A Little Deaf History - a continuing series

There are women in History who are the trail blazers: they stand up for something they want, fight for recognition or do what is right. They inspire me. Nellie Zabel Willhite was all of these things - and a pilot besides.

A Little Deaf History - a continuing series

Ah, thanks for the week off. I needed it.

Have you ever read through the classified section of the newspaper? Perhaps you wanted to buy a vw bus, or to sell a house, or even to find a job? You have William Beadell to thank. No wonder printing is such a respected field among the deaf!

A Little Deaf History: a continuing series

Did you know the Catholic Church - as well as its Protestant counterparts - has actually done much to forward deaf education over the centuries? Check out what they say about themselves...not always politically correct but...informative.

A Little Deaf History: a continuing series

Sheesh - so much for the Greeks being "an Age of Enlightenment."

The Justinian Code XXIII - 4 states:

"Persons who are of unsound mind, or who are deaf, mute, or subject to any perpetual malady, since they are unable to manage their own affairs, must be placed under curators."

Boy did he have a different experience of Deaf than I have...

A Little Deaf History: a continuing series

I reference to yesterday's question, I did find a source of an article written by Aristotle and translated by J.I. Beare. While the quote most commonly found in Deaf timelines was not in this piece, there was a statement that "Accordingly, of persons destitute from birth of either sense, the blind are more intelligent than the deaf and dumb."

While not very complimentary - it is not quite saying deafness = incompetence.

Hmmmm.

I will keep looking. Let me know if you find something.

A Little Deaf History: a continuing Series

Aristotle is quoted on many timelines as having said "Those who are born deaf all become senseless and incapable of reason.”

The funny thing is I cannot find any attribution to him other than ASL history timelines.

Might we be doing the philosopher a disservice?

Can you find me a citation showing the original quote in a document by Aristotle?

A Little Deaf History: a continuing series

When football player Kenny Walker made his professional debut in the early 1990s, he became the first deaf player in the National Football League (NFL) in nearly twenty years.

Who came before him? Bonnie Sloan,St Louis Cardinals, 1973.