People with Disabilities--Mute Persons

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A mute person is a person who has "an absence of speech while conserving or maintaining the ability to hear the speech of others" (Wikipedia). Muteness may or may not be a permanent condition, as it both develops and manifests in many different forms and for many different developmental, physiological, or psychological reasons. In the nineteenth century, muteness most often displayed itself among the deaf, and nineteenth-century Americans often equated the two conditions and treated and educated them in the same ways. As with most disabilities, deaf-mute and mute persons were sent to asylums or institutions specifically for their treatment and education. Though an isolating experience for many, this institutional response at both the private and state levels sparked improvement in the education of deaf-mute and mute persons. CWRGM adopts the people-first tag "People with disabilities--Mute persons" to emphasize the personhood of those with muteness over their condition (Britannica; Wikipedia).

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muteness

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