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  • A little known 1950s oralist experiment and its fall-out
    Historical | Oral Doctrine | Oralism/Life Articles

    A little known 1950s oralist experiment and its fall-out

    June 22, 2025April 17, 2026

    This is about the post-war oralist programme aimed at rearing fully conversant hearing speakers out of Deaf children. How did this special experimental oralist programme of the 1950s and 1960s originate – which few know…

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  • If Sign Language was….
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    If Sign Language was….

    September 16, 2019April 28, 2026

    A brilliant artwork that takes up the entire west side of Cubitt Square at King’s Cross. Its a collaboration between artist Christine Sum Kim, Frank Barnes School and Argent the site’s developer. It must be…

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  • From Jane Eyre to false truths – an experience of reality
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    From Jane Eyre to false truths – an experience of reality

    January 1, 2014December 1, 2025

    I often wondered about Jane Eyre – the heroine in the TV/films of Charlotte Bronte’s famous novel. Why did Charlotte Bronte write this story? Was it a reflection of something that had happened to her?…

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  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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 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...
  • 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....

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