Just Deaf

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

Corrie Tijsseling (GGMD): deaf education

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

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

How did people originally communicate in deaf education?

"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."

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."

Can Dutch deaf people enroll in Gallaudet University?

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

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

"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."

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