Is oralism racist as well as wrong?
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…
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Why?
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…
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Children of a Lesser God’s patriarchy
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…
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Did the Deaf help Bell invent the telephone?
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…
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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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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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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…
