Were deaf people excluded in 16th and 17th century society? Examining literary and legal texts from Renaissance England, Rosamund Oates shows how prelingually deaf people were part of their communities and used their natural language–sign–to assert their legal and spiritual personhood. Continue Reading Sign Language, Deafness, and Exclusion in Renaissance England
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‘None Should Be Diminished By Another’: The Southern Baptist Convention & the American With Disabilities Act
The Southern Baptist Convention has supported disabled rights since the late 1970s. As Michael A. Davis shows, however, the SBC’s support for the ADA came with limits to the kinds of accommodations they were willing to make. Continue Reading ‘None Should Be Diminished By Another’: The Southern Baptist Convention & the American With Disabilities Act