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On this day…
It was on this date (April 15) in 1817 that the first public school especially for the deaf in opened its doors. The American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut is 195 years old.
$19.5 Million Project
The American School for the Deaf plans to build a 60,000-square-foot building on its campus in West Hartford, Connecticut. Groundbreaking for the $19.5 million facility is set for May. The school's celebrates its 200th anniversary in 2017.
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Gifts for Matt
A Connecticut middle school student has raised $26,000 for cochlear implant research. Matthew Reiser wears an implant himself. Matthew was born with profound sensorineural hearing loss in both ears and is now in 7th grade at Bedford Middle School in Westport. For his bar mizvah celebration, he asked family and friends to donate to the NYU Cochlear Implant Center instead of giving him gifts. You can contribute here. Here's a video about Matthew's effort.
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Workshop busts myths about deaf culture
The student newspaper at the University of Connecticut looks at a workshop on deaf culture here.
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