Claire Blatchford (born 1944 in

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/ref> is an author. She became deaf at the age of six due to

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. She graduated in 1966 from

Bennington College Bennington College is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont. Founded in 1932 as a women's college, it became co-educational in 1969. It claims to be the first college to include visual and performing arts as an equal partner in ...

. and earned a master's degree from

Adelphi University Adelphi University is a private university in Garden City, New York. Adelphi also has centers in Manhattan, Hudson Valley, and Suffolk County. There is also a virtual, online campus for remote students. It is the oldest institution of higher edu ...

in the

Waldorf School Waldorf education, also known as Steiner education, is based on the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy. Its educational style is holistic, intended to develop pupils' intellectual, artistic, and practical s ...

teacher training program and in

Deaf education Deaf education is the education of students with any degree of hearing loss or deafness. This may involve, but does not always, individually-planned, systematically-monitored teaching methods, adaptive materials, accessible settings, and othe ...

from

Teachers College, Columbia University Teachers College, Columbia University (TC), is the graduate school of education, health, and psychology of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City. Founded in 1887, it has served as one of the official faculties a ...

. She is married and has two daughters. She continued working for several years as a teacher of deaf children. Claire Blatchford is an author of spiritual books and Deaf literature, including books and poetry.

Selected works

Spiritual books and deaf literature

* ''All Alone'' (1984) * ''Turning: Words Heard from Within'' (1994, 2001) * ''Many Ways of Hearing: 94 Multitasked Lessons in Listening'' (1997) * ''Friend of My Heart: Meeting Christ in Everyday Life'' (1999) * ''Becoming: A Call to Love'' (2004) * ''Experiences with the Dying and the Dead: Waking to Our Connections with Those Who Have Died'' (2007)

Deaf poetry

* ''The Deaf Girl: a memory'' * ''The Collector'' * ''Centering'' * ''Acorn'' * ''Mid-winter''

References

1944 births Living people Poets from Washington (state) American women poets Poets from Washington, D.C. Deaf poets Adelphi University alumni Bennington College alumni Teachers College, Columbia University alumni American deaf people 21st-century American women American writers with disabilities {{US-writer-stub