Entries tagged with "Van Asch Deaf Education Centre"

As far back as 1863, a deaf Charteris Bay child was being taught by sign language. On 10th March 1880 – under the guidance of Gerrit van Asch (pictured) – New Zealand’s first government funded school for the deaf opened in Sumner, Christchurch. This was also New Zealand’s first institution that used the oral teaching …