Susan Schaller
Susan Schaller, author of A Man Without Words is ready to publish her second book, In Search of the Languageless Tribe, 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?"