Southern California Tour

Making the crime of languagelessness visible, one book at a time, one speech at a time, one film at a time, one blog at a time, one vital-signs video at a time, one web site at a time - www.susanschaller.com - (link at bottom), ...

October 16 California State University, San Bernardino and October 17 UC Irvine POSTPONED

October 18
University of Redlands contact: Leela_Madhavarau at redlands.edu

Presentation and showing of the documentary, In Search of Lucy Doe, with Oliver Sacks, Susan Schaller, and languageless people from her second book: Lives Without Words, People Without Language.

October 23
California State University, Northridge (flyer below)


Sponsored by the Office of the Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
contacti: joseph.antunez at csun.edu

The public and the CSUN Campus Community are cordially invited to a presentation by

Susan Schaller
Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Time: 4:00 – 6 pm Place:
Oviatt Library, Presentation Room California State University, Northridge

Susan Schaller, author of A Man Without Words (UC Press) is ready to publish her second book, Lives Without Words, People Without Language, about the hidden crime of children being raised without language, and the triumph of learning a first language in adulthood. In Search of Lucy Doe (BBC World Service), which includes stories from her upcoming second book and her work with Oliver Sacks, was chosen by the Margaret Mead Film Festival in New York.

Schaller founded and directed a non-profit, producing the educational program and award-winning video, Vital-Signs (now a DVD), and Deaf World Television. Through her writing and public speaking, she promotes equal access to language for Deaf people, and introduces hearing people to an astounding culture based on vision.

Schaller's observations of people living outside of a shared language have inspired her and help answer "What does it mean to be human?" Relevant to many disciplines, from education, psychology and anthropology to medicine, policy and minority language rights, her writing, public speaking, and stories from the rarely visited world of languageless people explores what it means to be human, and how we can improve our vision by accepting Deaf people's superior abilities to see.