Histor y of Deaf Education
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01/01/1520
Pedro Ponce de
Leon
A Spanish monk developed one of the first manual alphabets while working with
deaf students. Read more here
01/01/1550
In his publication, A Legal Treatise on Deaf-mutes, Lasso asserted that deaf
Licenciado Lasso persons able to speak could not be classified as "dumb" and were, thus, elligible
for inheritance. Read more here
01/16/1550
An Italian Physician who was one of the first scholars to recognize that learning
does not require hearing. In the 1500s, he found that the deaf could be educated
Geronimo Cardano
by using the written word. He used his methods to teach his own deaf son. Read
more here
01/01/1615
Manuel Ramirez de Inventor of speech training for Deaf people. Taught Marquis de Priego at
Carrion
Montilla, Spain. Read more here
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01/01/1620
Was the first to publish a method for educating the Deaf. This method uses a
Juan Pablo Martin
one-handed manual alphabet system to teach reading and writing to deaf
Bonet
students. Read more here
01/01/1760
Established Braidwood's Academy for the Deaf and Dumb, which was the first
Thomas Braidwood school for the deaf in Britain. Developed the Braidwoodian method of deaf
education. Read more here
01/01/1762
Abbe' de l'Épée
Priest who created a School for the Deaf in Paris, France. Developed method for
sign language, which served as the foundation for American Sign Language and
other world sign languages. Read more here
01/16/1770
Johann Konrad
Ammann
Author of "The Speaking Deaf". His ideas were the basis of Samuel Heinicke's
development of the German Method. Read more here
01/01/1778
Samuel Heinicke
Opened the first deaf institution in Leipzig, Germany. Used an oral / aural
method of instruction. Read more here
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Priest and Principal of the School for the Deaf in Bordeaux, France. Replaced
Abbe' de l'Épée as Principal for the School of Deaf in Paris, France. Invited
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet to visit the Paris school. Read more here
01/01/1786
Abbe' Sicard
01/01/1815
Thomas Hopkins
Gallaudet
After working with a deaf neighbor, Gallaudet was inspired to study methods for
teaching deaf students in Europe. The Braidwoods were unwilling to share their
knowledge; however, Sicard, Clerc, and Massieu invited him to Paris, to learn
about manual communication. Read more here
Laurent Clerc
Attended the School for the Deaf in Paris, and was taught by Abbe' Sicard. Clerc
later became a teacher at this school and met Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. Cofounded with Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet the American Asylum for Deaf-Mutes in
Hartford, CT, which was the first school for the deaf in North America and was
eventually re-named the American School for the Deaf. Read more here
04/15/1817
03/31/1838
01/01/1857
Founding of the
Established by an act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1838, the VSDB
Virginia School for
opened in Staunton, VA, in 1839 and was the first school in the world to
the Deaf and the
integrate deaf and blind students. Read more here Read more here
Blind
Edward Miner
Gallaudet
The son of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, he helped start the Columbia Institution
for the Deaf and Blind in Washington, DC, which later became Gallaudet
University. Gallaudet University is the world's first institution of higher learning
for the Deaf. Read more here
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01/01/1871
01/01/1880
01/01/1965
01/28/1975
06/28/1982
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Provided training at the Boston School for Deaf Mutes, the American Asylum for
Deaf-mutes in Hartford, CT, and the Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton,
Alexander Graham
MA. Was a strong supporter of the Aural philosophy, and in 1872 opened a
Bell
school in Boston, which followed his father's view that the Deaf could be taught
to speak. He believed deafness should be eradicated. Read more here
Conference of
Milan
A declaration was made that oral education was better than manual (sign)
education. A resolution was passed banning sign language. Read more here
R. Orin Cornett
Vice President of Long-Range Planning at then-Gallaudet College (now
Gallaudet University, where he developed Cued Speech. View video here Read
more here
PL 94-142
First passed by Congress in 1975 as the Education of All Handicapped Children
Act (Public Law 94-142), the IDEA legislation required that all students with
disabilities up to age 21 must be provided with free appropriate public education
in the least restrictive environment and with accommodations. Read more here
Access to an interpreter was denied by the school system because of the
student, Amy Rowley, was able to read lips. The first case under IDEA, the U.S.
Board of Education
Supreme Court stated that the school was not required to provide an interpreter
v. Rowley
because she "was achieving educationally, academically, socially without such
assistance". Read more here
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01/01/1984
Cochlear Implant
Development
01/01/1988
First Digital
Hearing Aid
01/01/1988
Deaf President
Now 1
Gallaudet University was shut down by student protesters who refused anything
other than a Deaf leader for their institution. As a result I. King Jordan became
the first Deaf president of Gallaudet University. Read more here
01/01/1990
Americans with
Disabilities Act
Under certain circumstances, the ADA prohibits discrimination based
on disability. For Deaf people: ensures interpreting services, access to TDD, and
reasonable working accommodations for the deaf and hard of hearing. Read
more here
01/01/2002
No Child Left
Behind
With the NCLB, deaf and hard of hearing students and students with disabilities
may no longer be excluded from any type of assessment available to students
attending mainstream academic programs. Read more here
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FDA approves first cochlear implant for marketing Read more here
First wearable digital signal processing hearing aid produced Read more here
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01/01/2004
IDEA / IDEA-2004
Law which ensures services for students with disabilities. Topics addressed
include Evaluation, IEP Development and Team Meeting, Discipline, Highly
Qualified, and Instructional Support Services Read more here
01/01/2006
Deaf President
Now II
When I. King Jordan steps down, there is unrest at Gallaudet over Jordan’s
replacement. Even though she is deaf, students question Jane Fernandes’
ability to lead and her devotion to the Deaf community. Read more here
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