Speech training was central to the curriculum at Schools for the Deaf in the 1950s. All hands are firmly clasped on the desk – no signing was allowed in a teaching philosophy known as ‘oralism’. Many deaf people recall this method of teaching as tedious and repressive, and overall limiting their access to meaningful education.
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Ko Taku Reo Deaf Education New Zealand
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