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unusual facts about Van Asch Deaf Education Centre



New Zealand Sign Language

However, in light of much research into its validity as a language and much advocacy by deaf adults, parents of deaf children (both hearing and deaf) and educationalists, NZSL has since become — in tandem with English — part of the bilingual/bicultural approach used in public schools (including Kelston Deaf Education Centre and Van Asch Deaf Education Centre) since 1994.

Van Asch Deaf Education Centre (former Sumner School for the Deaf), opened 1880 (Christchurch)


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