The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf CommunityThe author of the pioneering history of the deaf When the Mind Hears now continues his advocacy for the deaf community with a hard-hitting, provocative new book. The Mask of Benevolence is at once a deeply moving celebration of the unique manual language and culture of the modern deaf community, a scathing indictment of the heedlessness and hypocrisies of many of its hearing "benefactors", and an expose of the ways in which the "experts" in the scientific, medical, and educational establishments who purport to serve the deaf actually do them grievous harm. With great eloquence Lane argues that the relationship between the deaf community and those who claim to help them resembles that between colonized and colonizer, resulting in the suppression of the oppressed group's language and culture--in the dehumanization of the oppressed to the profit of the oppressor. He shows, for example, how the "medicalization" of cultural deafness does more for medical professionals and the manufacturers of prosthetic devices (hearing aids, "bionic ears", etc.) than for deaf children; how the "mainstreaming" of deaf children in hearing schools actually obstructs their education--aiding not the students but the interests of various medical and rehabilitation specialists by putting a premium on their services. Impeccably documented, The Mask of Benevolence offers an impassioned and highly compelling case in support of embracing deaf language and culture, bilingual education, and the blessings of cultural diversity. |
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Page 220
... scores using the implant were reliably higher than before the implant on only two of the seven tests . Worse yet , the children's average scores on those tests where they did improve reliably were only 11 and 13 percent correct , even ...
... scores using the implant were reliably higher than before the implant on only two of the seven tests . Worse yet , the children's average scores on those tests where they did improve reliably were only 11 and 13 percent correct , even ...
Page 274
... scores were avail- able . When students were , in effect , matched statistically on this and several other variables , there was no difference in reading scores ob- tained in the two settings . However , deaf students who were fully ...
... scores were avail- able . When students were , in effect , matched statistically on this and several other variables , there was no difference in reading scores ob- tained in the two settings . However , deaf students who were fully ...
Page 288
... scores after implantation and a year of training ; these scores averaged 11.8 percent . Plots of individual data reveal that about half of the implanted children scored zero on these tests while using the implant , whereas the other ...
... scores after implantation and a year of training ; these scores averaged 11.8 percent . Plots of individual data reveal that about half of the implanted children scored zero on these tests while using the implant , whereas the other ...
Contents
Hearing Representations of Deaf People | 6 |
The Infirmity and Cultural Models of Deaf People | 13 |
PART | 29 |
Copyright | |
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