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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
"It's a shame deaf and hearing impaired people haven't always gone to school together."
What used to be sign language's role in deaf education?
"I now work at the deaf school I used to go to myself."
How did people originally communicate in deaf education?
Did teachers in deaf education master sign language in the past?
Do we currently have an optimal form of bilingual education in the Netherlands?
"At school they said: he's using sign language too often."
"Ideally, there would be a combination of regular and special education."
"I want to be a veterinarian when I grow up."
"My parents wanted me to join them for the PTA meeting, other parents didn't do that."
"The deaf school turned out to be great for me, actually."
"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."
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