Forest Books: Charles B. Reilly And Nipapon Reilly Rising Of Lotus Flowers: Self-Education By Deaf Ch

An extensive ethnography depicting the concealed role of residential deaf schooling on the lives of 400 deaf children in Thailand. The authors revealed the phenomenon of spontaneous language and cultural teachings, by the Thai children themselves, which served to transcend their previous limitations introducing them to awareness of societal and Deaf ways. Contains many pictures and examples from real life. Hardback 272 pages 2005