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Deaf Education in America, Humble beginnings, Martha's Vineyard,…
Deaf Education in America
Late 18th and Early 19th Century
Cobb School
John Braidwood II
Braidwood Academy in England
Oralist approach
High Deaf Population
As many as 1 in4 individuals in some sections of the Island
MVSL
Complete Social Integration
Laurent Clerc
Pioneer of Deaf Education for 50+ years
Edward Miner Gallaudet
President of National Deaf-Mute College and established graduate training program for teachers
Used combined system of instruction, integration of Oral and Manual methods of Deaf instruction
Columbia Institution for the Deaf Dumb and Blind
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Learned at Royal National Institution for the Deaf-Mutes
Opened The American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb
Helped found Deaf Schools in various other states
Taught via FSL and early ASL
The Clarke School
The Horace Mann School
The Lexington School
Alexander Graham Bell
Founded the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, located at the Volta Bureau
Believed that using sign would result in the Deaf being unable to be fluent in English
Married to a Deaf woman
Son of a Deaf woman
Follower of Eugenics, believing that Deaf people were defective and should not be able to marry to prevent the birth of Deaf children
Humble beginnings
Martha's Vineyard
Signing Deaf Education
The Oralist Approach