Defective.” Handicapped.” Ugly.” Dependent.” These words are Douglas Baynton’s chapter titles, labels that were used to describe disabled immigrants during the period of American history when a series
Forbidden Signs explores American culture from the mid-nineteenth century to 1920 through the lens of one striking episode: the campaign led by Alexander Graham Bell and other prominent Americans to
Through Deaf Eyes depicts the story of Deaf America in more than 200 photographs, a tableau that also affords readers the opportunity to learn about the nation's broader history. Examining historical
