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" What you have in your hands is a bomb. But it is the kind you
need to hold on to for dear life, not run away from."
-- From the Foreword, John Lee Clark
Christopher Jon Heuer lost his hearing early, but not before "
being able to hear a lot as a kid." He also received a good
education, both in a speech-oriented setting and a signing
environment. These varied experiences provided him with the perfect
background to write about biases he faced, not only those of a
mostly oblivious hearing society, but also those of ideologically
restrictive members of the Deaf community. "BUG: Deaf Identity and
Internal Revolution" combines new work of Heuer' s with his best
columns from "The Tactile Mind Weekly" and the National Association
of the Deaf' s "Mind Over Matter," He addresses all topics - exit
interviews, baldness, faith healing, marriage, cats, Christmas
trips, backyard campfires in boxer shorts - with a withering wit
that spares no aspect of life and deafness.
Being " bugged" for Heuer began early: " When I was growing up, my
mother' s response to every problem I had was: ' Well, he just
needs to adjust to his deafness.' Bloody nose? ' Chris, you need to
adjust to your deafness.' Homework not done? ' I know it' s hard
adjusting to your deafness, honey, but ....' Acne scarring? ' Lots
of teenagers get zits, Chris. I know it' s hard for you, dealing
with this while trying to adjust to your ....' " He rebelled then,
and continues through his even-handed irreverence in "BUG," a bomb
that should go off in everyone' s consciousness about beingdeaf and
Deaf.
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