Milan 1880: Consequences

"Nevertheless, the meeting at Milan was the single most critical event in driving the languages of the deaf beneath the surface; it is the single most important cause - more important than hearing loss - of the limited educational achievements of today's deaf men and women, eighty percent of whom, in America, are engaged in manual or unskilled labor."

Harlan Lane, When the Mind Hears. A History of the Deaf, 1984, page 387

 

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