Oliver Sacks on Seeing Voices | Dick Cavett Show, 1989

September is Deaf Awareness Month, celebrating the language, culture, and diversity of the Deaf community in the United States. Here's a clip from when Oliver was on the Dick Cavett Show in 1989 to talk about Seeing Voices, his book about ASL and the Deaf community. Dr. Sacks marched with the 1988 "Deaf President Now" protestors at Gallaudet University, The Washington D.C. school for the Deaf and hard of hearing. The protest kicked off when the Board of Trustees appointed a hearing person as the school's seventh president, and only ended with the appointment of I. King Jordan, the university's first deaf president.
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Learning Auslan (Australian sign language) was a cool experience. “You must come back, Oliver Sacks”

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I hope there will be more of these videos in the future!

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Will Forte needs to play this guy ASAP.

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