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The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, also known as AG Bell, is an organization that aims to promote listening and spoken language among people who are deaf and hard of hearing. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with chapters located throughout the United States and a network of international affiliates.
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is an organization for the promotion of the rights of deaf people in the United States.NAD was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1880 as a non-profit organization run by Deaf people to advocate for deaf rights, its first president being Robert P. McGregor of Ohio.
The Washington Territory Legislature of 1885-86 passed a bill to build the Washington School for Defective Youth. On February 3, 1886, Governor Watson C. Squire, the eleventh territorial governor, signed the bill into law. [2] The school was split to form the State School for the Blind and the State School for the Deaf in 1913.
Lawrence R. Newman (March 23, 1925 [1] – July 4, 2011) was a prominent deaf activist, educator and author who served two terms as President of the National Association of the Deaf from 1986 to 1990. He was named "California Teacher of the Year" in 1968. [2]
Schools of deaf education in the United States (3 P) Pages in category "Deafness organizations in the United States" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
Hanson and her husband were both influential leaders in the Seattle-area deaf community. [2] She was active in several organizations, including the Puget Sound Association of the Deaf, the Washington State Association of the Deaf, and the deaf mission of the Episcopal Church. [4] Hanson died in Portland, Oregon on October 17, 1959. [9]
Jamaica Association for the Deaf (est. 1938) ... Washington School for the Deaf: 1886: Vancouver: Washington: K-12: Terriers: WSBC West Virginia Schools for the Deaf ...
Edward Miner Gallaudet (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ə ˈ d ɛ t / GAL-ə-DET; February 5, 1837 – September 26, 1917), was the first president of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. (then known as the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind from 1864 until 1894 and then Gallaudet College from 1894 to 1986) from 1864 to 1910.