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Period: 1500 to
Early Deaf Education
Structured Education (Drills and Repetition) -
Juan Pablo Bonet (Spain) published first book on fingerspelling and deaf education
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Period: to
Deaf Education Continues
Structured Approach (Instructional strategies kept secret) -
Pereira - First teacher of the deaf in France
(1715-1780). One of the first to use a natural approach -
Natural Approach to Deaf Education becomes more popular in 1800s
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Theory of Ciphers (Sicard)
Theory of Ciphers -
Gallaudet and Clerc brought system of French deaf education to USA (Connecticut)
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The Hartford System (Barnard at ASD)
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Lexington School becomes the first pure oral school in USA
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The Storrs Symbols
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Greenberger (Lexington School for Deaf) and Westervelt (Rochester School for Deaf) spoke out against structured approach
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The Wing Symbols
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Milan Conference Promotes Oral Education
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Barry Five Slates
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Electrical Hearing Aid Invented
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Stokoe publishes his findings about sign language as a legitimate language.
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Country's first nationally broadcast captioned program (The French Chef)
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The Rehabilitation Act
Deaf individuals get federal funding for phones and interpreters -
PL 94-142- guarantees deaf children to receive a free, appropriate public education.
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Deaf President Now Movement
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American with Disabilities Act
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No Child Left Behind Act- Deaf students not excluded from any type of assessment available to hearing children
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IDEA - Services for DHH children