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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

Did teachers in deaf education master sign language in the past?

"It would be great, of course, if they could go to a regular school in the neighborhood. But they miss so much then."

What used to be sign language's role in deaf education?

"I want to be a veterinarian when I grow up."

"I now work at the deaf school I used to go to myself."

"It definitely isn't a breeze at the regular school, it requires a lot of attention."

"Ideally, there would be a combination of regular and special education."

"The deaf school turned out to be great for me, actually."

"It's a shame deaf and hearing impaired people haven't always gone to school together."

"At school they said: he's using sign language too often."

"My parents wanted me to join them for the PTA meeting, other parents didn't do that."

Do we currently have an optimal form of bilingual education in the Netherlands?

How did people originally communicate in deaf education?