Sharkey and Hikins deemed this Recommendation, along with the others, as constituting overturning the 1880 Milan Congress's resolutions. In spite of the previous precedent set in 1980, in July 2010 in Vancouver, Canada, the board of the 21st International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED) formally voted to reject all of the 1880 Milan resolutions. See also Deaf Deaf culture Deaf education History of deaf education History of deaf education in the United States Deaf studies Sign language Other international congresses were held in the following cities: Paris, 1878; Milan, 1880; Brussels, 1883; Chicago, 1893; Paris, 1900; Liège, Belgium, 1905; Edinburgh, 1907; London, 1925; West Trenton, New Jersey, United States, 1933; Groningen, 1950; Manchester, United Kingdom, 1958; Washington, DC, 1963; Stockholm, 1970; Tokyo, 1975; and Hamburg, 1980. References Citations Bibliography Cleve, J.V.V and Crouch, B.A (1989) "A Place of Their Own – Creating Deaf Community in America" Washington DC: Gallaudet University Press Gallaudet, Edward Miner, 1881, The Milan Convention, American Annals of the Deaf, Vol. XXVI., No. 1., January 1881, pp. 1–16. Kyle, James; Woll, Bencie (1985) "Sign Language: The Study of Deaf People and Their Language": Cambridge University Press Oakling (2007) "Milan Conference" Sturley, N (2003). Milan 1880: The Historical Facts External links Milan Conference in 1880 Deafness Deaf culture 1880 in Europe 1880 in Italy 1880 conferences History of Milan Alexander Graham Bell Education for the deaf Deaf education Special education 19th century in Milan Education events