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) Contents Acknowledgments ix Preface xi 1. December 1969 / Rebecca 1 2. Day Two and Beyond: Waiting / Rebecca 9 3. Date with Destiny / Rebecca 17 4. Stunned and Numb / Rebecca 26 5. Stomaching the Diagnosis / Rebecca 35 6. The Mechanical Tyrant / Rebecca 42 7. Starting the Climb / Rebecca 50 8. Twenty Minutes of Torture / Rebecca 56 9. Gibberish / Rebecca 61 10. Pavlov’s Daughter / Rebecca 65 11. Hard Lessons / Rebecca 69 12. Gain and Loss / Rebecca 71 13. The Scarlet Letter / Rebecca 79 14. Blessings and Fellow Travelers / Rebecca 83 15. Terrible Twos / Rebecca 92 16. Miles and Moments / Rebecca 95 17. Respite and Renewal / Rebecca 104 18. On the Road Again / Rebecca 110 19. Ready, Aim . . . / Rebecca 116 20. Dreams and Reality / Rebecca 123 21. Pets and Playmates / Amy 133 22. Hearing in a Deaf World / Rebecca 137 23. Summer Workshop Times Two / Rebecca 147 24. Emptying the Nest / Rebecca 164 25. The Year with Few Memories / Rebecca 171 Amy Signs FM Pgs i-xiv.indd 7 6/27/2012 10:37:09 AM viii Contents 26. Residential Life in the Primary Dorm / Amy 174 27. Smooth Roads / Rebecca 182 28. Education, the Primary Years / Amy 192 29. Moving into Deaf Culture / Rebecca and Amy 197 30. Caution, Speed Bumps Ahead / Rebecca 202 31. Mainstreaming, Not for Me / Amy 207 32. The Decision / Rebecca 209 33. Deaf Child in a Hearing World / Amy 214 34. Tossed and Blown by Life / Rebecca 219 35. Middle School / Amy 225 36. Gaining Independence / Rebecca 230 37. Do You Sign? / Amy 236 38. Driving Miss Daisy Crazy / Rebecca and Amy 243 39. More Audism / Rebecca and Amy 252 40. Stateside Travel / Rebecca and Amy 255 41. Plans in Turmoil / Rebecca and Amy 260 42. Europe and Beyond / Rebecca and Amy 265 43. Making Memories, High School / Amy 269 44. Last Chances / Rebecca 274 45. The Big Question / Rebecca and Amy 277 46. Graduation and College Bound / Rebecca and Amy 281 47. Gallaudet, New Horizons / Amy 287 48. No Choice, Mainstreamed in 1994 / Amy 291 49. Deaf in the Hearing World / Amy 295 50. Deaf or deaf, Does It Matter? / Amy 300 51. Adapting to Live in Two Worlds: Hearing and Deaf / Amy 303 52. My Eyes Are My Ears / Amy 311 53. Concluding Thoughts / Amy and Rebecca 314 Amy Signs FM Pgs i-xiv.indd 8 6/27/2012 10:37:09 AM ...

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