Deaf Pathology

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Speech Pathology is a field that has a plethora of jobs and occupations that fall under the same degree. One side of the field is working with people who are deaf to enhance vocal quality if a client deems it necessary. The reason for choosing the Alabama Institute of the Deaf and Blind is to enhance understanding in how agencies such as this can aid in the education and overall quality of life of people who are deaf or blind. Another reason is because, I was on a mission trip to Guatemala two years ago, and while I was there the child that I interacted with the most was deaf. I wanted to further educate myself on this topic and learn the resources that I can study to enhance my understanding of the deaf culture. I am returning this …show more content…
Joseph Henry Johnson was the older brother to William Seaborn who was born deaf. Johnson went to school to study medicine however, then decided to “devote his life and career to education of the deaf.” Johnson strived to start a school for the deaf directly in Alabama to assist his brother, and on October 4, 1858 “Seaborn enrolled as the first student of the Alabama School of the Deaf.” Fast forward, after Henry Johnson Sr. passed away his son “Hal” took over as president of the institute, and while he was there enrollment increased by approximately a hundred people and funding increased over thirty-thousand dollars. Now, the institute reaches over 22,500 children and adults and has raised over sixty million dollars since 1980. The institute has spread to multiple campuses across the state including: Talladega, Tuscumbia, Tuscaloosa, Huntsville, etc. The main population that the agency serves is adult and children who are deaf and blind. However, the text states the agency has “services in all 67 counties of Alabama to more than 22,500 deaf, blind and multi-disabled infants, children, adults and seniors.” Moreover, the “Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind is the nation’s (world’s) most comprehensive education and service program for children and adults who are deaf, blind, deaf-blind or with multiple disabilities and their families.” The amount of growth that this agency has walked through since Henry Johnson is remarkable. It has taken decades for the institute to reach where is it today, but the impact they it has on the clients, and their families is one that cannot be
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