Deaf around the world: the impact of language

Abstract

This introduction is an overview of the book's goals, with a brief summary of each chapter.The book followed an eponymous conference at Swarthmore College in 2008 at which activists and scholars in deaf matters exchanged ideas.The major thesis is that the interaction of activists and scholars is synergistic: activists find support in the work of scholars and scholars both have a responsibility toward the community they study and do better work when they understand activists' concerns.The first part of the book is on the creation, context, and form of sign languages; the second, on social issues of Deaf communities.The global picture that emerges shows great similarity and continuity in the Deaf World.

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