Milan Conference 1880 And Dark Ages Of ASL
Milan conference 1880 & dark ages of ASL
“In 1880 there was a international conference of Deaf educators, The second international congress on education of the Deaf. At this conference, held September 6 -11- 1880, a declaration was made that oral education was better than manual (sign) education.” (By James Berke). The overall goal of the Milan conference was to ban sign language as a form of teaching Deaf people.
Edward Minor Gallaudet was a major supporter of sign language being used as a form of education and fought to keep sign language alive during the dark ages because of this he is considered a hero. One of his biggest adviser was Alexander Graham Bell who supported the ban on sign language and was the father of oralism (Teaching individuals
“In 1880 there was a international conference of Deaf educators, The second international congress on education of the Deaf. At this conference, held September 6 -11- 1880, a declaration was made that oral education was better than manual (sign) education.” (By James Berke). The overall goal of the Milan conference was to ban sign language as a form of teaching Deaf people.
Edward Minor Gallaudet was a major supporter of sign language being used as a form of education and fought to keep sign language alive during the dark ages because of this he is considered a hero. One of his biggest adviser was Alexander Graham Bell who supported the ban on sign language and was the father of oralism (Teaching individuals