A comprehensive history of deafness, signed languages, and the
unresolved struggles of the Deaf to be taught in their unspoken
tongue Partially deaf due to a childhood illness, Gerald Shea is no
stranger to the search for communicative grace and clarity. In this
eloquent and thoroughly researched book, he uncovers the
centuries-long struggle of the Deaf to be taught in sign
language-the only language that renders them complete, fully
communicative human beings. Shea explores the history of the deeply
biased attitudes toward the Deaf in Europe and America, which
illogically forced them to be taught in a language they could
neither hear nor speak. As even A.G. Bell, a fervent oralist,
admitted, sign language is "the quickest method of reaching the
mind of a deaf child." Shea's research exposes a persistent but
misguided determination among hearing educators to teach the Deaf
orally, making the very faculty they lacked the principal
instrument of their instruction. To forbid their education in sign
language-the "language of light"-is to deny the Deaf their human
rights, he concludes.
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