Famous Deaf People
The first Deaf person to win an Academy Award.
Who is Marlee Matlin?
He researched ASL and declared it a language
Who is William Stokoe?
The only liberal arts University for the Deaf in the world: it is located in Washington D.C.
What is Gallaudet University?
This is the term used for a hearing child who grew up with Deaf parents, and their first language is ASL.
What is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults)?
This is a device that was invented in 1964 that helped Deaf people communicate from afar.
What is the teletypewriter (TTY)?
He was the first Deaf President of Gallaudet
Who is I King Jordan?
Hearing man who went to Europe seeking a teaching method for Deaf children in the US; co-founded the first school for the Deaf in the US.
Who is Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet?
This event took place in 1988 at Gallaudet University because the students wanted a Deaf president.
What is DPN (Deaf President Now)?
These are the three options in which Deaf students can be educated
What are Mainstream (public school) and Residential (Deaf School) and last is Oral schools
The organization that was founded to protect Deaf rights
What is the NAD?
This president signed into law the funding for the first Deaf College.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
A Deaf Frenchman who brought French Sign Language (LSF) to America and co-founded the first School for the Deaf in the US.
Who is Laurent Clerc?
The conference that happened in the late 1800's and changed Deaf education forever by banning sign language at all Deaf schools.
What is the Milan Conference?
The percentage of deaf people having hearing parents?
What is 90%
This is a device that is implanted in the brain
What is a cochlear implant
Is considered the "Boogy Man" of Deaf Culture.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
First Deaf president of Gallaudet University.
Who is I. King Jordan?
ASL was born from this sign language.
What is French Sign Language (LSF)?
The three things that people thought would cure deafness in the olden days.
What is going up in an airplane, heatwaves, Jesus
The organization run by and includes Deaf people in live theater.
What is National Theater for the Deaf (NTD)?
He invented the TTY.
Who is Robert Weitbrecht?
The little girl that Gallaudet met who inspired him to want to educate the Deaf.
Who is Alice Cogswell?
Historically this is a term used for those individuals who are culturally Deaf and use ASL as their primary communication mode.
What is Capital "D" Deaf?
The 2 things that make a house "Deaf Friendly"
What are clear lines of sight/open concept technology?
This movie was the first movie that Marlie Matlin received an Oscar for Best Actress.
What is "Children of a lesser God"?