Who is Who?
Who was the hearing assistant chancellor at University of North Carolina
Elisabeth A. Zinser
When did the Deaf President Now strike happen?
March 1988
True or False?
Deaf people cannot talk.
FALSE.
Deaf people can talk. They are not born with out voice boxes.
What are the Five Hallmarks of a Culture?
Arts
Customs
Heritage
Family or cultural players
Language
What is Deaf Culture?
a set of behaviors that shape the values of deaf people based on their shared or common experiences
Gallaudet University is named after who?
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Deaf community existed since
1700's
True or False?
Deaf people do not watch TV because they can't hear it.
FALSE.
Deaf people enjoy watching TV just like you do.
What is Deaf Culture?
Deaf Culture is a bond that holds the Deaf community together.
Is ASL a form of a gesture?
No.
Who was the first Deaf President of Gallaudet
Dr. I. King Jordan
First Deaf residential school.
April, 1817
True or False?
ALL Deaf people can read lips.
FALSE.
Reading lips can take a lot of work. Try saying words bat, cat, and sat silently and look in the mirror; can you read what you are saying?
What is the percentage of Deaf people with hearing parents?
90%
Cochlear implants change a Deaf person to a Hearing person.
This is far from true.. When doing the surgery for cochlear implants you have a major chance of it having no effect in changing your hearing status.
Deaf teacher who co-founded American school for the Deaf
Laurent Clers
Who created and when did the first dictionary of ASL get published?
1965, William Stokoe, Dorothy Casterline, and Carl Croneberg
True or False?
Deaf people can go to a University and get a job.
TRUE.
Deaf people can achieve anything you can!
What is the difference between Deaf and deaf?
Deaf - Identifies with the Deaf community.
deaf - Is deaf but does not identify with the Deaf community.
What do you call a Deaf person?
Simple. Their Name!!
Who is Greg Hlibok?
President of the Student Body Government, who asked Zinser to withdraw her candidacy.
Residential Schools banned ASL in what time period?
1900's - mid 1970's
True or False?
All Deaf people can sign.
FALSE.
Some Deaf people choose not to sign.
What are the FIVE Cultural awareness stages?
Awareness, Conformity, Dissonance, Resistance and Immersion, Introspection
ASL OR NOT.
If you are born with someone Deaf in the family do not push them to learn ASL if they choose not too!