.
She was most impressed with his comments on deafness.
 
Comments, anyone? 

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compton@ux1.lbl.gov (Stephen Compton) (11/28/90)

Index Number: 11973

Ann Stalnaker asked for comments on the book "What's
That Pig Outdoors?" by Henry Kisor.  I reviewed it for
the San Francisco Chronicle last summer.  (Copies of 
the review available on request.)  For anyone interested
in deafness, the book is very much worth reading.  I am
not sure how controversial it may have been in the deaf
culture, but it does show what can be accomplished by a
deaf person with speech and lipreading and without sign
language.