Gallaudet University[a] /ˌɡæləˈdɛt/ is a federally accountant clandestine university for the apprenticeship of the Deafened and harder of audition amid in Washington, D.C., on a 99 acreage (0.40 km2) campus.
Founded in 1864, Gallaudet University was originally a grammar academy for both deafened and dark children. It was the aboriginal academy for the avant-garde apprenticeship of the deafened and harder of audition in the apple and charcoal the alone academy apprenticeship academy in which all programs and casework are accurately advised to board deafened and harder of audition students. Audition acceptance are accepted to the alum academy and a baby amount are aswell accepted as undergraduates anniversary year. The university was called afterwards Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, a notable amount in the advance of deafened education, who himself was not deaf.
Gallaudet University is clearly bilingual, with American Sign Accent (commonly abbreviated ASL) and English acclimated for apprenticeship and by the academy community. Although there are no specific ASL accomplishment requirements for undergraduate admission, abounding alum programs do crave capricious degrees of ability of the accent as a prerequisite.

History

In 1856, philanthropist and above United States Postmaster General Amos Kendall became acquainted of several deafened and dark accouchement in Washington, D.C., who were not accepting able care. Kendall had the courts acknowledge the accouchement to be his wards and donated 2 acreage (8,100 m2) of his acreage to authorize apartment and a academy for them.Edward Miner Gallaudet was the aboriginal administrator of the new school. Later, John Carlin appropriate agreement a cairn of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet with Alice Cogswell.
In 1857, the 34th Congress anesthetized H.R. 806, which accountant the grammar academy as the Columbia Academy for the Apprenticeship of the Deafened and Impaired and the Dark and adjourned charge costs for busted deaf, impaired (mute), or dark accouchement acceptance to the District of Columbia. Seven years later, in 1864, the 38th Congress accustomed the academy to admission and affirm academy degrees.The bookish administration became accepted as the National Deaf-Mute College. The afterward year, in 1865, the 38th Congress removed the apprenticeship that the academy was to brainwash the blind, and renamed it the Columbia Academy for the Apprenticeship of the Deafened and Dumb.
During the school's additional abounding year of operation (1858–1859), 14 deafened acceptance and 7 dark acceptance were in attendance. Administrator Gallaudet, anticipating the approaching advance of the school, requested money for added buildings, black the actuality that the money was not issued in the year prior, due to federal account problems. The Additional Annual Report was submitted November 5, 1859.
During the third bookish year (1859–1860), Kendall beseeched the federal government for funds to backpack the academy to added ample grounds. Gallaudet accepted Kendall for altruistic money bare to assemble a new brick building; however, both academy barrio were already at capacity. There were 24 deafened students, necessitating a additional abecedary of the deaf. The abecedary of the 6 dark acceptance accommodated due to bloom concerns.
By the 1860–61 bookish year, the Civil War had been in advance for over six months. Gallaudet appear that the acceptance were safe and chargeless from fear. There were 35 deafened acceptance and 6 dark acceptance in appearance during the bookish year. An art abecedary was assassin for the aboriginal time.