Minnie Mae Wilding-Diaz
Minnie Mae Wilding-Diaz
I have attached Minnie Mae Wilding-Diaz' two papers, "Why the Deaf Can't Read: Answers and Solutions" and "Exciting Developments of Deaf Education." Thanks go to Bronwyn O'Hara for saving her papers all these years.
After moving to Utah in 2000, I watched as Minnie Mae Wilding-Diaz balanced operating Jean Massieu School of the Deaf (JMS) while rearing three small Deaf children and working full-time and how that took a toll on her health. With her leadership, devotion, and commitment she did not give up despite her deteriorating health. She made sure that JMS was up and running until the UBSD/JMS merger in 2005. Forming JMS was a challenging task. It required a lot of time and planning.
Granted, Minnie Mae wrote a paper entitled, “Exciting Developments in Deaf Education” expressing her excitement about the Indiana School for the Deaf adopting a Bi-Bi approach in 1990. It’s no wonder that she would one day become a co-founder of JMS. Thanks to her dedicated leadership in founding JMS, the school has been running since 1999.
Minnie Mae's biography can be found in the "Biographies of Prominent Utah Deaf Women" webpage.
Jodi Becker Kinner
- Minnie Mae Wilding-Diaz. Why the Deaf Can’t Read: Answers and Solutions. Brigham Young University. May 8, 1990.
- Minnie Mae Wilding-Diaz. Exciting Developments in Deaf Education. Summer 1990.
After moving to Utah in 2000, I watched as Minnie Mae Wilding-Diaz balanced operating Jean Massieu School of the Deaf (JMS) while rearing three small Deaf children and working full-time and how that took a toll on her health. With her leadership, devotion, and commitment she did not give up despite her deteriorating health. She made sure that JMS was up and running until the UBSD/JMS merger in 2005. Forming JMS was a challenging task. It required a lot of time and planning.
Granted, Minnie Mae wrote a paper entitled, “Exciting Developments in Deaf Education” expressing her excitement about the Indiana School for the Deaf adopting a Bi-Bi approach in 1990. It’s no wonder that she would one day become a co-founder of JMS. Thanks to her dedicated leadership in founding JMS, the school has been running since 1999.
Minnie Mae's biography can be found in the "Biographies of Prominent Utah Deaf Women" webpage.
Jodi Becker Kinner