Famous Persons
Name a person who discovered and recognized ASL as a true language in 1960's?
William Stokoe
Gallaudet University is located at (city, state)?
Washington, D.C.
What year did Deaf President Now movement occurred?
1988
What is the difference between oralism and manualism?
Oralism focus on teach Deaf people to learn speech and lipreading.
Manualism focus on teaching Deaf people to learn sign language.
Who was the founder that ran Gallaudet University for over 40 years?
Edward Miner Gallaudet (EMG)
Who founded American School for the Deaf?
Thomas H. Gallaudet, Laurent Clerc, and Dr. Mason Cogswell (he was a wealth man to support and pay to set up the school and he was the father of Alice Cogswell)
Where was Martha's Vineyard located?
It was located in a small island off from Massachusetts coast.
What year did Robert Weichtbrect invented TTY/TDD?
1964
What is a formal term that was invented by Deaf people to share their plays in private?
Huddle
Who is George Veditz and why was he important person in Deaf history?
Veditz was a Deaf man and 7th president of National Association for the Deaf (NAD).
He was important because he created ASL films to document its sign language to preserve and protect ASL for future Deaf generations.
Who taught Thomas Gallaudet sign language, helped to establish Deaf school in America, and subsequently became first Deaf teacher in America?
Laurent Clerc
Where was Milan Convention of 1880 that banned using sign language in Deaf education taken place at (city, country)?
Milan, Italy
What year did American School for the Deaf founded?
1817
What is an audiogram?
A graph which gives a detailed description of your hearing ability and which can be described as a picture of your sense of hearing.
Who was Alexander Graham Bell and what were his goals for the Deaf communities?
AGB was a hearing man who believed in oralism and wanted Deaf people to be like hearing people to be able to speak and lipreading. He wanted to ban sign language, stop Deaf people from marrying each other in order to prevent Deaf offsprings, believer in nativism, and supporter of eugenics for Deaf people.
Who was the first Deaf teacher at INJS in Paris, France?
Jean Massieu
American School for the Deaf was founded in what location (city, state)?
Hartford, Connecticut
What year did Registry of Interpreting established?
1964
What is NAD? What does NAD do for Deaf people?
National Association for the Deaf.
NAD focus on civil rights and improve the quality of life through ASL such as early intervention education, employment, health care, technology, and telecommunication.
Which U.S. president signed the charter for the first college for the deaf?
Abraham Lincoln
Who is Abbe Charles Michel de I 'Epée and Abbe Sicard?
Abbe Charles Michel de I 'Epée founded the world first public deaf school, INJS in Paris, France since he believed sign language is the way to communicate for Deaf people.
Abbe Sicard was a principal being appointed by King Louis XVI after I 'Epée passed away.
During the Renaissance period, Deaf education have expanded across Europe in which countries?
Spain, France, England/Scotland, and Germany
What year was Gallaudet University founded?
1864
Please expand what is an ADA and what year did it passed? What is the purpose of this?
Americans Disabilities Act, 1990.
To prevent discrimination against disabled people in different settings.
What was the name of historical movement that occurred at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. during late 1980's?
Name the four leaders (first and last names) who led this movement?
Why did they have this movement?
Deaf President Now
Tim Rarus, Greg Hilbok, Bridgetta Bourne, and Jerry Covell
To have the hearing president (Zinser) to resign and appoint I. King Jordan (Deaf) as their president of Gallaudet University.