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A particularly tense time in deaf history was during World War II, during which many deaf people were killed as a way of culling the population under Nazi orders. France was one of the places that these cruel practices made their way to and, while no specific numbers are historically available, the effect felt was not insignificant. [10]
The European Union of the Deaf (EUD) is a supraorganization comprising each respective National Association of the Deaf of the member states of the European Union.The EUD is a nonprofit organization founded in 1985 and is a Regional Co-operating Member of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), a full member of the European Disability Forum (EDF) and has a participatory status with the Council ...
The EuroDeaf, short for European Deaf Football Championships, is a quadrennial European competitions in the association football sport for deaf people. It is organised by the European Deaf Sport Organization (EDSO). It was first held for men's teams in 1987, and for women's in 2011.
EU SILC data for 2009, compiled by ANED, illustrated that the employment rate for disabled people (aged 20–64) in France was 49.8%, in comparison to 72.1% for non-disabled people (51.5% for disabled men and 48.4% for disabled women) [32]
The first school for the deaf was established in France during the 18th century, in 1771 by Charles-Michel de l'Épée. [1] L'Épée was the leader in establishing sign language for the deaf and is notable as the "father" of deaf education.
Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris (French: [ɛ̃stity nɑsjɔnal də ʒœn suʁ də paʁi], National Institute for Deaf Youth of Paris) is a school for the deaf founded by Charles-Michel de l'Épée, in stages, between 1750 and 1760 [1] in Paris, France.
Deaf people who know Sign Language are proud of their history. In the United States, they recount the story of Laurent Clerc, a Deaf educator, and Thomas H. Gallaudet, an American educator, coming to the United States from France in 1816 to help found the first permanent school for deaf children in the country. In the late 1850s there was a ...
Yvonne Pitrois (14 December 1880 – 23 April 1937) was a French writer. She wrote a variety of popular books, including multiple biographies of historical figures. Deaf from childhood, Pitrois advocated for the welfare of deaf and deafblind people in her work, including the founding of two magazines featuring advice and inspirational stories about deaf people.