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  • Pictures in the Mind
    BSL | Historical | Oralist oppression | TV-Film

    Pictures in the Mind

    December 25, 2025December 25, 2025

    Joyeux Noël! Pictures in the Mind is a documentary made in 1987 based on Harlan Lane’s ground-breaking book When the Mind Hears – a volume of almost 700 pages (US editions) covering the comprehensive history…

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  • I am/am not angry. An ‘1880 That’ irony
    BSL | Irony | Miscellaneous | Oralism/Life Articles | Other

    I am/am not angry. An ‘1880 That’ irony

    September 22, 2025December 1, 2025

    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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  • The Deaf are foreigners in their own country
    Fact Based Articles | Historical | Oral Doctrine | Paternalism

    The Deaf are foreigners in their own country

    August 1, 2025October 16, 2025

    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 USA. Its is of interest in view of its…

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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, 2025December 30, 2025

    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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  • 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...
  • Pictures in the Mind
    Joyeux Noël! Pictures in the Mind is a documentary made in 1987 based on Harlan Lane’s ground-breaking book When the Mind Hears – a volume...
  • 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...
  • 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 novel. Why did Charlotte Bronte write this story? Was...
  • 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 of Deaf children. How did this special experimental oralist programme...

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