A review by silvershine
Deaf Again by Mark Drolsbaugh

3.0

I really enjoyed most of this book, but for some reason the last few chapters were tough for me to get through. It became a disclaimer of "I'm not here to say how what the perfect was to be deaf is" which is a great message, but didn't require so much time. The book is the author's experience of struggling at a mainstream school and eventually immersing himself into Deaf culture and ASL. It was really interesting to read of his hearing relatives and deaf parents pushing so hard for him to be a part of the hearing world via surgeries and hearing aids. It was pretty heartbreaking to read about all of the difficulties that deaf people facing when trying to receive education and trying to socialize when they are the only deaf person amongst a group of hearing people. I feel encouraged to pursue learning and implementing more ASL into my life so for that alone I liked this book a lot.