Claire Blatchford

Claire Blatchford (born 1944 in Washington D.C.)^[1]^[2] is an author. She became deaf at the age of six due to mumps. She graduated in 1966 from Bennington College.^[1]^[2] and earned a master's degree from Adelphi University in the Waldorf School teacher training program and in Deaf education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is married and has two daughters.^[1] She continued working for several years as a teacher of deaf children.^[2] Claire Blatchford is an author of spiritual books and Deaf literature, including books and poetry.

Spiritual Books and Deaf Literature

Turning: Words Heard from Within (1994, 2001)
Friend of My Heart: Meeting Christ in Everyday Life (1999)
Becoming: A Call to Love (2004)
Experiences with the Dying and the Dead: Waking to Our Connections with Those Who Have Died (2007)^[2]

Deaf Poetry

The Deaf Girl: a memory
The Collector
Centering
Acorn
Mid-winter^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Jepson, J. C. (1992). Claire Blatchford. In No walls of stone: an anthology of literature by deaf and hard of hearing writers (pp. 20-25). Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Books by Claire Blatchford. (2004). SteinerBooks. Retrieved November 15, 2011, from [1]

[Jepson-1] Jepson, J. C. (1992). Claire Blatchford. In No walls of stone: an anthology of literature by deaf and hard of hearing writers (pp. 20-25). Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press.

[Claire-2] Books by Claire Blatchford. (2004). SteinerBooks. Retrieved November 15, 2011, from [1]

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