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Alone in the mainstream : a deaf woman remembers public school / Gina A. Oliva.

Title
Alone in the mainstream : a deaf woman remembers public school / Gina A. Oliva.
Author
Oliva, Gina A.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2004.

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Description
xix, 207 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
The author describes her life and experiences as the only deaf child in her public schools.
Series Statement
Deaf lives
Uniform Title
  • Project Muse UPCC books
  • ebrary.
  • Deaf lives
Subject
  • Oliva, Gina A
  • Deaf women > United States > Biography
  • Deaf > Education > United States
  • Mainstreaming in education > United States
  • Deaf > Government policy > United States
  • Deaf > United States > Interviews
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Interviews
  • Erlebnisbericht.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-207).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Beginnings -- Lessons from the neighborhood -- A glimpse at everyday life -- But Mom, I hate telling people! -- Academically it was better than a deaf school, but socially, well... -- Social life in adulthood: the oasis -- The best of both worlds -- Alone in the mainstream again: constructing inclusion -- Children of our hearts: a change in the neighborhood -- Appendix: research methodology.
ISBN
1563683008 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2004043296
OCLC
  • 54543940
  • SCSB-12870880
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library