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Jan 15, 2022 · She became deaf in 1975, and explained deafness and sign language were not as socially accepted then as they are nowadays.
Dec 14, 2014 · Writer and illustrator Cece Bell has been creating children's books for over a decade, but in her latest, she finally turns to her own story — about growing up hearing-impaired, after meningitis...
She wanted there to be a handbook for hearing people so they knew how to understand and communicate with deaf people without being disrespectful. The project eventually evolved into a graphic novel where children who were deaf could see themselves positively represented in a book.
Dec 14, 2014 · Writer and illustrator Cece Bell has been creating children's books for over a decade, but in her latest, she finally turns to her own story — about growing up hearing-impaired, after meningitis left her "severely to profoundly deaf" at the age of 4.
Dec 14, 2014 · Writer and illustrator Cece Bell has been creating children's books for over a decade, but in her latest, she finally turns to her own story — about growing up hearing-impaired, after meningitis...
Sep 23, 2014 · At age 4, Bell suffered a brief bout with meningitis that left her “severely to profoundly deaf.”. Soon she was wearing hearing aids, and a large Phonic Ear across her chest.
The narrative focuses on two major problems: the first is how to cope with the cumbersome hearing aid she wears at school. Deafness is an invisible disability, but back in the 1980s, hearing aids were still bulky and conspicuous, and they made her visibly disabled.
