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Title: to Deaf Culture


1
to Deaf Culture
  • Group Berhan A., Marquesa C., Jasmine, Mike B.,
    Denise A.,
  • Latia F. and RoDerrick B.

2
What is deaf culture?
  • -Sharing the same language - use the ASL (
    American Sign Language )
  • -Deaf Institutes where ASL, deaf culture and deaf
    sports are shared

3
What is deaf culture?
  • -Deaf Clubs- once popular in the past, now on
    decline because of the technology
  • -Deaf sports including Deaf Olympics (Curtis
    Pride, Kenny Walker, Dummy Hoy)

4
What is deaf culture?
  • -The visual arts- reflecting ASL,
  • fingerspelling, pride and
  • oppression
  • -Performing arts- Deaf theatre
  • and movie Children of a
  • Lesser God

5
What is deaf culture?
  • -ASL Literature- ASL storytelling,
  • ASL poetry, ASL jokes,
  • ASL cartoons
  • -Shared oppression- audism- hearing people who
    show a negative or oppressive attitude towards
    deaf people

6
Other facts about deaf culture
  • Taping on a shoulder or waving a hand to get
    attention
  • Alarm- has vibrator or flashing lights
  • Sidekick or Blackberry- a cell phone for Deaf
    users
  • VP- videophone (new technology)

7
Important Deaf People-Thomas Hopkin Gallaudet
  • Thomas Gallaudet was born on June 3, 1822
    August 27, 1902 in Conn.
  • Trinity College in Harford
  • Teaching at NYID-M
  • 1864- Gallaudet's youngest son, Edward Miner
    Gallaudet, built the first college for deaf
    students and became the college's first
    president.

8
Important Deaf People-Helen Keller
  • Born 27 June 1880
  • Birthplace Tuscumbia,
  • Alabama
  • Died 1 June 1968
  • (of natural causes)
  • Best Known As
  • blind and deaf
  • woman who became a
  • famous activist

9
Important Deaf People-Heather Whitestone
  • Born February 24,1973 in Dothan, Alabama
  • Become deaf about 18month old.
  • She won Miss America
  • Pageant in 1995.
  • School Central Institute
  • for the Deaf, Alabama School
  • of Fine Arts Hoover High School .
  • Marriage John McCallum
  • Children two children in Atlanta, Georgia

10
Signs
  • Fingerspelling and numbers
  • Famous sign ILY
  • What signs would you like to know?
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