Some Aspects of the Deaf Experience in India
The analysis of narratives collected from deaf people in India in 1987 & 1988 (N unspecified) indicates a pattern of acceptance, a normalizing process in some people. The act of accepting deafness as a natural thing is found to be liberating in more than one way. Naturalness views deafness as in...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Sign language studies 1991-01, Vol.73 (winter), p.453-459 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The analysis of narratives collected from deaf people in India in 1987 & 1988 (N unspecified) indicates a pattern of acceptance, a normalizing process in some people. The act of accepting deafness as a natural thing is found to be liberating in more than one way. Naturalness views deafness as incurable, thus saving people both money & time spent on finding a cure. Feelings of culpability are also erased. This realization - though not shared by all deaf Indian people - enabled some to overcome great social, professional, & educational barriers. M. Perdoux |
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| ISSN: | 0302-1475 |