Ðeaf Culture Basics
People who are part of the Deaf community often use this language to communicate.
What is ASL (American Sign Language)
ASL uses this part of your body most.
What are your hands?
This is the only university in the world designed for Deaf and hard-of hearing students.
What is Gallaudet University
The Deaf actress won an Oscar and appears in many TV shows.
Who is Marlee Matlin?
Dead people often gets someone's attention by doing this instead of yelling.
What is tapping them gently or waving?
Deaf people use these to show feelings and grammar ontheir faces.
What are facial expressions?
ASL is a real language with its own grammar, just like this spoken language.
What is English?
The first school for the Deaf in the U.S. opened in this state.
What is conneticut?
Deaf actor won an Oscar for the movie CODA.
Who is Troy Kotsur?
A hearing kid with Deaf parents is called this.
What is a CODA?
This device flashes lights or vibrates to wake Deaf people up.
What is a vibrating alarm clock?
This is the area in front of your body where you sign.
What is signing space?
This man traveled to Europe to learn how to teach Deaf students.
Who is Thomas Gallaudet?
This TV show featured many Deaf characters and ASL.
What is Switched at Birth?
Deaf people sometimes use this device to help them see when someone is at the door.
What is a flashing doorbell?
Deaf people prefer this term with a capital letter to show pride in their culture.
What is Deaf?
These are the five parts that make up every ASL sign (handshape, movement, etc).
What are the parameters?
He came back with a Deaf teacher from France named...
Who is Laurent Clerc?
This type of art uses ASL to create rhythm, movement, and poetry.
What is ASL poetry?
This is the name for the shared values, language, and traditions of Deaf people.
What is Deaf culture?
Deaf culture values this type of communication more than yelling or shouting.
What is visual communication?
ASL is mostly closely related to the sign language from this country.
What is France?
Students at Gallaudet protested in 1988 because they wanted this.
What is a Deaf President?
These international games are like the Olympics but the Deaf athletes.
What are the Deaflympics?
Deaf people prefer this model that sees Deafness a culture, not a problem.
What is the culture model?