American School for the Deaf
The American School for the Deaf was founded in this year:
1817
This organization was founded in 1880 to help protect the civil rights of deaf people in America:
NAD (National Association of the Deaf)
Name the month and year that DPN happened at Gallaudet University:
March 1988
Alexander Graham Bell is most famous for inventing the what?
The telephone
Name 5 types of technology that have benefitted the Deaf community:
Accepted answers:
TTY, Hearing aids, Cochlear Implants, Flashing lights in the home, Videophones, Video Relay Services
These 2 men are credited with founding ASD:
Thomas Gallaudet & Laurent Clerc
This man was the 7th President of the NAD and is important for creating videos that would preserve ASL:
George Veditz
Name the hearing President that was elected, which prompted the DPN movement:
Elizabeth Zinser
This way of teaching Deaf students does not use sign language at all, but rather focuses on speech training.
The Oral Method
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Define "Nativism" and how it affected the Deaf community:
Nativism was the belief that immigration was threatening the American way of life. Bell thought Deaf people fell into this because they had their own language and culture.
ASD resides in this city and state:
Hartford, Connecticut
This organization was founded in 1967 and currently resides in Washington, DC
National Theater of the Deaf
Name the newly elected President of Gallaudet University AFTER the protests were successful:
I. King Jordan
Was Alexander Graham Bell in support or against the use of ASL?
He was against the use of ASL
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Define "Eugenics" and how it affected the Deaf community:
Eugenics is the idea that planned or restricted breeding could improve the human race. Bell thought deaf people should not marry or reproduce because they would create more deaf children (this is rarely the case).
This doctor asked Gallaudet to research Deaf education for his deaf daughter, Alice:
Mason Cogswell
Name 3 places the National Theater of the Deaf has performed:
Broadway, Sesame Street, Disney Channel, White House
What new law was passed in 1990, due in large part to the DPN movement?
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
This man is known as "the Father of ASL Linguistics"
William Stokoe
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Name the 4 demands of the protestors within the Deaf President Now movement:
1) Zinser resign as President
2) Jane Spilman resign from the Board
3) Deaf make up 51% majority of Board
4) No reprisals for protestors
Laurent Clerc was brought over to America by Gallaudet from what country?
France
This man was a founder of the National Theater of the Deaf and was an actor and playwright:
Bernard Bragg
How did the students and faculty at Gallaudet shut down the campus?
They hot wired the school buses and parked them in front of all entrances and exits.
Name one way racism has historically infiltrated the Deaf community:
1) Deaf schools were segregated
2) The NAD had a ban for 40 years against black people joining the organization
Name 2 ways parents tried to "cure" their children from their Deafness:
1) Airplane flights
2) Meet a celebrity
3) Earplugs connected to heat waves
4) Revivals, having enough "faith"