Traditional roots of deaf culture
In his book Lad (2003) claimed
In other words Ladd is suggesting that there are two key elements that make up ‘traditional’ deaf culture, deaf clubs and Residential schools.
Artifact 1: An image of the Watford deaf clubs journey to Southend. 1960-1962 An example of one of the traditional deaf culture roots, Ladd was talking about -deaf clubs
Artifact 2: A photo from a deaf residential school in Belfast 1955 An example of Ladd’s second ‘traditional’ root of deaf culture – residential schools