The Other Side of Silence: Sign Language and the Deaf Community in America First Edition

Wow, what an insightful read. This author Arden Neisser really put down the intelligence anddeep insight it requires to understand deaf individuals.I have worked with deaf for almost 20 years (had deaf grandparents) and thiswas a book I overlooked and was sorry I didn't read it sooner.Should be required reading for ALL Interpreter Training Programs ;-O, or anyone wanted to understandand relate to deaf people.Thank You.

The other side of silence is a well written and researched book. It seems that now-a-days books about the Deaf and the Deaf community fall into either the oralist or manualist camp, with very little falling in the center. As a sign language interpreter I am biased (of course) towards the manualist view, and generally dismiss oralist themed books out of hand. However, I was pleased and fascinated to read a thoughtful and unbiased exploration of both sides of the age old argument.