The History of Education in Deaf Culture

Martha's Vineyard Sign Language (MVSL) was created

1714

(American Sign Language at Harvard)
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/asl/deaf-history-timeline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ioi7COpA7A

French Sign Language was founded

1760

(American Sign Language at Harvard)
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/asl/deaf-history-timeline

Hartford Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb established

1817

The first School for the Deaf using sign language was founded by Gallaudet and Clerc. LSF and MVSL were combined to make American Sign Language (American Sign Language at Harvard). https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/asl/deaf-history-timeline

Gallaudet University founded

1864

(American Sign Language at Harvard)
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/asl/deaf-history-timeline

Clarke School for the Deaf opened

1867

First major oral school in the U.S., Northampton, Massachusetts. Alexander Bell (American School for the Deaf).
https://www.asd-1817.org/about/history--cogswell-heritage-house

Milan conference - stresses Oralism, bans sign language

1880

The conference stressed that oral education is the best way to educate all students regardless of their hearing abilities (American Sign Language at Harvard; Jowers-Barber, Sandra, 2011).
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/asl/deaf-history-timeline
https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/07/31/do-states-need-schools-for-the-deaf/the-complicated-history-of-deaf-education

National Association of the Deaf founded

1890

(American School for the Deaf)
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/asl/deaf-history-timeline

Alexander Bell became president of American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf (AAPTSD)

1890

(Greenwald)
https://www.disabilitymuseum.org/dhm/edu/essay.html?id=59

World Federation of the Deaf begun

1951

(Murray)
https://www.britannica.com/science/history-of-the-deaf/The-19th-century

MVSL ended

1952

(American School for the Deaf)
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/asl/deaf-history-timeline

William Stokoe, a linguist, published Sign Language Structure

1960

Stokoe's research offered compelling evidence that sign language shares the essential characteristics of a spoken language, and he argued that it should be considered equivalent to, and afforded the same respect as, other languages (Collazo, 2019). https://blog.cyracom.com/icymi-deaf-education-a-history-of-american-sign-language-in-the-united-states

William Stokoe finishes ASL Dictionary

1965

(American School for the Deaf)
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/asl/deaf-history-timeline

PL 94-142 passed allowing disabled children free, appropriate public education

1975

This legislation started the mainstreaming of deaf children in public schools (American School for the Deaf). https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/asl/deaf-history-timeline

U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the 3M/House single-channel cochlear implant

1984

(Henkel, 2013)
https://www.enttoday.org/article/history-of-the-cochlear-implant/?singlepage=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLt76sstO6Q

21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act

2012

This act mandates that all televised material be captioned, including its online distribution (American School for the Deaf). https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/asl/deaf-history-timeline