Who Is The Creator Of American Sign Language
In 1815 Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet went from America to England learn a method of sign language. He had been sent by his employer Mason Cogswell, a doctor who wanted a method of signing to be taught to his daughter. Gallaudet traveled first to England where he sought to learn the sign language taught by the Braidwood family-s schools for the deaf. Those in charge of the Braidwood schools refused to teach him their method, which consisted largely of lip-reading, so he met with a representative from the Institut Royal des Sourds-Muets , a school in Paris, who offered to teach him French sign languiage. He met with the directors of the Braidwood Schools once more and after being rejected yet again, went to Paris where he was taught the Parisian method instead. He then returned to America along with one of the Parisian students, whom he had persuaded to come back to America with him to teach. Gallaudet and the student opened up the school that would later be renamed the American School for the Deaf. It was at this school that American Sign Language was born. It was basically a combination of signing methods both from Paris and the local signing language from Martha-s Vineyard.Still bored? Click to continue: A Look Into American Sign Language