The Third Annual Schneider Disability Issues Forum
Five Flavors of Dumb: How the Deaf Community Shaped a Novel 4 p.m. Free and open to the public. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired and interpreted for the deaf. Antony John will talk about how the deaf community in St. Louis, Mo., helped him with his latest young adult novel, "Five Flavors of Dumb." The main character, a deaf teenage girl, becomes the manager of a rock band and deals with her family's decision to obtain a cochlear implant for her deaf baby sister. John, who holds a degree in music, says the process of writing the book made him rethink his own relationship with music.
Antony John also is the author of the young adult novel "Busted: Confessions of an Accidental Player" and has two new novels coming out soon. A native of England, he graduated from Oxford University with a degree in music and received his doctorate from Duke University. He lives in St. Louis, Mo., where he is a stay-at-home dad for his two kids and writes every chance he gets.
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"In discussions with the deaf community, sign language instructors and audiologists, one thing became clear: Stereotypes about deaf people not listening to music were way off the mark." - Antony John
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