Joyeux anniversaire, Laurent Clerc
Bonne fête (Happy birthday)
Il y a deux cent trente-six ans, le 26 décembre, Laurent Clerc naissait à la Balme-les-Grottes, en France. Laurent est parti en Amérique avec Thomas Hopkins Galluadet en 1816-1817.
Laurent et Thomas ont fondé une école pour les sourds à Harford, Connecticut, USA.
Laurent – “L’apôtre des sourds en Amérique” était considéré comme la personne sourde la plus renommée de l’histoire des sourds américains. Laurent a reçu l’enseignement de l’abbé Sicard et de l’éducateur de sourds Jean Massieu, à l’Institution Nationale des Sourds-Muets à Paris.
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It had been two hundred thirty-six years ago, on the 26th December, when Laurent Clerc was born in La Balme-Les-Grottes, France. Laurent moved to America with Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet in 1816-1817.
Laurent and Thomas founded a school for the Deaf in Harford, Connecticut, USA.
Laurent – “The Apostle of the Deaf in America” was regarded as the most renowned deaf person in American Deaf History. Laurent was taught by Abbé Sicard and deaf educator Jean Massieu, at the Institution Nationale des Sourds-Muets in Paris.
The word ‘Muets’ as in mute was used in the author’s information and the old days. Many D/deaf people and D/deaf with disabilities do not like the word ‘muet’ as in mute.
In New Zealand, the D/deaf people and D/deaf with disabilities people have not to know Laurent or barely know Laurent and his work life in Education and Policies for the Education, Human Rights in the Government. Jean – the blogger/historian, visited the Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris and visited Balme-les-Grottes back in the 1990s. These places are where Jean learnt about the Deaf Educator – Laurent Clerc and Abbe de l’Epee.
Abbe de l’Epee established the first school for the deaf in France, The Royal Institution of Deaf (Mutes), in 1760, and today this school is called the Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris. Laurent was a deaf student under this school and became a deaf educator before moving to Harford, USA.
In New Zealand, we did not have a school for the Deaf until the late 1880s, and the principal was a hearing teacher in Sumner, Christchurch.
Many D/deaf children and D/deaf with disabilities children taught in the Oral method. The children were not allowed to communicate in sign language due to the 1880 Milan Conference – the banning of sign language in all educations. The 1880 Milan Conference was the Second International Congress on Education of the Deaf held in Milan, Italy.
Merci, Laurent, de nous avoir enseigné notre langue sourde, notre droit de communiquer en langue des signes, et un exemple d’éducateur D/Sourd dans n’importe quelle école D/Sourd dans le monde.
Thank you, Laurent, for teaching us about our Deaf language, our right to communicate in sign language, and an example of a D/deaf educator in any D/deaf school throughout the world.
