Every Day Object Signs
The sign for sitting on something
What is a chair?
The change depending on size or shape
What is describing?
The many visual languages of deaf communities
What is sign language?
The movements, gestures, and facial expressions, telling stories visually
What is Deaf performing arts?
The Multi-sport events by the ICSD (International Committee of Sports for the Deaf)
What are Deaflympics?
The sign for writing something
What is a pen?
The movement is being altered towards feeling
What is feeling?
The audiological condition of not hearing
What is deafness?
The artwork of the resistance against audism
What is Deaf Protest Art?
The year that the first official Deaflympics were held in Paris
What is 1924?
The sign for drinking out of an object
What is a cup?
The directing of where something is moved
What is directing?
The sign for a university established in 1864 for deaf and hard-of-hearing students
What is Gallaudet University?
The artistic movements and visuals to celebrate and express the deaf experience
What is De'VIA? (Deaf View Image Art)
The crucial adaptation in Deaf sports to ensure fair play and communication
What are visual signs?
The sign for opening one hand horizontally
What is a door?
The location near the body specifies an action
What is performing?
The an act, passed in 1990, that prohibits discrimination based on disability
What is ADA? (Americans with Disabilities Act)
The representation, connection, and solidarity within the Deaf community
What is Deafhood
The well-known Deaf baseball player. Played in Major League Baseball (Early 1900s)
Who is Dummy Hoy?
The sign for putting jewelry on your wrist
What is a bracelet
The alteration of the size of two objects together
What is comparing?
The device invented in the late 19th century to help with hearing loss
What is a hearing aid?
The positive aspects of Deaf culture and the beauty of sign language
What is Affirmation Art?
The sports that are modified and created specifically to suit individuals with hearing impairments
What are adapted sports?