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Can Dutch deaf people enroll in Gallaudet University?
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Gallaudet University
, the deaf university in Washington D.C. Multiple Dutch deaf people graduated from there.
Julie Hochgesang (Gallaudet University): sign language as a first language
Education
"My parents wanted me to join them for the PTA meeting, other parents didn't do that."
"At school they said: he's using sign language too often."
How did people originally communicate in deaf education?
What used to be sign language's role in deaf education?
"It's a shame deaf and hearing impaired people haven't always gone to school together."
"Ideally, there would be a combination of regular and special education."
Do we currently have an optimal form of bilingual education in the Netherlands?
"It would be great, of course, if they could go to a regular school in the neighborhood. But they miss so much then."
"It definitely isn't a breeze at the regular school, it requires a lot of attention."
Did teachers in deaf education master sign language in the past?
"I want to be a veterinarian when I grow up."
"I now work at the deaf school I used to go to myself."
"The deaf school turned out to be great for me, actually."
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