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- Approximately 466 million people or 5% of the worlds population has disabling hearing loss (term defined and used by the World Health Organisation) and 34 million of these are children. Despite approximately one third of people over 65 years of age being affected by disabling hearing loss deaf adult characters are under significantly under represented in children's books; even within books which do include a deaf character. There have been several studies into how Deaf children are portrayed in children's literature. Historically children's books have generally conformed to an outdated cultural view of Deaf people, which resulted in books which portray those characters who happen to be Deaf as in need of saving or to be pitied. In more recent times society has improved attitudes towards d/Deaf people and this has led in part to better representation in literature. This article highlights some of the books which reflect the diversity found within the deaf community. There have been several campaigns such as "toy like me" and "in the picture" (by Scope UK) to encourage toy manufacturers and children's publishers to more accurately reflect society. In response to these campaigns there has been a gradual increase in the quality and quantity of Deaf characters in children's books. BookTrust, a UK children's charity have issued advise for writers, illustrators and publishers on how to naturally include Deaf and disabled characters in children's books. The term 'Deaf' is generally used to refer to a linguistic and cultural minority group who use sign language and are members of Deaf culture. The term 'deaf' or 'hard of hearing' is commonly used to refer to individuals with partial deafness or hearing loss. People who identify as hard of hearing or small 'd' deaf are generally not members of the Deaf sign language using community. This distinction is useful in academic settings where precision is needed but for the purpose of this article the term 'deaf' is used to include characters with any level of deafness/hearing loss and instead their communication styles, use of hearing technology or none and cultural setting such as living with a hearing family or being part of the Deaf Sign Language using community to enable to the reader to form their own judgements on where the character falls on the Deaf/hearing culture continuum. As in real life many fictional characters participate at least in part in both Deaf and hearing cultures and manage cross cultural relationships. (en)
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- Approximately 466 million people or 5% of the worlds population has disabling hearing loss (term defined and used by the World Health Organisation) and 34 million of these are children. Despite approximately one third of people over 65 years of age being affected by disabling hearing loss deaf adult characters are under significantly under represented in children's books; even within books which do include a deaf character. There have been several studies into how Deaf children are portrayed in children's literature. Historically children's books have generally conformed to an outdated cultural view of Deaf people, which resulted in books which portray those characters who happen to be Deaf as in need of saving or to be pitied. In more recent times society has improved attitudes towards (en)
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- List of children's books featuring deaf characters (en)
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