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"Partially deaf due to a childhood illness, Gerald Shea is no stranger to the search for communicative grace and clarity. In this eloquent and thoroughly researched book, he uncovers the centuries-long struggle of the Deaf to be taught in sign language--the only language that renders them complete, fully communicative human beings. Shea explores the history of the deeply biased attitudes toward the Deaf in Europe and America, which illogically forced them to be taught in a language they could neither hear nor speak. As even A.G. Bell, a fervent oralist, admitted, sign language is "the quickest method of reaching the mind of a deaf child." Shea's research exposes a persistent but misguided determination among hearing educators to teach the Deaf orally, making the very faculty they lacked the principal instrument of their instruction. To forbid their education in sign language--the "language of light"--is to deny the Deaf their human rights, he concludes." -- Publisher's description
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Sign language, Education, Deaf, Means of communication, History, Deaf, means of communication, HISTORY / Social History, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language, Deafness, Sign Language, Education of Hearing Disabled, History, Modern 1601-, 2017NEWAUGUST, Deaf -- Means of communication -- History, Deaf -- Education -- History, Sign language -- HistoryShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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The language of light: a history of silent voices
2017, Yale University Press
in English
0300215436 9780300215434
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249) and index.
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