Glyndon
Glyndon is a place named after a Deaf person. Its a rarity that a town (or small city with a population of 1,306) gets to be named after a Deaf person. Very few places in…
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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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Oral supremacy in the USA – Part One
One particular story so far basically untold in its wholeness is that which reflects upon what had happened in the quest to eliminate communities that greatly used sign language, can be told here for the…
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Is oralism still a thing?
Of course oralism is still a thing. It hasn’t gone away. But is it still prevalent? Is it still having an effect? Hence ‘Is oralism still a thing’ was asked to several AI Chat engines….
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Deaf in Burundi – a case of paternalism (2)
This is the second part of the report on the Deaf in Burundi. The first part was published 14th July 2025 and can be seen here. In this second part, Lane examines the paternalism that…
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A Deaf teacher criticises Alexander Graham Bell
This interesting letter penned by Mr Gallaher, a prominent Deaf teacher, was written in June 1891 for the Journal of Education. In it he criticises Alexander Graham Bell quite considerably for attempting to block development…
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Dysconscious Audism
The term “audism” is reasonably well-known however the fact it is frequently mistaken for autism, online portals such as search engines will likely recommend autism as the search phrase instead of audism. This demonstrates that…
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The hearing world does not listen
Some may deem the above quote is another opinion by Deaf21 that the oral world’s anything but. However a number of opinions or assertions does in fact come from the inspiration of altruistic hearing people…
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Irony | Language | Miscellaneous | Other
A Hiroshima verbally untold
Hiroshima and Nagaski are the products of a hearing, audist society. People who can’t communicate and instead prefer to stand their stealth through the language of weaponry of untold strength. Speech is nothing but temporal…
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Other stuff
This is basically other stuff that’s not biographical or factual. It’s thoughts, opinions, commentary, the arts and maybe a load of waffle, whatever! The header image is AI generated with some mods by Deaf21 –…
