He completed his PhD in Deaf Culture at Bristol University in 1998 and has written, edited and contributed to numerous publications in the field. Both his writings and his Deaf activism have received international recognition, and in 1998 he was awarded the Deaf Lifetime Achievement Award by the Federation of Deaf People, for activities which have extended the possibilities for Deaf communities both in the UK and worldwide. Ladd Paddy : Paddy Ladd is a Lecturer and MSc co-ordinator at the Centre for Deaf Studies in the University of Bristol. He completed his PhD in Deaf Culture at Bristol University in 1998 and has written, edited and contributed to numerous publications in the field. UNDERSTANDING DEAF CULTURE: IN SEARCH OF DEAFHOOD Paddy Ladd, Multilingual Matters, Clevedon, 2003, 502pp, £24.95, ISBN 1 85359 545 4 This book is dedicated to Dorothy Miles, Marie Philip and Gloria Pullen, three people who share strong political views within the Deaf world, with the author Paddy Ladd. About the Author Paddy Ladd is a Lecturer and MSc co-ordinator at the Centre for Deaf Studies in the University of Bristol. It illustrates the pitfalls which have been created for Deaf communities by the medical concept of deafness and contrasts this with a new concept of Deafhood, a process by which every Deaf child, family and adult implicitly explains their existence in the world to themselves and each other.

Book Synopsis This book assesses the concepts of Deaf culture. Paddy Ladd is a Lecturer and MSc co-ordinator at the Centre for Deaf Studies in the University of Bristol. About the Book This book assesses the concepts of Deaf culture.

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