Why hearing people ‘see’ supremacy
This might seem quite an obtuse title, but in a sense it has already been answered in some ways on Deaf21. To be hearing is to be at the top tier of the heirachy scale….
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London BSL classes & practice
Around 18 million UK adults are deaf or hearing loss (RNID). A June 2024 analysis says about 87,000 are British Sign Language (BSL) users. There are a number of dedicated courses and free signing practice groups for…
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The Abbé de L’Épée
The Abbé de L’Épée is a revered figure in the history of the deaf. Presented here is a text from a popular French magazine published 100 years ago. The translation is straight off Google –…
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Deaf | Historical | TV-Film
Ridicule (1996)
Ridicule is a 1996 French film that features the Abbé de l’Épée. The film tells the story of the Abbé de Villecourt, played by Bernard Giraudeau. De Villecourt is an influential figure at the court of…
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Reality – and the Deaf
Are humanity’s knowledge and traditions real even? What is true and what’s not? A recent video from Star Talk is interesting because it concerns the amount of fakery or possible untruths in society, the Internet…
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The men who wouldn’t listen…
By a strange quirk of fate, a certain day in 1876 happened to be the same day two important historical figures made the grade. Both were men who didn’t listen in terms of the fullness…
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Deaf | Historical | Rights
Google Doodles of the Deaf
Doodles featuring the Deaf can easily be counted on a pair of hands! At least one can ascertain there’s an element of quality behind these whereas with those featuring hearing people which are no doubt…
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Pictures in the Mind
Joyeux Noël! Pictures in the Mind is a documentary made in 1987 based on Harlan Lane’s ground-breaking book When the Mind Hears – a volume of almost 700 pages (US editions) covering the comprehensive history…
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BSL | Irony | Miscellaneous | Oralism/Life Articles | Other
I am/am not angry. An ‘1880 That’ irony
This new image (inspired by ‘1880 That’ and intended as a header for this website) which is a brick wall featuring the words ‘I am deafinitely angry’ – came about as a result of a…
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The Deaf are foreigners in their own country
This is from a news article in the Independent in September 1989. It had followed soon after the Deaf President Now! campaign at Gallaudet in the USA. Its is of interest in view of its…
