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Many deaf children who were educated in deaf schools in countries such as France, the United States, and Great Britain later became teachers.

Deaf education in Great Britain

Many schools were opened in the 1700's and 1800's for deaf children and used sign language as a teaching method. There was a dispute in 1880 over which was the best method for teaching deaf children. The Second Congress of Educators of Deaf-Mutes passed a statement saying that they thought the pure oral method, no use of sign language, was the best method. This caused sign language to almost vanish in the UK until 2003 when it was recognized as an official language.