The mask of benevolence: disabling the deaf community
Déficiences, Sociologie
Braille avec transcription humaine
Résumé
The author of When the Mind Hears: A History of the Deaf (RC 21750) continues his indictment of "audists"--people who treat deafness as a disability. Lane, a psychologist specializing in linguistics, opposes limitations on the education of deaf children. He… advocates that the hearing establishment learn and support deaf language, and recognize the deaf as a minority whose culture enriches the lives of the hearing