Alexander Popham and Daniel Whalley were important in the 17th century as deaf people who were taught to speak. So they were shown off in public by their tutors. Richard Crosse (1742-1810) was a ...

Here are seven remarkable personalities from history who overcame their disabilities to make lasting contributions to literature, science, art, and spirituality, inspiring generations worldwide.

You will need about 6 hours for this part. In the third section we examine what we can find out about famous deaf people. It used to be that there were none of these available but now there is much ...

Staff at an organisation helping deaf people to live independently have been given top marks for caring A care service enabling deaf people to live independently has been awarded an overall ...

Lastly, it will examine US exclusionary immigration practices when admitting disabled Jewish people to the US during this time period. Excerpts taken by permission of Clifton F. Carbin, author of Deaf ...