I read it in a book series about learning the German sign language. This one if it’s any help.But I can’t find any sources online accept Fuck that I found it:
The church barred deaf people from Holy Communion because they could not confess aloud. Deaf people were also prohibited from inheriting their family’s wealth […]
Oralism provided members of the privileged classes with deaf children a way to channel their children’s education and an opportunity to keep them away from the deaf community. Speaking has been associated with the higher classes and higher intellect, and the perception of signing has been the opposite.
US Bonus:
Bell also believed that sign language was an instrument of imprisonment and that its use prevented the “gesturer” from being a “true American”.
I haven’t heard of this but also wouldn’t be surprised if a church did this. Is there any source on this one?
I read it in a book series about learning the German sign language. This one if it’s any help.
But I can’t find any sources online acceptFuck that I found it:US Bonus:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oralism
The entire article is infuriating.
And if anyone wants to know why the deaf are kinda dicks about it, this and it’s legacy is why
Human beings are pathetic.