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Wir sprechen mit den Handen
by Franz-Joseph Huainigg
Age Range: 6-8
Wir sprechen mit den Händen was included in the ‘Reading the Way’: Inclusive Books from Around the World Research and ‘Reading the Way 2’ projects. The book is not available in English but is referred to as We Talk with our Hands throughout the RtW Research projects. (Full report in the Education Zone of this website)
Lisa is deaf. She has learnt to use sign language, but no one else in her environment signs. Lisa is lonely; every day she goes to the front door of her house wishing that she would find a friend at the door. She has absolute belief that if you want something badly enough, it will happen. This book tells the story of her encounter with Paul, a boy whose parents are deaf and who has therefore learned to sign.
It is interesting to note the perspective of the author Franz-Joseph Huanigg, who set out to write such stories in the belief that it was important for disabled people (especially children) to learn from them and to know that they were not alone in the concerns and challenges they faced.
The other three titles featured in the research were Gemeinsam sind wir grosse Klasse (Together we’re Fantastic); Meine Füsse sind der Rollstuhl (My Wheelchair is my Legs) and Wir verstehen uns blind (We See Eye to Eye -featuring visual impairment).
OIW embraced this intention and welcomed books which helped to develop understanding and reduce isolation and exclusion. There was some strong support for this argument and agreement that stories such as this can be useful as information books, although there was a feeling that they might be too didactic and seen to convey a 'negative image of disability'. OIW concluded that there is a need for such books to be viewed within an appropriate context, and as part of a wider landscape which also features many other, natural, casual and positive depictions of disabled children.






























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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