Review

Opening up important questions about deafness

By Zota Patel
June 5 2021 - 12:00am
  • The Shape of Sound, by Fiona Murphy. Text, $34.99.
Opening up important questions about deafness
Opening up important questions about deafness

What is it like to occupy the murky grey area between appearing able-bodied while living with an invisible disability? How do you choose whether to claim your disability, and with it the conscious and unconscious bias you will experience from teachers, employers, even friends and family, or to pretend you don't have it so that you can forgo that trauma?

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