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  2. Deaf history - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. History of deaf education - Wikipedia

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    During this time racism was more prevalent and there were perhaps shared views of the blacks by both hearing and deaf white males. Because of this National Black Deaf Advocates was formed. In addition discrimination was also made against deaf women. Colleges produced more male graduates than female, and deaf females were completely excluded or ...

  4. List of sign languages - Wikipedia

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    Lima, Peru. Inmaculada is a school for the deaf. (see ref under Sivia SL) Inuit Sign Language: village "Inuit Uqausiqatigiit Uukturausiq Uqajuittunut (General Inuit Sign Language for deaf)" [citation needed] also known as Tikuraq (ᑎᑯᕋᖅ) There may be more than one. The indigenous languages is an isolate. Jamaican Sign Language: ASL (JSL)

  5. Deaf studies - Wikipedia

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    Deaf studies are academic disciplines concerned with the study of the deaf social life of human groups and individuals. These constitute an interdisciplinary field that integrates contents, critiques, and methodologies from anthropology, cultural studies, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social studies, and ...

  6. Second International Congress on Education of the Deaf

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    The Second International Congress on Education of the Deaf was an international meeting of deaf educators from at least seven countries. There were large delegations from Italy (87) and France (56), eight delegates from the UK, five Americans, three Swedes and 1 representative each of Belgium and Germany.

  7. Deafness in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Since its origin, ISL had been developed by deaf communities, and brought to other countries like Australia, South Africa, Scotland, and England. [2] As of 2016, ISL is used by about 5,000 deaf people, and roughly 40,000 hearing people. [3] The first school for deaf children dates back to 1816 where children were originally taught not to speak.

  8. History of institutions for deaf education - Wikipedia

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    This school hailed as the first public school for deaf education in Britain. Braidwood Academy for the Deaf and Dumb, now known as Braidwood School, [12] and the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb renamed Royal School for Deaf Children [13] are still in operation to-date. Braidwood School still employs the method of a "combined system" of education ...

  9. Deaf culture - Wikipedia

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    American Deaf Community recounts the story of Laurent Clerc, a deaf educator, coming to the United States from France in 1817 to help found the first permanent school for deaf children in the country now named American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. [52] American School is the first official school for the deaf. [58]