Marla C. Berkowitz is a senior lecturer in the American Sign Language (ASL) Program at Ohio State University. She is certified by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, the American Sign Language Teachers Association and the Supreme Court of Ohio as a court interpreter. She lives in Columbus, Ohio. Judith A. Jonas is a freelance sign language interpreter, with New Jersey educational interpreter certification. She retired from being the coordinator and co-founder of a literacy, job placement and counseling program for deaf adults. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vForeword by Martha A. Sheridan 1Preface 3Introduction 7Part One. The Emergence of a Sibling 151. How Conversations Began 162. First Social Network 213. Inside the Family 324. Intensities of Sibling Closeness 41Part Two. Milan Impact 475. Between Marginalization and Human Rights 506. Molding Deaf Siblings 637. The Fallout 958. Magnet Secrets 104Part Three. Sibling Buddies 1159. Sibling Monitors 11610. Sibling Facilitators 12511. Signing Siblings 13412. ­Sibling-Interpreters 14313. Investing Quality Time 16014. We Will Chat Anyway 163Appendix A: Continuum of Intensities of Sibling Closeness 179Appendix B: Questions for Guided Discussion 181Appendix C: Let’s See What Our Fingers Know 183Appendix D: BMJ Family Interpreter Fund 187Chapter Notes 191Bibliography 193Index 199

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