Deaf Education
What year did the first Deaf school in America open?
1817
Who was the first Deaf teacher in America?
Laurent Clerc?
What is an assistive removable device that helps Deaf individuals and people with hearing loss?
Hearing aid
Name one of deaf activists living in LA who has gone mainstreamed through social media and TV.
List three examples you should never do to a Deaf person.
1. Don't talk to the interpreter instead of the Deaf person
2. Don't over exaggerate your speech
3. Don't make fun of their speech
4. Don't ask them to teach you how to curse
5. Dont assume they are stupid
6. Don't be afraid to ask questions
7. Don't chew gum
Name of the first school for the deaf and its founders.
American school for the deaf
Laurent Clerc and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
The first deaf president of Gallaudet University.
I. King Jordan
What is the latest technology that allows Deaf and hearing individuals to communicate over calls?
Video Relay Service
What is the name of Deaf art movement that reveals Deaf oppression?
De'Via
Deaf households tend to be very quiet. True or false?
False
What are the two types of deaf schools?
1. Day Schools
2. Residential Schools
Who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree?
Hellen Keller
In 1970s, what device allowed the user to place phone calls using text for the first time?
What is a TTY? (Teletypewriter)
Name one deaf organization that is considered an activism group.
Name the law that protects Americans with disabilities.
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act
Name one of two post-secondary educations (college/university) for the Deaf that is located in Rochester, New York.
National Technical Institute for the Deaf (RIT)
Who was the young deaf girl who inspired Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet to devote his life to educating the deaf?
Alice Cogswell
What is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound?
Cochlear Implant
Which organization that was established to protect ASL from oralism movement?
The National Association of the Deaf
Name three common misconceptions about deaf people.
All deaf people sign
Hearing aids and cochlear implants make you hear normally
The majority of deaf people cannot speak
Deaf people cannot drive
All deaf people can lipread
If you shout, it helps a deaf person understand you better
Deaf people are not as intelligent as Hearing people
All deaf people are completely and totally deaf
All deaf people understand and participate in Deaf Culture
Deaf people read braill
Name of the most widely recognized University for the Deaf, year of founding, and founder(s).
Gallaudet University, 1864, and Edward Miner Gallaudet and Amos Kendall
Who was the first deaf person to hold the title of Miss America?
Heather Whitestone
What are the 3 out of many visual alerting devices for the Deaf?
1. Flashing alarm clock
2. Smoke detectors
3. Doorbells
4. Timers
5. Phones
What does DPN stand for and what is it?
Deaf President Now.
The first deaf protest occurred at Gallaudet University when the board trustees elected a hearing person to be president. They successfully protested and ended up having the first deaf president in university's history.
Deaf parents account for only approximately 90% of deaf children. True or False.
False.