ASL DC NOTES

How did Beethoven go deaf?

Age 28-44, ice bucket, lead poisoning & syphilis

How did Juliet Daisy Gordon Low go deaf?

Deaf at Age 25, grain of rice stuck in ear

How did Kitty O Neil go deaf?

Deaf at 5 months, measles, mumps & small pox

How did Marlee Matlin go deaf?

Deaf at 18 months, spinal meningitis

How did Amos Kendall go deaf?

They didn’t was hearing; donated 2 acres of land to build the deaf school, though.

How did Thomas Hopkins go deaf?

Hearing person worked with Alice Cogswell and Laurent Clerc

Audism

The discrimination based on the ability to hear

30%

of words can be lip-read.

10%

Deaf kids are born to deaf parents

2%

Of parents learn to fluently sign

DPN

Deaf President Now movement. 4 demands:

1. Get rid of Zinser and have a deaf president

2. Get rid of Spilman (chairmen step down)

3. 51% of the board has to be deaf

4. Nobody gets punished

How did Alexander Gram Bell go deaf?

Hearing, villain of ASL 🤬

How did I King Jordan go deaf?

21 years old motorcycle accident

Order of ASL

Time + Topic + Comment

Milan Conference

Tried to get rid of ASL, Fired 90% of deaf teachers

How did Laurent Clerc go deaf?

Deaf at age 1, fell of a chair into a fire

Origin

Spanish monks taking vows of silence need a way to communicate.

Football signs

Came from Gallueduet University a deaf school.

How did William “Dummy” Hoy go deaf?

Age 3, spinal meningitis

How did Hellen Keller go deaf?

Deaf at 19 months, spinal meningitis

How did Andrew Foster go deaf?

Deaf at age 11 same time as twin, spinal meningitis

How did James “Deaf“ Burke go deaf?

Born deaf

How did Thomas Edison go deaf?

age 2 scarlet fever, age 16 train conductor.

What is CPC?

Code of Professional Conduct

What are the # of subtenents for cpc?

3,6, 10, 4, 5 8, 2

What are the sub-tenants for professional development?

1. Workshops

2. Laws and rules

Whats the sub-tenants for confidentiality?

1. Don't tell

2. Data

3. Tell

What the sub-tenants for respect for consumer?

1. Language

2. Professional

3. Ask

4. Equal

Never call a deaf person what?

Deaf dumb

Deaf mute

Hearing impaired

Handicapped

Disabled

ADA

American with Disability Act. Helps everyone with a disability.

EIPA

Educational Interpreters Performance Assessment. 2 test 1 written it's pass fail, performance is graded on 1-5 4 is considered passed

NAD

National association for the deaf. It's a civil rights group

IDEA

Individuals with disabilities education act. Helps people with disabilities k-12. Under the ADA

CASTL

Center of Assessment for Sign Language Interpreters. Took over NIC

VRS

Video Relay system

CODA

Child of deaf adult

NIC

National Interpreters Certification, 3 tests all pass fail. Written, interview, and performance. Unser CASLI

CASE

Conceptually Accurate Signed English, conceptual not a language

MCE

Manually Coded English, not a language or conceptual

CDI

Certified Deaf interpreter

Pre and post-lingual

Before language (before 18 months)

-After language (after 18 months)

4-5

Reading level of dea graduates due to language deprivation

Cochlear implant

surgically implant audio device.

Interpreters

A person who translates one language to another