Category: Oral

Getting to Know.. Clarke School for the Deaf

Monday, May 7th, 2012
Founded in 1867 as the nation's first permanent oral school for the deaf in the US.
Opposes the use of sign language at the school
Main campus is in Northampton, Massachusetts with branches in Canton, Massachusetts, Philadelphia and New York City, New York
Enrollment is down at Northampton to about a dozen from more than 25 a decade ago
The average cost for attending the school is more than $55,000
Works with children before school age to prep them for mainstreaming and sends master's degrees teachers into mainstream classes as “itinerant teachers”
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Artist William Agnew

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Amateur artist William Agnew died on this day (Dec 21st) in 1914. The deaf painter created a series of pictures (none of which survived) which made him famous, showing Queen Victoria using finger spelling to communicate with a deaf woman on the Isle of Wight. Educated at the Glasgow Institution where he took a leadership role as an adult, Agnew opposed the oral system in favor of signing.
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