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The early position of deaf peopleDeaf people were part of society long before we knew about them. In prehistoric times there must have been deaf people. Flint(1979) claims that “... for thousands upon thousands of years the congenitally deaf were probably somewhat easily assimilated into society.” p19 and “...the special needs of the deaf child did not begin to surface as a human concern until very late in man’s bio-social evolution.” p 20 “Undoubtedly, the development of speech and writing ultimately set the stage that set the deaf apart for their fellow man.” What he is saying is that in terms of basic humanity deaf people were no different from hearing people. Only with the development of speech and writing were the problems beginning to appear. |
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