Abstract
Jargons for deafness are seen here as social institutional constructions of the deaf body. Social institutions develop agendas commensurate with their view of the place of deaf people in society, create jargons to define its deaf clientele base and proffer programmes to construct them. This study examines current jargons developed by constellations of ‘healing’, ‘helping’ and ‘agencist’ social institutions developed in the USA since 1990 in light of their purposes and practices.
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