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.