Jaipreet Virdi
Jan 22, 2023Deafness “Cures” in History
A Conversation with Jaipreet Virdi
New Books Network 2022
Jaipreet Virdi talks about her book Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History with Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel. The book details the long history of attempts to “fix” deaf people, including a great deal of quackery. Towards the end of the conversation, Virdi and Vinsel also talk about what a world beyond solutionist fantasies that disability can be “cured” would look like.