
Celebrate Deaf Awareness Month With These Memoirs
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Bell’s graphic memoir reconsiders her as a superhero alter ego and rabbit. Young Seko is worried about starting with a new school, especially as she has to wear hearing aids tied to her chest due to her deafness. In her old school, everyone was deaf. But now she is the only deaf child in her class. To combat her anxiety, she imagines herself as El Dieff, a deaf superhero. Hearing impaired It helps hearing impaired children to feel seen and understood. Seko is very friendly as she lives her life with her disability, so she finds her inner courage. Hearing impaired He was awarded the Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, a Newbery Medal winner, and is currently an Apple+ animated series.
