Interview with Thomas Samuels
Transcript: At school, when we interacted, initially, signing was not allowed, that we’d be punished if we used signing.
American Sign Language
Deaf Students Protest New School Head
Gallaudet University in Washington, DC was one of the earliest US schools for the Deaf and the world’s only university for the Deaf and hard of hearing.
Public School 47
New York City’s Public School 47 opened in 1908.
Exercises of the Pupils of the NY Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb
Sign language is believed to have been in use by different peoples, including Native Americans, for many centuries.