SuitabookDeaf identity and communication access
Julia is Deaf, uses ASL, often misses information through lip-reading and encounters hearing people who fail to communicate accessibly.
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Whitney Gardner - Author
This is a character-led story about a Deaf teenager using graffiti and art to express herself while navigating exclusion, friendship and the expectations of hearing people.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a character-led story about a Deaf teenager using graffiti and art to express herself while navigating exclusion, friendship and the expectations of hearing people.
Julia is Deaf, uses ASL, often misses information through lip-reading and encounters hearing people who fail to communicate accessibly.
Julia paints graffiti, covers a slur and later enters a risky graffiti conflict while investigating who altered her work.
Some situations may merit preparation: the story includes a slur, racism, homophobia, bullying, illegal graffiti and passing mentions of eating disorders.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.
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