Articles about personal experience under oralist oppression plus some other aspects of oralism can be found on this page.
The post that started Deaf21 – A little known 1950s oralist experiment and its fall-out – being the author’s personal experiences under an abject 1950s/1960s oralist project and the many abuses that followed after, is too featured on this page. Here’s a direct Link.
The latest from Deaf21 is also published here. For the reminder of Deaf21’s factual based articles here’s the link to factual/historical research.
The site’s look has been largely sorted. The references and bibliography sections now show as they ought to be. Clear, large, footnote numbers and uncluttered references being a primary aim and that has been achieved. However the whole presentation is still not perfect.
Good news! The Wellcome Collection’s 1880 THAT has been extended for an extra five months to April 2026.
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…
Oral supremacy in the USA – Part One
One particular story so far basically untold in its wholeness is that which reflects upon what had h…
Why Deaf21 has been altered to separate sections?
Even though Deaf21 began with an intent to write about oralism, that was indeed an overview of how I…
Why are the Deaf tethered to a certain slant?
Someone once tried telling me the Deaf people were fascists. It was an eye opener and it came from a…
Vawlty Towers
On the corner of 35th Street NW and Volta Place NW in Washington D.C. can be found Vawlty Towers. Ba…
A little known 1950s oralist experiment and its fall-out
This is about the post-war oralist programme aimed at rearing fully conversant hearing speakers out …
From Jane Eyre to false truths – an experience of reality
I often wondered about Jane Eyre – the heroine in the TV/films of Charlotte Bronte’s famous no…