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  • Ephphatha: Growing Up Profoundly Deaf and Not Dumb in the Hearing World: A Basketball Player’s Transformational Journey to the Ivy League

  • By: Dr. Thomas M. Caulfield
  • Narrated by: E. Roy Worley
  • Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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Ephphatha: Growing Up Profoundly Deaf and Not Dumb in the Hearing World: A Basketball Player’s Transformational Journey to the Ivy League

By: Dr. Thomas M. Caulfield
Narrated by: E. Roy Worley
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For two decades a father kept a secret journal documenting the life of his only son, Christopher, who was born profoundly deaf. He had a simple dream of someday presenting that journal to Christopher as a special gift from father to son. But as each new challenge was surmounted, it became clear Christopher Caulfield’s story had to be shared.

Ephphatha, which means “to be opened,” follows Christopher’s transformational journey through the unimaginable obstacles he faced during his young life. Whose right is it to choose the intervention strategies that will help you be your best? How do you keep going when adults and children can be so unkind? Can you make yourself understood when no one around you has experienced what you are facing?

Christopher’s support came from those in his life who did open up. His chances for success on and off the basketball court also hinged on hard work, faith, and his own undeniable inner fortitude to never give up.

By the time he was nine years old he had already completed 1,500 hours of speech therapy. That same dedication led him to be a Division I college basketball recruit before he reached high school. He may not have set any records being invited to birthday parties growing up, but with Ephphatha, you’ll be rooting for Christopher all the way to the Ivy League!

©2019 Dr. Thomas M. Caulfield (P)2019 Dr. Thomas M. Caulfield
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What an inspirational story!

The world would be a much better place if we all had a devoted and loving family as the Caulfields. Despite his disability and many obstacles to overcome in his life, what an outstanding and compassionate human being Christopher has become. Great job, DAD, mom and sis!!!

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audist, oralist, and ableist

I thought this was just going to be a great story about a Deaf kid growing up. instead it was just his parents being audist, oralist, and ableist. God forbid their child is different. it sounds like he didn't even want to call his son Deaf, but his son asked him to. they put him thru thousands of hours of speech therapy because they wanted to force him to speak. this book made me so angry. they didn't want their son to learn ASL. I'm glad in the end their son decided to take asl college courses and the family accepted it but he should have never been kept from it

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