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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

"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."

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

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

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

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

How did people originally communicate in deaf education?

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

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

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

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

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