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From: Jack.O'keeffe.Of.129/26@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jack O'keeffe Of 129/26)
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Subject: Re: Now Silenttalk Is Here!
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Date: 5 Jan 90 19:32:34 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 LW> Speaking of "ole Al Bell", I am not very fond of him.  Do you
 LW> know that he was the Deaf community's enemy?

I believe he was mostly Gallaudet's bitter rival, and that ol' hatchet
ain't buried yet!

 LW> he tried to have the law passed...to forbid the intermarriage
 LW> between the deaf people.

I think he believed there was a connection between hearing impairment
and "feeble mindedness".  Ron R. has an interesting post on 'Abled that
relates to this.    When Groce was researching her book on the deaf on
Martha's Vineyard she asked one older person if he knew any feebleminded
people who lived in the town.  Given 7 or 8 names, she checked and found
no evidence at all of retardation in these people.  Checking further she
discovered she had been given the names of all the registered democrats!

 LW> .  .  .  read a book called '/When the Mind Hears' by Harlan Lane.

I looked for it in the library here, and even checked the microfiche of
all the other librarys in the county, but no luck.  Just another book
by Lane about a Wild Boy in Burundi.  I'll look again the next time
I'm back in civilization.

Jack.

... Live, from Beaver County, it's . . . .

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