Forest Books: Jan Branson & Don Miller Damned For Their Difference

Until the recognition of Deaf culture and the legitimacy of signed languages, majority societies around the world have classified Deaf people as "disabled," a term that separates all persons so designated from the mainstream in a disparaging way. Damned for Their Difference offers a well-founded explanation of how this discrimination came to be through a discursive exploration of the cultural, social, and historical contexts of these attitudes and behaviour toward deaf people, especially in Great Britain. Paperback 272 pages 2002