Virtu al

Dior am a
Presentation by
Samantha Hare
 First- Person
Narratives

Part One: Bein r: Connecting

g Part Fou
"The Isolation
of Being
Part Two:Becoming Part Three: Doing t y o f S p a c es
"The B e a u
Deaf in Prison" f o r a n d b y
"We Can't Go Back" Cre a t e d

"Why My Novel is P e o p l e"
D i s a b l e d
- Jeremy Woo
dy, As told
Dedicated to My Disabled

by Christine Th -Ricardo T. Thorton Sr. Friend Maddy"

ompson

- s.e. smith
- A. H. Reaume

 Part One:
The Isolations of Being Deaf in
Prison
- Jeremy Woody, As told by Christine Thompson
Civil Rights
One of the Communication
most sever
Jeremy fa e grievanc Jeremy Woody's narrative centered around the
ced was es
right to his revoke
proper c d grievances he faced from the prison's refusal to
representa ounsel an
tion in the d provide communication accommodations. Having your
Not only court of la
was he d w.
interpreter enied an right to communicate revoked in a state prison led to
, but the c ASL
refused to ourt officia complete isolation and suppression of many civil rights
uncuff him ls
his plee. Th to write do
is resulted wn he was entitled to including proper healthcare,
guilt, sendi in automat
ng him to ic
injustice e isolation. T education, mental health services, protection against
xemplifies his
accommod the vitality violence, and the right to proper council. He was
ations in al of
l settings.
unable to communicate his health concerns to the
doctor, resulting in a cancer diagnosis. The lack of an
" I was just asking for basic needs; I didn't have a interpreter meant he couldn't take any classes,
way to communicate." - Jeremy Woody express himself in counseling, or properly report his
(Wong, A., 2020, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-
First Century, p. 60) sexual assault. He was trapped inside his own mind.