User:Egberts/Deaf history of the United States

This page describes the history of relations or impacts to United States people recognized as having different hearing capabilities.

Golden Age

In 1850, The Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf (CAID) was founded for "all teachers, administrators, educational interpreters, residential personnel, and other concerned professionals involved in education of the deaf." .

In 1880, National Association for the Deaf was founded and they fought long and hard for the rights to use sign language in deaf community and education. www.nad.org

Oralism Era

By 1910, most schools for the Deaf in America turned to Oralism.

NAD establishes Moving Picture Committee to preserve sign language.

George Veditz, ASL activist.

1900’s - 1960’s Oralism method proved failure in deaf education. Average deaf high school graduates ranks third grade in English. Many Deaf culture historians called this period a dark age of deaf education.

Deaf Restoration Era

Sign language was preserved in Deaf Clubs, churches, and among Deaf families during this period. Rental captioned movie from NAD at clubs.

1960’s William Stokoe, a non-conventional linguist, who taught English at Gallaudet, recognized linguistic characters in ASL and started to have a deep interest to do research on sign. He eventually proved that ASL is a language. He published his finding.

1970’s, Sign Language Studies, Classes, Training, and Book materials began to emerge. Deaf culture recognized and defined with ASL.

1975, Sign Instructors Guidance Network. Today it is called ASL Teacher Association.

1970’s, Sign language slowly returns to deaf education but in Englishized forms.

1975, Education for All Handicapped Children Act (PL-94-142) gave disabled children rights to be in public schools. Increase mainstreaming.

1988, Deaf President Now.

1989, Deaf Way International I

1990, ASL accepted as a foreign language credit and course offered in many college and high school at explosive growth.

1990’s, Many states legalize ASL as a foreign language course for HS and college.

1993, Americans with Disability Act 1990 passed into Law.

2000’s, Oralism’s resurgence with different name, “Audial / Verbal Therapy”. More powerful with modern hearing technology like Cochlear Implants.

2002, Deaf Way International II

2006, Unity For Gallaudet, second protest at Gallaudet.

References

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