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Do's and Do not's
Don't get it mixed up
Famous deaf people
100

What does ASL stand for?

American Sign Language

100

To assist 

Help 

100

When talking to someone, (hearing or deaf), try to maintain this. 

Eye contact
100

One is way of showing affection, the other is a deadly animal.

Hug, Bear

100

This famous composer and pianist is responsible for such classics such as his seventh symphony

Ludwig van Beethoven

200

ASL is used by deaf people of what country? 

The United States of America 

200

St. Thomas Aquinas would say, to have this emotion is to will the good of another. 

Love (specifically to love a person)

200

Need to communicate a feeling or emotion? Try these!

Expressions 
200

Sign one, and someone will bring you food, sign the other and they will bring you water.

Hungry, Thirsty 

200

Bet you didn't know this American comedian is completely deaf in one ear. 

Stephen Colbert

300

This university in Washington DC was founded in 1864, and is the largest university for the Deaf in the US. 

Gallaudet

300

To refer to a person or thing.

He/She/It

300

When signing with a person, it is important to sign within this area. 

Signing space/box

300

One refers to a living thing, the other is a state of exhaustion 

Animal, Tired

300

This American inventor lost most of his hearing as a child, and was once quoted as saying "Deaf people [like himself] should take to reading. It beats the babble of ordinary conversation."  

Thomas Edison

400

What language did ASL evolve from? 

French/French Sign Language 

400

To direct someone's gaze towards a particular direction or thing. 

Look

400

These are ways of referring to a specific person, but be careful, they can only be given out by actual deaf/hard of hearing peoples. 

Sign names
400

Don't get these mixed up! One is an expression of approval, the other means the opposite.   

Good, Bad

400

This man is one of the two major contributors to ASL. He even has a school named after him in Washington DC 

Thomas Gallaudet 

500

This famous inventor advocated for the practice of oralism, ultimately leading to the banning of ASL in the Milan Conference of 1880.  

Alexander Graham Bell

500

To carry to a particular place or person.

Bring

500

Never count on someone being able to do this, it is only 33% effective.

Lip reading

500

While both are sea mammals, one is swift and nimble, the other is large and slow.

Dolphin, Whale

500

Born in Baltimore Maryland, this man created video tapes of himself using ASL as a way of preserving the language..  

George Veditz