Question | Answer |
True or False: You should stare at people when they sign. | False
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True or False: You can walk through a signed conversation if you are polite. | True
| True or False: If a Deaf person is near you, you should always use your voice. | False
| What are two ways the Deaf Culture and ASL are passed down to Deaf kids? | Residential schools and Deaf adults
| 90% | Deaf of hearing
| 10% | Deaf of Deaf
| Writing/texting | Most effective
| Yelling/ talking slowly | Least effective
| What are three ways to get a Deaf person's attention? | Lights, Stomping, Waving
| Edward Miner Gallaudet | Thomas' son who created GU
| Braidwoods | First stop in Europe refused to disclose secrets
| Why is Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet such an imporant, cherished person in Deaf Culture? | Creator of Deaf Ed and ASL
| What was the name of the first SCHOOL for the Deaf? When/where was it established? | American School for the Deaf, Hartford Ct. 1817
| 1864 | When GU was established
| Laurent Clerc | Assisted Gallaudet in starting ASL
| Who originally motivated Gallaudet to learn about Deaf education? | Alice Cogswell
| What are the medical and cultural views of deafness? | Fixed versus fine |