History
"The Beginnings"
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What age was Alice when she came down with an illness?

2

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Was there standard sign language during the 1800s?

No, but various signing systems were created in the deaf communities. 

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What illness did Alice come down with?

Cerebral spinal meningitis (also known as spotted fever and scarlet fever)

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When was The American School for the Deaf established?

1817

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When did American Sign Language begin?

1814 

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What was The American School for the Deaf originally called?

the Connecticut Asylum at Hartford for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb Persons.

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Who started the history of American Sign Language?

Dr. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet.

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