<P> The American School for the Deaf ( ASD ) is the oldest permanent school for the deaf in the United States . It was founded April 15 , 1817 , in West Hartford , Connecticut , by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet , Dr. Mason Cogswell , and Laurent Clerc and became a state - supported school later that year . It was also the second and present site of Hubbard 's school . </P>
who established the first public school for deaf in america
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet Laurent Clerc Dr. Mason Cogswell