Finding Zoe: A Deaf Woman's Story of Identity, Love, and Adoption Rarus Brandi
Finding Zoe: A Deaf Woman's Story of Identity, Love, and Adoption Rarus Brandi At just a few months old, Zoe was gradually losing her hearing. Would Zoe go back into the welfare system and spend her…
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Finding Zoe: A Deaf Woman's Story of Identity, Love, and Adoption Rarus Brandi
At just a few months old, Zoe was gradually losing her hearing. Would Zoe go back into the welfare system and spend her childhood hoping to find parents willing to adopt her? Her adoptive parents loved her--yet agonized--feeling they couldn't handle raising a Deaf child.
Because she spoke well and easily adjusted to lip reading, she was mainstreamed in school and socialized primarily in the hearing community. Or, would she be the long-sought answer to a mother's prayers?Brandi Rarus was just 6 when spinal meningitis took away her hearing. Brandi was a popular, happy teen, but being fully part of every conversation was an ongoing struggle.
She felt caught between two worlds--the Deaf and the hearing.In college, Brandi embraced Deaf Culture along with the joys of complete and effortless communication with her peers. Brandi went on to become Miss Deaf America in 1988 and