final exam presentations Flashcards
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Phyllis Frelich
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- Born Feb 29, 1944. Died April 10, 2014.
- Deaf Actress on broadway.
- She won a tony award for her role in the show “Children of a lesser god”.
- Has a Husband named Robert.
- Has Two kids and they are hearing.
- She was the oldest of 9 siblings and all of her family was deaf when she was younger.
- She is from North Dakota.
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Matt Hamill
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- born deaf - in Ohio
- forced to be around mainstream - learned to read lips
- bullied growing up - was taught wrestling
- 1st UFC deaf fighter
- Film “The Hammer” based on his life story
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Helen Keller
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- Born with hearing and vision in 1880
- Scarlett Fever left her deaf and blind at 19 months old
- 1st deaf and blind woman to earn a bachelors degree
- Published her first book at age 21 “The Story Of My Life”
- Founded the ACLU which fights for the civil rights of all American citizens (still exists today)
- -Traveled to over 37 countries advocating for the dead and blind communities
- Died at age 87 after having a series of strokes
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Jim Kyte
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- Born hearing in Ottawa, Canada.
- Diagnosed with genetic disorder at three and has been loosing hearing throughout the course of his life.
- 1st hard of hearing NHL player.
- Father and all four brothers have same disorder and are deaf.
- Played in the NHL from 1988-1997 when he was in a car accident which forced him to retire.
- He ran a deaf kid’s hockey camp to increase self-esteem of deaf kids.
- Today, he is an inspirational speaker in Canada.
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Nellie Zabel Willhite
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- Born hearing in 1892 in South Dakota.
- Became Deaf at age 2 due to measles
- Famous Deaf pilot
- 1st female pilot in S. Dakota
- Her and Amelia Earhart formed the 99s which was an all-woman pilot club
- Died in 1991 due to natural causes
- Not married, no children.
- Her father and her plane were name Pard
- Her and her plane were inducted into the South Dakota -Hall of Fame
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Heather Whitestone
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- 1st deaf Miss America 1995
- born hearing, but became deaf because of influenza
- growing up she loved to dance, dancing was her talent at the beauty pageant
- learned to dance by counting the beats with her hands on the speaker
- decided to get cochlear implant to hear her family
- has hearing husband and 4 kids
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Bernard Bragg
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- Born on September 27, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York
- born deaf to deaf parents
- he is an actor, writer, and a poet
- He established the National Theater for Deaf
- he attended Gallaudet university and won an award called the Teagarden award for Creativity Poetry in his senior year
- He was into the art of mime after he went to Paris to study under an internationally known mime named Marcel Marceau
- he also taught theater in a school for deaf in California.
- After he established the National Theater for the Deaf he left his career in teaching in California for Connecticut to perform
- He is now retired 86 year old man
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Michelle Banks
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- Born February 24, 1968 in Washington DC
- One older brother
- Born hearing – at the age of 1 became deaf after a battle with spinal meningitis
- First deaf student to study drama at State University of New York (SUNY)
- Went to middle school and high school on Gallaudet campus
- Knew she wanted to be an actress at the age of 7
- Transferred to SUNY to become an actress
- It was hard to get through school – had to fight for an interpreter in her classes
- Graduated SUNY in 1990
- Created the first deaf theatre school of color – Onyx Theatre in New York City
- “Onyx is a black stone – the black represents people of color and the stone represents deafness”
- Alive and well today – helps at MSSD in the Performing Arts Program
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T. Alan Hurwitz
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- Born deaf to two deaf parents
- Throughout his career, has been involved with many professional and deafness-related organizations
- Past president of the National Association of the Deaf
- Was president of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)
- Became Gallaudet University’s 10th Deaf President in 2010 (to present)
- has a deaf daughter, and son is hard of hearing
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Ashley Fiolek
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- Born deaf in Michigan in 1990
- professional motocross racer
- Got her first bike when she was 3
- Won the WMX championship 4 times
- Won gold in the Xgames twice\
- Has a charity to teach kids how to ride motorcycles
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Linda Bove
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- born deaf to two deaf parents
- Gallaudet university - BA in library science
- actress on sesame Street as -Linda the librarian 1971-2003
- held the longest role of any deaf person in entertainment
- opened deaf west theater with her husband in LA
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Katie Leclerc
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- Born on November 6th and she is 28 years
- Born in Texas
- Two older siblings
- Learned ASL at the age of 17
- Meniere’s disease: episodes of vertigo & ringing in the ear
- hard of hearing – 80% deaf
- actress on switched at birth
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Ann Marie “Jade: Ryan
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- deaf because of brain injury
- 1st deaf black filmmaker
- founded Jade Films & entertainment
- founded deaf vision film woks
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Alice Cogswell
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- born august 31 1805
- became deaf at 2 b/c of meningitis -first to attend Connecticut asylum for the deaf
- only picture of her is the famous silhouette
- carried around a board to communicate with people
- could speak a few words like pretty
- died of a broken heart from her father’s death
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Marlee Matlin
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- deaf at 18 months
- deaf actress
- studied CRJ at Harper College
- Husband Kevin is a cop , hearing
- lives in LA
- 2 daugters 2 sons
- started tv show switched at birth
