Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Preface | p. xi |
December 1969 | p. 1 |
Day Two and Beyond: Waiting | p. 9 |
Date with Destiny | p. 17 |
Stunned and Numb | p. 26 |
Stomaching the Diagnosis | p. 35 |
The Mechanical Tyrant | p. 42 |
Starting the Climb | p. 50 |
Twenty Minutes of Torture | p. 56 |
Gibberish | p. 61 |
Pavlov's Daughter | p. 65 |
Hard Lessons | p. 69 |
Gain and Loss | p. 71 |
The Scarlet Letter | p. 79 |
Blessings and Fellow Travelers | p. 83 |
Terrible Twos | p. 92 |
Miles and Moments | p. 95 |
Respite and Renewal | p. 104 |
On the Road Again | p. 110 |
Ready, Aim… | p. 116 |
Dreams and Reality | p. 123 |
Pets and Playmates | p. 133 |
Hearing in a Deaf World | p. 137 |
Summer Workshop Times Two | p. 147 |
Emptying the Nest | p. 164 |
The Year with Few Memories | p. 171 |
Residential Life in the Primary Dorm | p. 174 |
Smooth Roads | |
Education, the Primary Years | p. 192 |
Moving into Deaf Culture | p. 197 |
Caution, Speed Bumps Ahead | p. 202 |
Mainstreaming, Not for Me | p. 207 |
The Decision | p. 209 |
Deaf Child in a Hearing World | p. 214 |
Tossed and Blown by Life | p. 219 |
Middle School /Amy | p. 225 |
Gaining Independence | p. 230 |
Do You Sign? I Amy | p. 236 |
Driving Miss Daisy Crazy | p. 243 |
More Audism | p. 252 |
Stateside Travel | p. 255 |
Plans in Turmoil | p. 260 |
Europe and Beyond | p. 265 |
Making Memories, High School | p. 269 |
Last Chances | p. 274 |
The Big Question | p. 277 |
Graduation and College Bound | p. 281 |
Gallaudet, New Horizons | p. 287 |
No Choice, Mainstreamed in 1994 | p. 291 |
Deaf in the Hearing World | p. 295 |
Deaf or deaf, Does It Matter? | p. 300 |
Adapting to Live in Two Worlds: Hearing and Deaf | p. 303 |
My Eyes Are My Ears | p. 311 |
Concluding Thoughts | p. 314 |
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