Milan Conference
Italy
DPN stands for...
Deaf President Now
De’VIA stand for
Deaf View/Image Art
French man who helped set up the first school for the Deaf
Laurent Clerc
Audism means
Opression agaisnt Deaf people
Year conference took place
1880
University was the site of the DPN protest
Gallaudet University
Who is considered one of the founders of De’VIA?
Betty G. Miller
Deaf-Blind woman well known for being an author and activist
Helen Keller
Considered the Deaf Utopia
MV
Oralism was declared superior to sign language
Year took place
1988
Name one theme often found in De’VIA artwork.
Oppression, identity, language, resistance, culture
This child inspired the creation of the first school for the deaf in America
Alice Cogswell
Man who was the main proponent of oralism
AGB
method of instruction was banned in many countries after the Milan Conference
Manualism/sign
The first Deaf president
Dr. I King Jordan
Year DeVia created
1989
baseball player known by his nickname
Dummy Hoy
1. Father of ASL
2. Travelled to Europe to set up the first school for the Deaf
1. William Stokoe
2. Thomas Gallaudet
Name at least 2 effects
Deaf teachers fired
set back deaf world into dark ages
ASL banned
students punished if they used sign
Name two of the four demands made by the DPN protesters
(Any two): 1) Deaf president, 2) Jane Spilman resign, 3) No reprisals, 4) Deaf majority on Board of Trustees
DeVia expresses...
Deaf experience and culture;
Student leaders of DPN
Bridgetta Bourne, Jerry Covell, Greg Hlibok, and Tim Rarus.
Describe:
Golden & Dark ages
Collectivism Vs. Individualism
First School for the Deaf , President Abraham Lincoln signed the charter for Deaf Education. Gallaudet University 1864. Sign Language flourishing.
Dark ages- Milan Conference, Oral Movement
focus on group- deaf culture, focus on person American