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Deaf Education and Deaf Culture
Fred Schrieber
1922-1979
Executive Director of National Association of the Deaf
Manual/oral Controversy
1800s
Deaf schools used ASL
Deaf schools used Written English
1880
International Congress of Milan
Banned use of sign language in Deaf schools
Preferred to focus on oral skills
Preferred to focus on spoken skills.
Deaf teachers fired
Hearing teachers took over
Deaf students
Told to stop signing
Physically abused if used signs
Hands slapped with a ruler
Stand facing in corner
ASL
Used as the language of instruction
English
Taught as a second language
Taught in written form
Bilingual Approach
Deaf students
30,000 attend colleges in the U.S.
25% graduate
Unique concept for Deaf classrooms
Deaf space
Academic achievement
Signing deaf children
Bilingual
Limited access to language