A World Without Words: The Social Construction of Children Born Deaf and Blind

During the Rubella Syndrome epidemic of the 1960s, many children were born deaf, blind, and mentally disabled. David Goode has devoted his life and career to understanding such people's world, a world without words. This book is the result of his studies of two children with congenital deaf-blindness and mental retardation.

List of contents

Contents Foreword - Irving Kenneth Zola 
Acknowledgments 
1. Introduction 
2. A World Without Words 
3. On Understanding Without Words 
4. Reflections on the Possibility of Understanding Without Formal Language 
5. Construction and Use of Data in Social Science Research 
6. Kids, Culture, and Innocents 
7. Conclusions 
Appendix: Ascertaining Choice with Alingual, Deaf-Blind, and Retarded Clients 
Notes 
References 
Index

About the author

David Goode is the Coordinator of the Program in Developmental Disabilities and teaches sociology at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York.

Summary

During the Rubella Syndrome epidemic of the 1960s, many children were born deaf, blind, and mentally disabled. David Goode has devoted his life and career to understanding such people's world, a world without words. This book is the result of his studies of two children with congenital deaf-blindness and mental retardation.

Product details

• Authors: David Goode
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1994
• EAN: 9781566392167
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-216-7
• No. of pages: 261
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 208 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 331 g
• Series: Health Society And Policy; Health Society and Policy; Health, Society, & Policy
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education