History of ASL and Interpreting

Question 1

What does ADA stand for and what year was it passed

Answer 1

Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990

Question 2

ADA was enacted in which year?

Answer 2

1990

Question 3

Who is Alice Cogswell?

Answer 3

The 9 year old girl neighbor of the Gallaudets that inspired Gallaudet to educate deaf people

Question 4

I what year, and y whom, was the now Gallaudet University founded?

Answer 4

Thomas Gallaudet’s son, Edward founded what was then called “The National Deaf-mute College” in 1864

Question 5

Who accompanied Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet back to America

Answer 5

Laurent Clerc

Question 6

When did CMP begin operation

Answer 6

July 1, 1994

Question 7

When did the first revision to the Code of Ethics happen and what was revised

Answer 7

In 1965 the Code of Ethics was changed completely. It had 12 articles and imposed confidentiality for the first time

Question 8

What year did Deaf President Now take place

Answer 8

March 1988

Question 9

What section of the ADA are interpreters addressed

Answer 9

Under Title III.V Interpreters are considered a type of auxiliary aid that is required to be provided for communication with any individuals with hearing impairments

Question 10

What year did RID change its name and why

Answer 10

Many of the participants who were at the original workshop felt that is was time to formalize interpreting as a profession. 1972

Question 11

When did RID begin evaluation interpreters

Answer 11

1972

Question 12

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act provides what services

Answer 12

After a student becomes 22, they no longer qualify for services under IDEA so 504 becomes responsible for establishing that the needs for services are still there and then providing them with those services

Question 13

What year did ASD open?

Answer 13

American School for the Deaf opened in 1817

Question 14

National Theatre for the Deaf was established in what year?

Answer 14

1967

Question 15

What was the name of the hearing president that was forced to resign after DPN and the name of the president who was later welcomed?

Answer 15

Elizabeth A. Zinswer resigned a few days after the protests began and by the end of the week Dr. I. King Jordan became Gallaudet’s first Deaf President

Question 16

In what year was RID established and why was it founded then

Answer 16

June 14-17 in Muncie Indiana at a workshop was helping to bring more structure and foundation to the training of interpreters

Question 17

Explain what the Milan Conference is and what year it took place

Answer 17

September 6-11, 1880 an innational conference of Deaf educators was held. A declaration was made that oral education was better that any manual sign language form of education so they outlawed the use of sign language in education

Question 18

Helper Philosophy

Answer 18

Interpreter as a care taker. First philosophy of RID back in 1964

Question 19

In what category does the interpreter fall under in the IDEA?

Answer 19

Interpreters are under “Related Service Providers” which makes them an active part of the consumers IEP. Federal government mandates that Interpreters are involved in the education plan of deaf students.