Mixed Up Maxie being me! 2nd Revision july

By Maxine Ann Bailey

Mixed up Maxi being me This book is about me being deaf and daft and how I coped growing up and living with deafness. I put pen to paper and started to write Mixed up Maxi because, for far too long deaf people have not been given a fair hearing, literally and figuratively speaking. It all came to a head after the soap opera; EastEnders created the character Ben Mitchell, who is the "deaf" son, of Phil Mitchell. Ben doesn't display a single aspect of deafness. I don't know if the actor is actually deaf or if EastEnders just portrayed Ben as deaf and I use the word "portrayed" very lightly. Since Ben arrived in EastEnders with his National Health, blue hearing aid, not once have I heard* him say "pardon?", "what did you say?" or "come again?" it gives the impression that hearing aids cure deafness and this is far from true.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1326731238
• ISBN13: 9781326731236
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"