Chapter 1:
Earliest Known History of Deaf People
Aristotle
Thought the Deaf were incapable of intelligence
"Those who are born deaf all become senseless and incapable of reason"
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- Someone who is dumb either from birth or became dumb.
- The person who is simply deaf from an accident
- The Deaf person who is not dumb, but was born Deaf.
- The Deaf and Dumb NOT from brith
- The Deaf and Dumb from birth
Justinian Code
Believed hearing contributed the MOST to intelligence
Accused for thousand of years after death for oppressing deaf people
Deaf People in the Middle Ages
Deaf adults were objects of ridicule
Served as court gestures
Committed to asylums because of their lack of speech
Their behaviors were thought to be a result of demonic possession
16th Century Education for Deaf Children
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Teaching deaf children how to communicate orally or through writing
Rarely taught lip reading
Education of deaf children was arranged by family
Many teachers thought their styles of teaching were their own creation
Teachers of the deaf were priests or physicians
Very little was written about deaf education at the time (they didn't' see it as important)