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to educate him at home. She had interpreted radio shows and his favourite football matches, which led to
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Dimmock had an active role in Deaf politics since young age. He was one of the founding members of the
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included an essay on whether Deaf people were able to acquire intelligence through sign language. Dimmock's interest in deaf history had led him to establish a global network of historians, journalists and researchers, who shared local book and news cuttings of deaf people and deaf matters.
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He later wrote, and co-authored, a number of publications that helped to establish a body of notable works on
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as a recognition of his journalism and works on Deaf matters. He was elected to the executive council of the
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became the chairman of the NUD during the 1980s. He was also an active promoter in Deaf sports, which involved him with CISS (Comité International des Sports des Sourds; the
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In 1938, he bought a one-way ticket to London and scraped a living from doing a variety of menial jobs, which includes selling coal, before he found skilled work as a cabinetmaker. He was then sent to a dock in
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historical, social and cultural background and achievements of Deaf people in literature, media and history; such as the works of Greek philosopher Plato whose work
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