This video from Star Talk that’s out just today (or rather late yesterday in terms of the UK but today in terms of the USA) is very interesting because it concerns the amount of fakery…
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is observed annually on November 25th. This year it falls on Tuesday 25th November and the day marks the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence,…
Its wrong! But sadly there are millions, billions, even who think its right. In that case then, colonialism is also right and racism is also right and war is also right and fascism is also…
This is the huge problem with any speech based system humanity operates. Its why many thought the Deaf were idiot savants. Its why oralism flourishes. Its why many hearing desire even to this day the…
Recently I was watching some clips from Mark Medoff’s film adaptation of his famous book Children of a Lesser God (CLG). I’ve never read the book however William Hurt as James Leeds in the film…
Howard Glyndon is, for the better versed of those who have studied Deaf history, an American woman who has a town named after her. Laura Redden Searing, a noted journalist during the time of the…
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…
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….
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…
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…