(November 13, 2021 – 3:49 AM)Aldous Crouch Wrote:  I feel like it’s come up before and we said it was very unlikely they would be successful long-term as British magic is so verbal and they didn’t have the inclusive education practices we have now to make up any gaps. I am presently considering a deaf character as well and have been thinking about what that would look like, but it definitely would depend on the characters background.

I think Cassius Lestrange might have a bit of insight as she had a character who used sign language (though wasn’t herself deaf)?

Hello it me! Emma Macmillan and Killian Macmillan were learning British Sign Language because their youngest son was Deaf. To my memory, BSL was relatively new in the late 1800s, & also is a bit of a mix between ASL and French Sign Language. (AKA, sign language symbols don't correlate directly to spoken languages.)

I would be really interested to see what Calla Potts can dig up because I was also going to say that there is an EXTREMELY rich cultural history for Deaf/HoH people, and I would love to see something similar in magical Deaf characters <3. Also, I echo Kayte's thoughts that Hogwarts in the 1800s is probably not best equipped to handle Deaf education — but maybe they're big into nonverbal magic?

Also, I imagine (but am down to be contradicted by other staff members <3) that Deaf people probably still face ableism in the magical world, but probably not at the same levels as Deaf historical people, because magic/because our Charming world is softer in general.