The true origin of the oppression of the Deaf?
Evidently many in the hearing world think the Deaf have no integrity nor proper sense of being. Why?…
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 D…
London BSL classes & practice
Around 18 million UK adults are deaf or hearing loss (RNID). A June 2024 analysis says abo…
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 p…
Ridicule (1996)
Ridicule is a 1996 French film that features the Abbé de l’Épée. The film tells the story…
Reality – and the Deaf
Are humanity’s knowledge and traditions real even? What is true and what’s not? A recent…
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 historic…
Google Doodles of the Deaf
Doodles featuring the Deaf can easily be counted on a pair of hands! At least one can ascertain ther…
Pictures in the Mind
Joyeux Noël! Pictures in the Mind is a documentary made in 1987 based on Harlan Lane’s ground-…
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…
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 Dea…
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 …
If Sign Language was….
A brilliant artwork that takes up the entire west side of Cubitt Square at King’s Cross. Its a…
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…