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American School for the Deaf:

* Founded in 1817 in Hartford, Connecticut by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet & Laurent Clerc 
* Dr. Mason Cogswell asked Gallaudet to look into Deaf Education for his daughter, Alice Cogswell

Alexander Graham Bell:

* Invented the telephone
* Taught in Deaf schools
* Wife & Mother were deaf
* Proposed the Oral Method of teaching deaf students
* Also supported Nativism & Eugenics

Nativism

* fear/dislike of people from other countries/cultures
* Bell wanted to end the used of sign language/ASL

Eugenics

* trying to control genetics by breeding out “bad traits” and keeping good traits
* Bell did not want deaf people to marry or have children for fear of them having a deaf child

National Association of the Deaf:

* Founded in 1880
* Created to protect the civil rights of Deaf people
* George Veditz was the 7th President of the NAD and began creating films with ASL, with the goal of preserving ASL for future generations

National Theater of the Deaf:

* Founded in 1967
* Based in Washington, DC
* Have performed on Broadway, the Disney Channel, Sesame Street, at the White House, and internationally

Teletypewriter

way for deaf people to communicate that wasn’t morse code

Hearing Aids

used to help people who are hard of hearing hear greater sound

Cochlear Implants

permanent procedure that sends electrical impulses to the brain so someone can hear

Flashing lights in Houses

used as a “doorbell” so deaf people can know when someone is at the front door

Videophones

used to deaf people can sign face to face over the phone

William Stokoe:

* Came to Gallaudet University in 1955 to teach English
* Researched ASL and found it was an actual language
* Created the first ASL Dictionary, organized by handshapes rather than alphabetical order
* Known as the “Father of ASL Linguistics”

Deaf President Now (DPN):

* Took place in March 1988 on the campus of Gallaudet University
* A hearing President was elected, Elisabeth Zinser
* Students and faculty began to protest, shutting down the school and blocking the campus exits with school buses
* 4 Demands of the Protests:
* Zinser resigns
* Jane Spilman resigns from the Board of Trustees
* 51% of the Board of Trustees must be Deaf
* No reprisals for those who protested
* Dr. I. King Jordan was elected 8th President of GU

“Curing” Deafness:

* cure by shock of meeting someone famous
* cure by ears being popped while flying a plane

Racism:

* churches forced people to leave their services
* schools were segregated and had different signs