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- From: jfh@netcom.com (Jack Hamilton)
- Subject: Re: Is sign language recognized anywhere?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.211228.15141@netcom.com>
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- References: <BxGGwM.LvK@ireq.hydro.qc.ca> <1992Nov9.174046.8065@psych.toronto.edu> <1992Nov15.183248.22433@Princeton.EDU>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 21:12:28 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov15.183248.22433@Princeton.EDU> mgflax@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Marshall G. Flax) writes:
- >
- >For documentation of the above editorial, I *highly* recommend:
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- > AUTHOR: Lane, Harlan L.
- > TITLE: The mask of benevolence : disabling the deaf community
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- Another good (introductory) book is "Seeing voices: a journey into the
- world of the deaf" by Oliver Sacks, In paperback, it's ISBN 0-06-097347-1,
- HarperPerennial. Dr. Sacks also wrote "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a
- Hat", "Awakenings" (later made into a movie), and "A Leg to Stand On" (my
- favorite).
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- Dr. Sacks mentions another book which sounds very interesting: "Everyone
- Here Spoke Sign Language: Hereditary Deafness on Martha's Vineyard". At
- one time about 25 percent of the residents were deaf, and everyone, deaf
- and hearing, learned sign. Even hearing people would sometimes talk among
- themselves in sign. Because the language majority made an effort to learn
- the less common language, and spoke it themselves, the cultural division
- between the two groups was minimized.
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