Psychology 2043A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Auditory Processing Disorder, American Sign Language, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2043A/B
• Professor: Smits-Bandstra

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Chapter 11: children who are deaf or hard of hearing. History of education for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. Commissions established by congress in 1986 and 1988 led to the establishment of the. National information center on deafness and the helen keller national center for. The individuals with disabilities education act (idea; public law 101-476), the. Americans with disabilities act (pl 101-336), the rehabilitation act (pl 102-569), and other laws and regulations have increased public awareness of the talents and educational needs of persons who are deaf and hard of hearing. Although many people with hearing impairments use a manual language called. American sign language (asl) that resembles spoken english, our speech-language oriented society has not yet accepted asl as a legitimate language. In the united states, the sign language approach was spearheaded by thomas hopkins. Gallaudet, who, with laurent clerc, founded the first school for the deaf in hartford,