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Deaf history month text transcript

Speaker 1:

Hi my name is liz laborn and i’m the asl

and spoken language specialist at lowell general hospital

between march 13th and april 15th the

united states celebrates deaf history month

i am so proud that lowell general

hospital is joining in with many other

institutes across the united states

to celebrate deaf history month which

recognizes the many accomplishments

of many deaf and hard of hearing people

there are three events that are

highlighted for deaf history month

the first one took place on april 15th of 1817

the founding of the first school for the

deaf in the united states

the american school for the deaf in

hartford connecticut

the second event took place on april 8th

of 1864 the founding of gallaudet

university in washington dc

this was the first institute to that was

devoted to the higher education

of deaf and hard of hearing individuals

the third event took place on march 13th

of 1988 and it’s an event known as deaf president now

on that day gallaudet university students

together with many faculty staff members

alumni and local and national

um members of the deaf community held

protests on campus and marched from

gallaudet university to the capitol

building

and their protest led to the hiring of

the first deaf president of gallaudet university

dr i king jordan

thank you so much for watching my video

and i hope you’ll join us

in celebrating deaf history month thank you

 
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