History (Sign Languages)

History Sites:

Signing in the Seraglio: Mutes, Dwarfs and Jestures at the Ottoman Court 1500 - 1700 Signing in the Seraglio: Mutes, Dwarfs and Jestures at the Ottoman Court 1500 - 1700: M. Miles' thorough history of early modern Turkish views on disability and the popularity of sign language. Reprinted from "Disability and Society" (History) http://www.independentliving.org/docs5/mmiles2.html