deaf/Deaf-distinction: origin?

[Mim Vermeerbergen]

Dear colleagues,

It is often reported that the convention to distinguish between deaf  
(with lower case d) and Deaf with upper case started with Woodward's  
paper "Implications for Sociolinguistic Research among the  
Deaf" (published in Sign Language Studies, Volume 1, in 1972).  
However, when consulting this paper, I found that there was no sign  
of the distinction.

I assume that the source of the distinction might be another  
publication by Woodward (possibly his 1973 dissertation or his 1982  
"How You Gonna Get to Heaven....." book) but I haven't been able to  
confirm this.

Therefor this message: does someone maybe know where and when the  
deaf/Deaf convention started?
Many thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

Myriam Vermeerbergen
mvermeer at mac.com
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