| When communication becomes the harbinger to being | | | | a problem with her being deaf, not her. |
| ahead in society, one should never consider it a reason | | | | Growing Up Deaf is a self-published autobiographical |
| to binge on self-pity and extract oneself from the | | | | book of a woman’s life and how she discovers |
| outside world. Rose Pizzo did exactly the opposite. | | | | that communication can become a quandary in |
| Growing up with the loss of her hearing posed a great | | | | everyday life. This is Rose’s story of a deaf |
| challenge for Rose who was raised in a hearing family. | | | | person’s perspective as well as the perspective of |
| Having worked as a Data Entry Operator for several | | | | the deaf culture. |
| years, she describes her daily life as fun but with | | | | Self-published author Rose Pizzo said that being deaf |
| degree of difficulty and effort in it. She shares her | | | | is already in the mainstream and there is much more |
| stories in the book, Growing Up Deaf: Issues of | | | | awareness about deaf people. Her story is a |
| Communication in a Hearing World. | | | | comforting account for everyone who has faith in |
| Stories of being left out and ostracized, which | | | | themselves and the things that they can do – |
| sometimes make the spirit weak, are explored in detail | | | | hearing impaired or not. |
| and the author describes how she stood for herself by | | | | Growing Up Deaf: Issues of Communication in a |
| learning about her rights as a deaf person. Rose also | | | | Hearing World is published by Xlibris. |
| explains that it is the ‘hearing’ people who have | | | | |