Blind and Deaf Together: Cross-Disability Community at Virginia's Residential School for Black Disabled Youth

Disability history has embraced the cultural model of Deafness which argues that residential schools fostered a common identity unified around the use of sign language. This article argues that this model was built on examinations of primarily (and exclusively) white institutions, resulting in schol...

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Main Author: G. Jasper Conner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2023-12-01
Series:Disability Studies Quarterly
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Online Access:https://dsq-sds.org/index.php/dsq/article/view/9647