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Chapter 3
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EUGENICS V.
AUDISM
-Eugenics is a Greek word that means “well born.” The heart of eugenics research is centered on hereditary improvement of the human species through controlled selective breeding.
-A common recessive gene is Connexin 26 (Cx26) found in America and Europe, especially in England and Spain
-specific laws in many states have been developed to protect people’s right to choose and to prevent genetic discrimination.
-In modern times, there have been positive media reports about genetic engineering, which holds potential in steering family planning for future gen- erations. Unfortunately, one of its goals is to eliminate what the engineers called a “negative” genetic effect—deafness.
-Many are surprised to learn that Alexander Graham Bell was renowned in the eugenics field during the early 1900s. His main interest, as described previously, was to prohibit marriages between deaf people, in order to prevent deaf offspring.
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Segregation
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-Although Percival Hall, president of Gallaudet College from 1910 through 1945, stated that “...there is no legal restriction, as far as I can see, against a colored person entering Gallaudet College,”17 black students were not admitted until the 1950s.
-In the late 1890s, several African-Amer- ican students shared classrooms with other students, but they had separate sleeping facilities.
-The school was reorganized into “separate, but equal” programs
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Deaf Rights
-For almost 400 years, the attitude of “benevo- lent” hearing people insulated not only deaf people, but also Native Americans, African-Americans, Asians, and others from their self-respect and rights.
-Motor vehicle laws were created in some states to ban granting licenses to deaf drivers for the “safety of motorists.”
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-An attitude that continues to affect Deaf people is paternalism, which in those days was often experienced within their own families and in edu- cational settings -March 1988 found coalitions in the Deaf community fighting for the right for a deaf person to be the president of Gallaudet University.