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Deborah A. Schmedemann*
* © Deborah A. Schmedemann 2010. Professor of Law and Co-coordinator of Writing & Representation: Advice & Persuasion at William Mitchell College of Law. My thanks go to the very fine staff of the Children’s Law Center who both gave me the opportunity to do this work and trained and supported me; to the non-lawyers who helped me see, just a bit, what it means to be deaf and how to work with Adam; to the faculty and my classmates at the Loft Literary Center, where I studied memoir and the personal essay; to the deans and my colleagues at William Mitchell, who have so consistently supported my service endeavors; and last but not least to Craig Bower, my ultimate confidante and counselor. This story is for Keith, in honor of Joan. My deepest debts are, of course, to Adam and his mother Lesley.