Events
National Deaf Childrens Society is foundedDeaf charity, Sound Seekers was foundedThe first British Academy for the Deaf is founded by Thomas BraidwoodThe British Deaf Association is foundedThe American Athletic Association of the Deaf is foundedThe Junior National Association for Deaf Youths is establishedRainbow Alliance of the Deaf is foundedSign language is recognized as a bona-fide language by the British GovernmentThe first Deaf Womens conference is held in Washington DC at Gallaudet CollegeEdwin Nies becomes the first person to earn a Doctor of Dental SciencesThe first electric hearing aid is developedAbbe de l'eppe opens the first American school for the DeafThomas Hopkins Gallaudet meets Alice Cogswell and go to Europe to learn more about educating the deaf.Gallaudet convinces Laurent Clerc to come back with him to the US, and Clerc soon became the first teacher for the deaf in the USAlexander Bell sends an address to the National Academy of Sciences that encouraged orally fixated learning for the deafAbbe de l'eppe founded the first free educational institute for the deaf in FranceThe first cochlear implant is invented by Graeme ClarkThe Cochlear Baha 3 BI300 implant is invented, the most up to date and advanced model accessible to the deaf yetThe first day of the Deaf President Now movementThe last day of the Deaf President Now movementNational Association of the Deaf is foundedThe Telecom Act of 1996 that madated closed captioning was put into play, which allowed the deaf to watch television with easeThe Telephone Typewriter is invented by Robert Weitbrecht allowing easier long distance communication amongst the deafMilan Conference of 1880 occured, which considered banning sign languageSIlent News, the first newspaper directed towards the deaf is founded by Julius Wiggins.Marthas Vineyard, an island with a very high population of deaf folk where virtually everyone knew sign language, was establishedI King Jordan becomes the new president for Gallaudet UniversityI King Jordan steps down as the president of Gallaudet UniversityAukophone is developed by Miller Reese Hutchinson, the very first hearing aidGirl Scouts of the USA was founded by Juliette Gordon Low, a deaf woman
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