General Flashcards
Everything
Yes/No questions affected the development of ___?
Negatives
Who created ASL grammar?
William Stoke
When did NMM become significant?
early 1960’s
Yes/No Questions - facial expression?
Eyes Up
When was ICED formed, and what does it stand for?
1878, International Congress for the Education of the Deaf.
When indexing, what should you do if the person/object you are talking about is not there?
point to an empty space (typically to the right) or sign their name.
Louis Laurent Marie Clerc co-founded the first deaf school, which was later re-named American School for the Deaf. What was the original name of the school?
Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb
What were the first and last Repudiations?
1st - an unofficial census to reject the teaching of oralism
final - ICED’s policy to reject all of the Milan Conference rulings.
How many delegates that were deaf were at the Milan Conference?
1
Who supported the use of ASL at the Milan Conference?
The Gallaudet Brothers and Richard Elliot
When was the Milan Conference?
September 1880
What was the ruling of the Milan Conference?
Oralism is better than manulism (signing) for teaching.
Headquarters of NAD are where?
Silver Spring Maryland
The current president of NAD?
Jenny Buechner
Current Purpose of NAD?
Promote civil linguistic rights
The original purpose of NAD?
Preserve ASL
First Women to be elected to the NAD board?
Julia Foley
Which presedent pledged to increase civil service opportunities for the deaf?
Franklin D. Rosevelt
First national convention of the deaf-mutes
1880
First president of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD)?
Robert P. McGregor
Bill’s rule of numbers
If it hurts, don’t do it.
Visit:
https://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/numbersdiscussion.html for more details
What direction do 1-5/6-10 face when signing?
Towards/away - Unless emphasizing, then can face away.
Who invented RWC (Rear Windo Captions)
Rufus B. Seeder and company WGBH
Oralsim increases stress and is no longer taught in the U.S. today.
True - though still used in Argentina
Signing in classrooms legalized and the court making an official apology to the deaf in what year?
2010
Who was the first leader in the manulest (signer) movement?
Edward Gallaudet
What was the first oral school?
CLARKE School for the Deaf (founded by Alex Bell)
Role Shifting is/does what?
A language technique, role shifting allows you to distinguish between characters.
What made Robert Deaf/what age?
spinal meningitis at age 11
Where/when was Robert G Sanderson
born?
Vegas, 1920
What is Robert G Sanderson famous for?
President of NAD, and known for Vocational Rehab
What languages can VRS be in?
Spanish, English
Benefit to VRS compared to typing?
Allows emotional expression
VRS
Video Relay Service - AKA facetime w/interperater
The ASL used in other countries is identical to that used in the U.S.
False - They have different dialects.
How many people use ASL worldwide?
70,000,000
ASL is the third most common language in the U.S.
True
What countries use ASL?
Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Canada, West Africa, Mexico, Phillipenes, and some LDC’s
Difference between an induction loop and a hearing loop?
none
3 offensive deaf terms?
Deaf-Dumb, Deaf-Mute - Imply cannot be taught, and cannot communicate.
Hearing impaired - implies something wrong
Delong created a deaf school
True. - Elizabeth Delong School of the deaf.
Cause and age of deafness? (Elezibeth Delong)
Age 5, smallpox and Scarlett fever
Delong’s nickname?
Libbie
What is Delong famous for?
-The first Deaf Utah person to attend Gallaudet
-The first Deaf teacher at the Utah School for the Deaf
-First Deaf woman superintendent of the Sunday school for the Ogden Branch for the Deaf
-First Deaf president, and creator of the Utah Association of the Deaf (UAD),
After attending Galludet what did Delong do when she got home?
Came back with a degree to teach at Utah school of the Deaf
Where is Elizabeth Delong From
Utah
Where is Gallaudet from?
Philadelphia
Where did Thomas Gallaudet go to collage? When did he graduate? What age was he? What degree?
Yale University, 1805, 17, Bachalors
Stomping is a great way to get attention if you are not an experienced signer?
False, while it can be effective, You can look mad, attract too much attention, and/or not be able to do it effectively.
Who created captions?
Emerson Romero
Closed in closed captions means?
Not visible until activated
NCI
National Cpation Institue
Difference between CC and subtitles
CC (closed captions) is the description of all audio, subtitles are only dialog.
Telecommunication act definition and year passed
Made it mandatory for every program to have closed captions - 1996
Did Bell care more about deaf education, or the telephone?
Deaf education
What school did Bell teach at?
CLARKE School for the Deaf
Bell thought that deaf people should not have kids with deaf people?
T
Who was close to Bell that was deaf?
Wife
Alaxandar Grahm Bell Encouraged Sign?? (T/F)
F
Positive impacts of NFSD?
Proved Deaf people could be successful in business
Aided in removing discrimination against Deaf people
Promoted competition in insurance for the Deaf, giving them more options
When did the Salt Lake division disband, and then all of NFSD?
2004, 2007
Ogden division info
The Ogden Division No. 69 opened in 1918, but closed 5 years later due to low membership. The Ogden Division No. 127 was reestablished in 1945, and now stayed open until the 2000s.
First president of the NFSD
Peter N. Hellers, Jr.
Where did 13 men found the NFSD
Michigan school for the deaf
What did NFSD do?
Events and insurance
What was NFSD for
Insurance
When was SLC division no 56 formed?
1916
What year were women/black people allowed into NSFD (one answer for each)
1951,1955
When was NFSD founded?
June 12 1901
NFSD stand for?
National Fraternal Society for the Deaf
What year did Chuck Baird graduate?
1967
T/F Chuck Baird was born deaf?
True
What is de’VIA?
art that examines and expresses the Deaf Experience from a cultural, linguistic, and intersectional POV
What degree did Chuck Baird have, and in what?
Bachelors in studio painting
Where did Chuck Baird go to college?
southwest College for the Deaf &
Rochester’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
What spoken language has a similar grammar form to ASL
Japanese
What comes first in an ASL sentence (part of speech)
Time
Deaf community norms include:
Being blunt and direct, whether in description or opinion. Waving, tapping the shoulder, stamping on the floor, banging on the table, and turning the lights on and off to get someone’s attention.
Who signed to create the first deaf university?
Abraham Lincoln
Laurent Clerc brought over sign language from _______ and taught it to deaf students by blending it with American signs.
France
When was the first deaf school established?
1817
Who did Galadet bring back with him from France?
Laurent Clark
Where was the first deaf school established?
Hartford, Connecticut