The Deaf Experience: Classics in Language and EducationHarlan Lane "The history of the deaf is a long struggle to win acceptance for both the deaf themselves and their unique language. At issue is whether being deaf is a pathological condition or simply a difference, and whether the deaf should be educated in the language of signing or forced to use the language of the dominant community by reading lips and by attempting to speak. Now, for the first time, deaf people and those concerned with their welfare - families, counselors, speech therapists - can read the seminal works, translated from the French, that have shaped the lives of the Western deaf down to the present ..."--Jacket |
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SABOUREUX DE FONTENAY | 14 |
III | 28 |
CHARLESMICHEL DE LEPEE | 49 |
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