Gallaudet Encyclopedia and The Sage Deaf Studies Encyclopedia provide background information about Deaf Culture which can help you find topic ideas. There are also books offering in-depth scholarly analyses of Audism and Deaf-Gain. Use the RIT Libraries Catalog to find more books on this topic.
Use the keywords audism or "discrimination AND deaf", "oppression AND deaf" or "deaf AND civil rights". If interested in language issues, use the keywords, oralism, "George Veditz", Milan and deaf, or "Alexander Graham Bell" and deaf. Tove Skutnabb-Kangas writes about linguism and linguicide. Use the keywords "deaf culture", "deaf way", "deafspace" or Deafhood to find Deaf-Gain concepts.
Deaf people express their experiences of Audism and Deaf-Gain through Prose and Poetry, Sign Language Poetry and Literature, Drama, Cinema, and Visual Arts.
Tip: Use the bibliography at the end of the book chapters or encyclopedia articles to find more works.
Damned for Their Difference by 
The Mask of Benevolence by 
Outsiders in a Hearing World by Check out these ebook databases for more titles related to your topic.
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Deaf Gain by 
The Deaf Way by 
Introduction to American Deaf Culture by 
Show of Hands by 
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