Had Desloges not committed his thoughts to paper, we would likely have no evidence of a Deaf community prior to the founding of the Abbe de l’Epee’s school for the Deaf students in Paris. We are left to speculate about how many other signing communities have existed throughout history.

H-Dirksen L. Bauman, review of “A Mighty Change: An Anthology of Deaf American Writing 1816-1864” (via thelegalizeddeafies)

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