Sometimes you’ve just got to be amazed at what people are capable of.  Take my friend, Julie, for instance.  Julie has just headed off on a two-month speaking tour of the US and the UK to publicise the book she has written, Breaking the Sound Barriers, and its subject matter: how children who are deaf and hard of hearing can have lives of great success and fulfilment.

As of last week she had two speaking engagements confirmed: one in Pittsburgh and one in Culver City.  The fact that a two-month tour is still to be filled with engagements, and she’s already in the midst of it, doesn’t put her off for a minute.  It’s all part of the joy of the challenge.

I know Julie will be successful, simply because of who she is being and what she is committed to which is:

to write words that change lives.

Julie’s book, Breaking the Sound Barriers, features the experiences of nine children who are deaf or hard of hearing and what they and their parents have learned about self-esteem, fulfilment and possibility.

As one of her readers said:

This is something I would have really wanted to read when I was younger.  It would have helped me deal with my deafness – I remember searching online for “inspirational deaf people,” and being very disappointed that they were all old.  It took me until I was 21 years old to get to the point where I was completely confident about being deaf, so this book would have been very welcome when I was younger, dealing with the difficulties, and feeling alone.

Julie is a successful journalist and author.  She has worked with Deaf Children Australia for several years, and has interviewed hundreds of families of deaf and hard of hearing children.  Julie will be speaking next Tuesday evening – May 18, 2010 – at Culver City.  Details are as follows:

A Night of Remarkable Women
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
6pm to 8pm
No Limits, 9801 Washington Blvd, 2nd floor
Culver City, CA

So if you’re in the US or UK, go and support Julie and help her change the world for deaf and hard of hearing children.

To purchase Breaking the Sound Barriers: 9 deaf success stories (ISBN 978-0-9805953-0-7) go to Amazon or the Breaking the Sound Barriers website.

For more information or to request an interview, contact Julie on: julie at breakingthesoundbarriers dot com

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