CONTENTS

Foreword to the First Edition: Alone and Together
BRENDA JO BRUEGGEMANN AND LAUREN KELLY

Preface to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition

Introduction

Author’s Note

1Beginnings

2Lessons from the Neighborhood

3A Glimpse at Everyday Life

4But Mom, I Hate Telling People!

5Academically It Was Better than a Deaf School, but Socially, Well …

6Social Life in Adulthood: The Oasis

7The Best of Both Worlds

8Alone in the Mainstream Again: Constructing Inclusion

9Children of Our Hearts: A Change in the Neighborhood

Epilogue

Appendix: Research Methodology

Notes

Selected Resources

Discussion Questions