Deaf
Being D/deaf is a ____; not just one definition, as D/deaf people are not all the same.
What is a spectrum
This is Deaf Awareness Month
What is September
This man and other philosophers claimed that people learn by hearing and therefore thought deaf people could not learn, should not marry, and should not procreate.
Who is Aristotle
This is discrimination or prejudicial acts against people based upon their being deaf or hard of hearing. This may be intentional or inadvertent.
What is Audism
Someone who was hearing, but became deaf later is often referred to as _______.
Late deafened.
Approximately this percentage of deaf children are born to hearing parents.
What is 90-95%
This man, who lived in the 1500's with a name similar to your professor, claimed that hearing is not essential to learning. Ponce de Leon was also successful in teaching Deaf people so they could inherit property from their family.
Who is Cardono
True or False:
Deaf people do not like music because they cannot hear it.
False.
Many hearing people use this two-word phrase to mean "deaf" yet this phrase is often rejected by the Deaf Community as insulting.
What is "hearing impaired"
Approximately this percentage of hearing parents with deaf children do not know sign language or have extremely limited skills in sign language.
What is 90-95%
In the 1750s this French priest established and formalized Deaf education by teaching Deaf twins "hand signals"
Who is Charles Michael de L'Epee
True or False:
Deaf people cannot hear sirens and therefore cannot drive.
False
These people facilitate communication between D/deaf and hearing individuals in many settings and situations, such as: theatre, medical, legal, educational, and vocational settings.
Who are interpreters
This visual language is used in the US and Canada, but is not universal and is not connected to English.
What is ASL or American Sign Language
Lambert moved to this island, specifically Chillmark area, and his hereditary deafness was passed along for several generations until the time came when about 25% of the island was deaf and most people knew a sign language which was unique to this island and which bore the name of the island, abbreviated as MVSL.
What is Martha's Vineyard
"I want to speak in my native language and not use ASL, even if I know it" is an example of___
According to "Taste of Deaf Culture" to have a deaf baby grow and thrive is to provide this, which will allow the child to communicate earlier than speech.
What is American Sign Language (or Sign Language)
This man crossed the ocean in search of the best way to teach deaf children. While he did not establish a university, there is one in Washington DC which bears his name.
Who is Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
This highly accomplished teacher in France met Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet in England and invited Gallaudet to learn how to teach deaf children at the school in France. Eventually, this man came to the US to help establish the first school for the Deaf, bringing French Sign Language to the US. Mixing French Sign Language, Plains Indian Sign Language and Martha's Vineyard Sign Language created ASL.
Who is Laurent Clerc
This two-word phrase refers to the unearned social, cultural, and economic advantages that hearing people automatically receive in a world designed for them, often without their awareness, while deaf and hard of hearing individuals face systemic barriers to access and communication.
What is Hearing privilege