dacia williams

Dacia Williams is a journalist whose work has appeared in dozens of publications, including the Los Angeles Daily News, Deaf USA Newspaper, All-Music Guide and most recently Hearing Health Magazine. She has lived in New York state, California, Oregon, Oklahoma and Virginia. Married 33 years to her college sweetheart, she makes her home in the High Desert of California.

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Book Published

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In her debut memoir, I’m Not Death: I’m Not Deaf, Either—How My Hearing Loss and Bipolar Disorder Became Four Gifts, journalist Dacia Williams traces the childhood experiences that shaped her life with hearing loss and emerging bipolar disorder. A bilateral cochlear implant recipient who has survived repeated periods of suicidal ideation, Williams explores how humor and three other hard-won skills became what she calls the “four gifts” that helped her navigate adolescence, disability, mental illness, and survival.