Famous People
He opened the first permanent school for the Deaf.
Who is Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet?
A device that lets people who are deaf or hard of hearing use the telephone to communicate, by allowing them to type messages back and forth to one another instead of talking and listening.
What is a teletypewriter or TTY?
An imaginary planet where communication is through visual manual modality.
What is Eyeth?
Held in this location was the Second International Congress on the Education of the Deaf where it was decided that oralism would be supported and sign language would be banned in deaf education.
What is the Milan, Italy?
Students hotwired these vehicles and placed them around the university to block anyone from entering the university.
What are buses?
A person considered to be the "boogie man" in Deaf culture.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
A small electronic device that electrically stimulates the cochlear nerve (nerve for hearing).
What is a cochlear implant?
The most celebrated event in Deaf History.
What is Deaf President Now?
A village sign-language that was once widely used on this island and was used by both Deaf and hearing people in the community; consequently, deafness did not become a barrier to participation in public life.
What is Martha's Vineyard?
On this day a student led protest started at Gallaudet University demanding a Deaf president.
What is March 1st, 1988?
Founder of Sign Language linguistics.
Who is William Stokoe?
A wireless device that uses radio waves to transmit audio signals to the listener. The device is typically used in conjunction with hearing aids but can also be used alone in cases of normal hearing.
What is an FM system?
The system of teaching deaf people to communicate by the use of speech and lip-reading rather than sign language.
In this year the Americans with Disabilities Act became law in, prohibiting discrimination based on disability.
What is 1990?
The appointed president of Gallaudet university who was hearing and chosen over two deaf candidates.
Who is Elizabeth Zinser?
Deaf actress in the film Children of a Lesser God.
Marlee Matlin
Wireless systems set up to alert people who are Deaf, hard of hearing or Deafblind by transmitting flashing light signals or through different vibrating signals on a pager worn on the clothing.
What are alert systems?
An organization for the promotion of the rights of deaf people in the United States.
What is the National Association of the Deaf or NAD?
2 part question=requires 2 answers
This university is a private federally chartered research university for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing in this location.
What is Gallaudet University in Washington D.C?
What are the protesters demands?
A deaf actor, producer, director, playwright, artist, and author who is notable for being a co-founder of the National Theatre of the Deaf and for his contributions to Deaf performing culture.
Who is Bernard Bragg?
Allows non-signing individuals to communicate with people whose primary language is American Sign Language (ASL). You can use video conferencing equipment and sign language interpreters, or you can use your mobile device.
What is Video Relay Service or VRS?
The name or title that a group of Deaf people who share a language and a culture call themselves.
What is capitol D "Deaf?"
In this year George William Veditz was elected president of the National Association of the Deaf of the United States and was one of the first to film American Sign Language to preserve the culture and linguistics.
What is 1904?
On Sunday, March 13, 1988, chair of the Board of Trustees, Jane Spilman, officially resigned and was replaced by deaf board member Phil Bravin. Bravin announced that the board had selected this candidate to be the first deaf president of Gallaudet University.
Who is King Jordan?