Important People
This is the person who established the first Deaf school in the United States in 1817.
This is the person who is teaching you American Sign Language (ASL).
Who is Mr. Huddlestun?
The contribution that the Gallaudet football team made to the sport of football that is used by every modern football team?
What is a huddle?
This is the name of the protests at Gallaudet University that lead to the hiring of their first Deaf president.
What is Deaf President Now (DPN)?
This is the device that is surgically implanted into your ear and brain.
What is a Cochlear Implant (CI)?
Who is I. King Jordan?
This is the person who signed the law to establish Gallaudet University.
This is a test that measures the ability to hear sound.
What is an audiogram?
This is the percentage of deaf children who have hearing parents.
What is 90%?
What is 'Children of a Lesser God'?
This person believed that signing should be forbidden and Deaf people should only learn and communicate through speaking and reading lips.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
This is the first Deaf actor to receive an academy award (an Oscar) for their performance in a majorly released movie. They have been a staunch advocate for Deaf people in the film industry ever since.
Who is Marlee Matlin?
Teaching Deaf children by ONLY allowing them to speak and read lips.
What is oralism?
This is the age range that is vital (very important) for children to have access to language so they can develop their logic and reasoning skills. I'm looking for an age range.
What is 0-5 years old?
This is a type of school where Deaf students typically live and take all of their classes for the whole week. Some people see them as boarding schools.
What is a Deaf Institute or Residential School?
This is the person who blended his native French Sign Language, Plains Indian Sign Language, and signs from Martha's Vineyard to help create ASL.
Who is Laurent Clerc?
The 7th president of the National Association of the Deaf who fought to preserve ASL. He was filmed many times in this effort.
Who is George Veditz?
This is a device that finally gave Deaf people access to the telephone.
What is a TTY or teletypewriter?
This is the company who traveled the world introducing hearing audiences to the beauty of ASL through their plays and poetry.
What is the National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD)?
This is a type of program that has a classroom full of Deaf students and has hearing students. The Deaf students receive core classes in their native language (ASL) but can take all of the electives of a larger school.
What is a Hybrid Program?
This is the person who researched to prove that ASL was a legitimate, bona fide, culturally relevant language. He brought more respect to the Deaf community.
Who is William Stokoe?
This is the person who has researched Black American Sign Language to demonstrate that it is a justified variant of American Sign Language.
Who is Dr. Carolyn McCaskill?
The idea that you can and should control traits in the general population by deciding who can or cannot have children together.
What is eugenics?
This is the first technical institute for Deaf people that focused on careers such as engineering, mathematics, and science.
What is the National Technological Institute of the Deaf (NTID)?
The type of program that has one deaf student (with an interpreter) mixed into a bunch of hearing students.
What is mainstream school?