Amy Signs: A Mother, Her Daughter, and their Stories

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Amy Signs Amy Signs FM Pgs i-xiv.indd 1 6/27/2012 10:37:09 AM Amy Signs FM Pgs i-xiv.indd 2 6/27/2012 10:37:09 AM Gallaudet University Press Washington, DC ) Amy Signs A Mother, Her Deaf Daughter, and Their Stories Rebecca Willman Gernon and Amy Willman Amy Signs FM Pgs i-xiv.indd 3 6/27/2012 10:37:09 AM Gallaudet University Press Washington, DC 20002 http://gupress.gallaudet.edu© 2012 by Gallaudet University All rights reserved. Published 2012 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gernon, Rebecca Willman. Amy signs : a mother, her deaf daughter, and their stories / Rebecca Willman Gernon and Amy Willman. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-56368-537-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-56368-537-X (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-56368-538-5 (e-book) — ISBN 1-56368-538-8 (e-book) 1. Deaf children. 2. Child rearing. 3. Mother and child. 4. Parenting. I. Willman, Amy. II. Title. HV2391.G47 2012 362.4'20922—dc23 [B] 2012022375 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Amy Signs FM Pgs i-xiv.indd 4 6/27/2012 10:37:09 AM Rebecca Ruth and Amy Ruth dedicate Amy Signs in memory of Ruth Schmierer, Mother and Grandmother Amy Signs FM Pgs i-xiv.indd 5 6/27/2012 10:37:09 AM Amy Signs FM Pgs i-xiv.indd 6 6/27/2012 10:37:09 AM ...