Rejection of 1880 Milan Congress Resolutions

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
July 22, 2010

Hello Gerard and everyone -
This would be great if you write an article about this, and it will be very welcome, since the Milan 1880 conference was a sad event in Deaf history...The National Association of the Deaf in the US (the NAD...http://www.nad.org ) were partners in stimulating this request for a rejection of the 1880 decision, by writing a letter to ICED about this, so they deserve mention in your article if you write it, along with others also, for making this happen...

NAD Requests That ICED Recognize Sign Language As A Human Right
http://www.nad.org/blogs/bobbie-bethscoggins/nad-requests-iced-recognize-sign-language-human-right

You can read more about it with the links at the bottom of this article, which was sent to me by the NAD yesterday.

By the way, regarding ICED but on a separate topic, there were two presentations on SignWriting at ICED in 2005 in the Netherlands:

SignWriting at ICED 2005
http://www.signwriting.org/europe/iced2005/

Thought you might like to know ;-))

Val ;-)

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ICED Press Release - www.iced2010.com/pdf/Press Release.pdf










On Jul 22, 2010, at 4:30 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote:

> Hoi,
> Valerie "pretty exciting" is an understatement. Momentous, historic, breath taking is more appropriate I think. This is such wonderful news and, it is the kind of news that must be heard loud and clear and everywhere. I think both the ICED Vancouver and the Milan congress deserve an article in the ASL Wikipedia, I think both deserve an article in the English Wikipedia as well.
> 
> I do not write that much in Wikipedia. I do blog however..
> Thanks,
>       Gerard
> 
> http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2010/07/iced-rejects-its-1880-milan-congress.html
> 
> On 22 July 2010 00:46, Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org> wrote:
> SignWriting List
> July 21, 2010
> 
> Dear SW Listers!
> This, I think, is pretty exciting! ;-)
> 
> -------------
> 
> From: National Association of the Deaf (US)
> Date: July 21, 2010 3:41:24 PM PDT
> To: "Ms Valerie J. Sutton" <sutton at signwriting.org>
> Subject: NAD Elated with ICED Rejection of 1880 Milan Congress Resolutions
> 
> NAD E-News
> Wednesday, July 21, 2010
> 
> NAD Elated with ICED Rejection of 1880 Milan Congress Resolutions
> 
> On Monday, July 19, 2010 the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED) opened its 21st Congress with a historic announcement that it formally rejects the resolutions passed at its 2nd Congress (commonly known as the 1880 Milan Congress) which discouraged the use of sign language in the education of the deaf.  This move follows a recent letter (link below) by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and numerous advocacy organizations and leaders throughout the world urging the ICED to formally reject their previous resolutions and embrace signed languages and deaf cultures.  Links for the ICED press release, introduction, and statement of principle and accord for the future are listed below.
> 
> The original resolutions passed at the 1880 Milan Congress did irreparable damage to deaf individuals, educators, professionals, schools and communities around the world. Established in the same year as the 1880 Milan Congress, the NAD was shaped by deaf leaders who believed in the right of the American deaf community to use sign language, to congregate on issues important to them, and to have its interests represented at the national level. These beliefs remain true to this day, with American Sign Language as a core value.
> 
> "We are elated to see that, for the first time in 130 years, the ICED has joined us in rejecting the actions of its predecessors and moving forward to improve educational systems for the global deaf and hard of hearing community. We are grateful and proud to see the ICED take this important and very appropriate step towards reconciliation," said NAD President Bobbie Beth Scoggins. "The formal rejection of the 1880 resolutions made in Milan by the ICED realizes a dream that we have had for 130 years. Together with the ICED we have taken the first steps towards a beautiful, bilingual future of cooperation and mutual respect."
> 
> NAD Letter - www.nad.org/blogs/bobbie-bethscoggins/nad-requests-iced-recognize-sign-language-human-right
> 
> ICED Press Release - www.iced2010.com/pdf/Press Release.pdf
> 
> ICED Introduction - www.iced2010.com/pdf/Introduction.pdf
> 
> ICED Statement of Principle and Accord for the Future - www.iced2010.com/pdf/Statement of Principle and Accord for the Future(1).pdf
> 
> 
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