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1880 1983-1888 1919

At the Milan Conference, after deliberations from September 6 to 11, 1880, the conference declared that oral education (oralism) was superior to manual education and passed a resolution banning the use of sign language in school. This is considered the worst form of audism.

The National Association of the Deaf formed as a retaliation against the Milan Conference.

By now almost all schools for the Deaf used Oral Communication.

The Presidents’ Council on Deafness (PCD) formed by faculty and staff. This was formed because they felt that students’ needs were overlooked by administration, which consisted mostly of hearing people.