Until the late nineteenth century, this area featured a small town with a high percentage of residents who were deaf.
- Cape Cod
- Martha’s Vineyard
- Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
- New Jersey Coast
Until the late nineteenth century, this area featured a small town with a high percentage of residents who were deaf.
Martha’s Vineyard’s town of Chilmark due to some early inhabitants being deaf and subsequent intermarriage within the community. Because at one time, one in 25 residents was deaf, it was simply accepted and the community developed its own sign language.