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Deaf
deaf
Big D
little d
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Culture
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Prefers ASL
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Think they are
“normal”
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Prefers the term
“Deaf”
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Associates with the
deaf world.
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Medical issue
Prefers to
speak/lipread
Wants to become
“normal”
Prefers the term
“hearing-impaired”
Wants to associate
with the hearing world
Deaf Smith
Deaf Smith
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Texas Revolutionary War hero.
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Was a scout, cavalry officer and spy.
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First person learn of the fate of the Alamo.
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Participated in the battle of San Jacinto.
Gallaudet University
Gallaudet University
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Abraham Lincoln signed the charter to offer
deaf students college courses in 1865.
Edward Miner Gallaudet, Thomas' son, was the
first superintendent of the college.
The university is located in Washington D.C.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctXkV1_8fk
Alexander G. Bell
Alexander G. Bell
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Invented the telephone in 1875. Initially tried to
invent devices to help deaf people speak or to
see sound.
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Was a teacher of the deaf (oralism).
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Wife and mother deaf.
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Was successful in banning ASL from most
schools.
Helen Keller
Helen Keller
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Became deaf and blind from illness at 19
months.
By age 6 she had learned over 60 home signs.
Anne Sullivan taught Helen the manual
alphabet and became her interpreter.
Helen graduated college at the age of 24.
William “Dummy” Hoy
William “Dummy” Hoy
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Held many major league records. One still
stands unbroken today. During one game he
threw out three base runners at home plate
from center field.
Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low
Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low
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Lost hearing in one ear at age 25 due to
treatment for an ear infection. Became fully deaf
at the age of 29 when a grain of rice punctured
the ear drum of her good ear.
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Learned ASL
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Founded the Girl Scouts
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Music composer who began losing his hearing
at the age of 30. Became fully deaf 10 years
later. Composed several musical pieces while
deaf completely from memory.
Beethoven's ninth symphony
Ode to Joy
National Theatre of the Deaf
National Theatre of the Deaf
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Started in 1966.Uses both hearing and deaf
actors.
Based in Connecticut it is a professional theatre
group that travels around the world putting on
plays in ASL (voice interpreted).
Marlee Matlin
Marlee Matlin
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In 1986 won the Academy Award for Best
Actress. She was not born deaf but became
deaf at age 2.
Gallaudet University Protest
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In March 1988 the students protested the
selection of another hearing president for
Gallaudet University. They shut the school
down until the Board of Trustees (school board)
selected I. King Jordan as Gallaudet
University's first deaf president.
Heather Whitestone
Heather Whitestone
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In 1995 she became the first deaf woman to win
the crown of Miss America.
Growing up she attended speech-only schools
(oralism).
CHUCK BAIRD
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Deaf artist who incorporated signs into his art
work.