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Indiana Institution for the Education of the Deaf, c. 1903. When the first school for the Deaf was established in Indiana, it was named Willard School, after its founder, William Willard.
Willard was born on November 1, 1809, in Brattleboro, Vermont.He grew up in Rockingham, Vermont, and attended American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut.During his schooling, he was a student of the famous Laurent Clerc, who was and is considered the "Father of Deaf Education" in America.
The history of deaf education in the United States began in the early 1800s when the Cobbs School of Virginia, [1] an oral school, was established by William Bolling and John Braidwood, and the Connecticut Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, a manual school, was established by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc. [1]
"Main Building for the North Carolina School for the Deaf," from the Third Biennial Report of the Board of Directores of the North Carolina School for the Deaf, 1896 (page 2) "Class in Swimming," undated photograph from North Carolina School for the Deaf at Morganton, 1894-1944 (page 68)
Indiana Institute for the Blind, circa 1904 Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired as it appeared in August 2020, with construction work ongoing A view of the sign in front of the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Historical marker discussing Indiana School for the Blind
Prior to 1970, Kendall School for the Deaf served students from preschool to twelfth grade. The Model Secondary School for the Deaf Act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on October 15, 1966 (P.L. 89-694).
The founders of Iowa School for the Deaf were Edmund Booth and William E. Ijams (1830–1893). In 1854 Ijams opened a private school for the deaf in Iowa City.Following political activity by both men, a public institution was established on January 24, 1855, with the passage of Senate File No. 51.
Lexington School for the Deaf. The Lexington School for the Deaf was founded in 1864. It is the oldest school for the deaf in New York. [2] According to The Encyclopedia of Special Education, the school was "a pioneer in oral education", as other schools for the deaf in the United States relied solely on sign language at the time.