Where I Stand: On the Signing Community and My DeafBlind Experience

This collection of essays from one of the countrys leading voices on issues facing the signing community appears at a time of troubling trends and exciting new developments. Through his lucid and accessible prose John Lee Clark delves into questions ranging from why hearing parents of Deaf children dont sign to how written American Sign Language will change the course of Deaf literature. As a second-generation DeafBlind man Clark also takes us on a tour of his experiences as a student father husband and client of special services. Filled with startling observations and unapologetic assertions Where I Stand challenges and broadens readers understanding of an important but often overlooked community