Deaf History Features
Articles Index
Deaf History - History of Sign Language
History of sign language.
People - Erastus (Deaf) Smith
Erastus Smith was a deaf man who played a major role in early Texas history.
Deaf History - Silent Network - A Deaf Cable Channel
Silent Network was the first cable network for the deaf.
Deaf Fun - Deaf Heritage Word Search
A deaf heritage word search.
Deaf History - Milan 1880
Milan 1880 was a historic event in deaf education that nearly led to the death of sign language.
Deaf History - Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard island was a place where it was normal to be deaf.
Deaf History - Deaf, Not Retarded
For a long time, deaf people were frequently misdiagnosed as retarded and institutionalized, with disastrous consequences.
Deaf History - Deaf President Now
A brief look at the Deaf President Now movement of 1988 which changed the deaf community forever.
Deaf History - Silent News
The Silent News was THE national deaf newspaper from 1969 to 2002.
People - Laurent Clerc
Laurent Clerc is one of the most-honored deaf men in history.
People - Samuel Heinicke - Father of Oral Education
Samuel Heinicke developed oral deaf education and opened the first oral school for the deaf, in Germany.
People - Thomas Alva Edison - Hearing Impaired Inventor
Thomas Alva Edison not only was a great inventor, he was hearing impaired too.
People - Thomas H. Gallaudet
Thomas H. Gallaudet is the father of deaf education in the United States.
Deaf History - Deaf People - Holocaust
The experiences of deaf people in the Holocaust of World War II.
Deaf History - History of Gallaudet University
A brief look at the ongoing history of Gallaudet University.
Deaf History - Segregation - Deaf Schools
Segregation was a fact of deaf school life from the nineteenth century well into the twentieth century.
People - Alexander Graham Bell and Deafness
Alexander Graham Bell and his connection to the deaf community.
Deaf History - History of Closed Captioning
The history of closed captioning on television and home video.