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This 3 page paper is a reaction to the book “Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language” by Nora Ellen Groce, about the deaf on Martha’s Vineyard. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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their deaf residents, something that most people might not have done. This paper is a reaction to the book Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language, which describes this phenomenon. Discussion The
book Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language is very appealing, because the islanders on Marthas Vineyard accepted the deaf as whole people, and valuable parts of their community, rather than as
handicapped people who couldnt be understood. Marthas Vineyard is the largest of a chain of islands off the coast of Massachusetts and has become a very popular tourist destination. As
Groce puts it, a deaf person has more problems than simply being unable to hear; they are isolated from society by virtue of their deafness (Groce). The deaf persons interaction
with society is limited because hearing people find it almost impossible to communicate with him or her (Groce). In addition, it is frustrating for the hearing to have to try
and get a deaf persons attention, or yell at them in order to be heard. As a result, the deaf have a difficult time in the hearing world; their deafness
can impact all aspects of their lives including employment, education and community involvement. But on Marthas Vineyard, the hearing people learned sign language - virtually all of them knew it
- so that they could "talk" to their deaf friends (Groce). Not only that, but when Groce interviewed the islanders for the book, the people she talked to usually told
her that they remembered the person; when she asked if they were deaf or not, the response was often something like "oh, yes, he was, but Id forgotten that" (Groce).
Clearly, the deaf were not ostracized but accepted as ordinary residents of the island. The odd fact is that the hearing residents all learned sign language. Its odd, too that
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