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ASL 305 Deaf Culture
Deaf Culture
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Undergraduate 3
04/21/2010

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Term

 

 

 

Andrew Jackson Foster

Definition

1st African American to Graduate from Gallaudet

 

Father of Education

 

Founded 13 schools for the Deaf

Term

 

 

Education

Definition

 

The greatest influence and effect the Hearing-world has over the Deaf-world is __________.

Term

 

Changed the way Hearing People Viewed the Deaf Community

Definition

 

William Stokoe's work

 

Children of a Lesser God (1987)

 

Gaulladet Protest...Deaf President Now (1988)

Term

 

 

Total Communication

Definition

 

1970s

 

Compromise between the oral community and the signing community

 

Signs, spoken English, finger spelling, mime, gestures

Term

 

 

Simultaneous Communication

"Sim-Com"

Definition

 

 

Signing and Speaking Simultaneously 

Term

 

 

Signing Essential English

Definition

 

 

 

"I am going to the store."

Term

 

 

Pidgin Signed English

Definition

 

 

"I am going to store."

Term

 

 

American Sign Language

Definition

 

 

"I going store."

Term

 

 

Greatest Myth

 

This is the "Kiss of Death"

Definition

 

 

 

It's too easy to learn.

Term

 

 

Myths Concerning a Deaf Child Learning to Sign

Definition

ASL becomes a crutch, too easy to learn and English becomes difficult

 

Signing is for "losers"

 

Watching a person sign is disabling

 

Deaf World is a cultural ghetto

Term

 

 

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
(Section 504)

Definition

 

 

Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in federal programs or federally funded programs.

Term

 

The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975

(PL 94-142)

 

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Definition

 

 

Requiring all public schools accepting federal funds to provide access to children with disabilities

Term

 

 

Free and Appropriate Education

Definition

 

 

School districts are required to proved a _____ ____ ____________ _______ for all disables children under the IDEA act.

Term

 

Least Restrictive Environment

Definition

 

 

School districts are required to provide disabled children an education in the ______ _____ _______.

Term

 

 

IEP

Definition

description of academic and social levels of the child

 

annual goals and sub goals for academic

 

plan for evaluation

Term

 

 

80% of deaf children

Definition

 

 

Before 1960, ____ __ _____ _____ attended residential schools.

Term

 

 

30% of deaf children

Definition

 

 

Today, ___ ____ ____ _______

attend residential schools.

Term

 

 

Factors to Consider placement for the deaf child.

Definition

 

The Language of Instruction

 

the Academic Quality of the Program

 

the Degree of Social Interaction

Term

 

Noam Chomsky...

"Language acquisition device"

 

 

Definition

 

 

 

All humans are programmed to learn language

Term

 

Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

Definition

 

 

language-based, culturally biased

Term

 

Stanford Achievement Test

Definition

 

Only test adapted for use with deaf and hard of hearing students.

 

 

Term

 

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Definition

 

Has a performance not based on language.

 

Standardized for use with deaf individuals.

Term

 

Impairment

Definition

 

Any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure or function

Term

 

Disability

Definition

 

Any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for human being.

Term

 

Handicap

Definition
A disadvantage for a given individual, resulting from an impairment or disability, that limits or prevents the fulfillment of a role that is normal, depending on age, sex, social and cultural factors, for that individual.
Term

 

Mitigate a Disability

Definition

 

To soften or make less sever.

Term
Second Industrial Revolution
Definition

1870-1914

 

State created ways to measure and evaluate to determine one's ability to work.

Term

 

Social Theory of Disability

Definition

 

Complex measurements were developed so that special benefits and services could be offered to individuals with disabilities. 

Term

 

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Definition

 

Sought to remove barriers for people with disabilities.

Term

 

1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Definition

 

Extended legal protection to all people with disabilities.

Term

 

Rehab Act of 1973

Section 501

Definition

 

Provided affirmative action programs for people with disabilities

Term

 

Rehab Act of 1973
Section 503

Definition

 

Provided more opportunities for contractors who employed individuals with disabilities.

Term

 

Rehab Act of 1973
Section 504

Definition

 

Prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities in programs receiving federal assistance.

Term

 

10,000 deaf students

Definition

 

Currently, about ____ ___ __________ are enrolled in postsecondary programs.

Term

 

The Bilingual, Hearing, and Speech-Impaired Court Interpreter Act of 1979

Definition

 

Guarantees deaf people qualified interpreters when it comes to legal matters...criminal or civil. 

Term

 

1. Eugenics

 

2. Cochlear Implants

Definition

 

Two initiatives that would reduce the numbers of deaf people are wrapped-up in two areas:

Term

 

1961, William House

Definition
When and Who did the first cochlear implants occur?
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