Items tagged with POLAND
1817: First School for the Deaf in Poland
The Institute of the Deaf was established on October 23, 1817 on the initiative of Fr. Jakub Falkowski. Initially, it was located on the premises of the University of Warsaw in the Kazimierzowski Palace, and in the years 1820–1827 in the house of the visiting sisters at Krakowskie Przedmieście.
On April 26, 1826, the construction of the seat of the Institute at Plac Trzech Krzyży began.
1881 - 1930: Maurycy Minkowski, Painter (PL)
Maurycy Minkowski was a Polish painter of Jewish ancestry, best known for his genre scenes of daily life in the shtetls. An illness he had when he was a small child left him deaf and without speech.
1894 -1960: Kazimierz Wiszniewski (PL), Graphic Designer
Kazimierz Wiszniewski was an excellent graphic designer and artist who commemorated the beauty of Polish landscape and Polish architecture in his works.
The art of Kazimierz Wiszniewski is also a very important part of the history of the deaf community in Poland.
1948: Polski Związek Głuchych (PZG) Board of the Polish Association of the Deaf
After the war, in 1946, activists of the Polish Association of Deaf Societies established one nationwide organization called the Polish Association of the Deaf and Their Friends. Since 1955, it has been operating under the name of the Polish Association of the Deaf.
2011: Poland, Legal Recognition of Polish Sign Language
In 2012, under the "Sign Language Act", Polish Sign Language ("Polski Język Migowy", PJM) received official status in Poland and can be chosen as the language of instruction by those who require it.