history – Deaf 21

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....
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...