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The hands, hearts, and minds of America's Deaf,
By Rebecca Lynn (Pacifica, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hand, Heart, and Mind: The Story of the Education of America's Deaf People (Hardcover)
An intriguing history of the education of the deaf starting with ancient times to the middle ages. In the early 1800s, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet went to Europe and one year later returned with Laurent Clerc, a deaf priest and teacher of the deaf. Together they began the American School for the Deaf. Alexander Graham Bell who was a strong advocate of oralism while Gallaudet endorsed using American Sign Language. These two famous people started a raging war that continues today. There is extensive coverage about the "Deaf President Now" revolt that occurred in 1988 when a hearing president was selected for Gallaudet University (the only university for the deaf). The students successfully demanded that their school have a deaf president. An excellent book about the history of how the deaf have been repressed and slowly becoming liberated. As the mother of a deaf daughter, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.
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A facinating account of the "under dogs" story!,
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This review is from: Hand, Heart, and Mind: The Story of the Education of America's Deaf People (Hardcover)
Hand, Heart, and Mind is an awesome book! It really touched me because I know 3 deaf people. I never knew the hardships that those people went through. I thuroughly enjoyed this book!
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Hand, Heart, and Mind: The Story of the Education of America's Deaf People by Lou Ann Walker (Hardcover - March 1, 1994)
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