Alexander Graham Bell's ableism

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Alexander Graham Bell is nutorious in the deaf community for his ablism
linked here (Bell, Alexander Graham: an audist against Deaf people)
- he was known for pushing oralism rather than sign language believing that oral language was "surperior"
- he was a eugenisist who believed in preventing a "deaf race" by destroying deaf culture and forcably integrating them into society
  - this and his impact on further deaf education has lead to traumatizing many def children and adults
    - "To this day, the AGB organization continues the same line of philosophy in favor of oralism (spoken language) and the elimination of signed language."