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The Education of the Deaf Child: For Integration or Autonomy?
- American Annals of the Deaf
- Gallaudet University Press
- Volume 129, Number 1, February 1984
- pp. 29-37
- 10.1353/aad.2012.0911
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It is argued that Oralism and Total Communication underestimate the profound nature of deafness and the potential value of fundamental research. The evolution of these philosophies is described, and changes in philosophy are discussed.