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- Jan 5, 2022
- 1 min
Insights into the history of sign language
A study of sign language in Europe has found that Spanish sign language is possibly the oldest in existence. A map of sign language...
- Nov 26, 2021
- 1 min
The Ottoman Empire used a Secret Sign Language
In the 1600s, the court of the Ottoman Empire employed some 40 deaf servants. Sultan Selim III in front of the Gate of Felicity (1789)...
- Oct 29, 2021
- 1 min
The first deaf woman to lead a US college or university
Jane Fernandes became the first deaf woman to lead a U.S. college or university when she took the position at North Carolina's Guilford...
- Oct 7, 2021
- 1 min
The history behind RI School for the Deaf
The Rhode Island School for the Deaf was founded by Mary Ann Lippitt who was born on this date (Oct. 7) in the year 1823. Her daughter...
- Sep 11, 2021
- 1 min
San Diego teacher: Deaf at the airport on 9/11
Laura Kim was flying from from the DC area to San Diego to visit family on Sept. 11, 2001. image from KFMB-TV video Kim walked off her...
- Apr 25, 2021
- 1 min
How Deaf Children Spontaneously Developed A New Language
Nicaraguan Sign Language is the first language to be developed without the influence of another language. The History Channel has details...