Deaf Culture Vocab

NFSD

(Former) National Fraternal Society of the Deaf Offers insurance as well as fraternal and community service activities for Deaf people

Fingerspelling

22 handshapes that when moved or held a certain way, represent the American alphabet

Interpreter for the Deaf

ASL to spoken or vice versa

Lighting

Ability to see people is very important; like to hang out in the kitchen with good lighting

Medical Model

Aka pathological model Model of deafness where people feel that being deaf is a problem to be solved

Video relay service

Allows hearing people to call deaf people and vice versa, words Between a telephone and TTY

Disability Group

Culturally Deaf people don't view themselves as disabled, instead a minority, group with shared culture and common language

Capital D Deaf

Culturally deaf

Deaf

Culturally deaf people

Deaf/hh

Culturally deaf people who are able to use hearing aids, speech read, and talk with their voice (labeled Deaf in general and hard of hearing in specific)

Leave-taking

Deaf "good-byes" tend to take a long time

DPN

Deaf President Now campus protest and international Deaf movement at Gallaudet on 1988 (a hearing woman had just been elected president of Gallaudet, as a result of the protests, a deaf man became president)

Hugs or Hugging

Deaf people tend to hug more than (American hearies)

Deaf Community

Deaf people who use sign language and share in Deaf culture (not trying to change status and live in hearing world)

Deafness

Evolving into Deafhood because deafness carried negative connotations of deaf being a disability

Gallaudet, Edward Miner

Founder and first president of Columbia University for the Deaf and Dumb (Gallaudet)

GA

Go Ahead meaning you are done with your turn and it is the other persons turn to type

Dominant Hand

Hand you do most of your signing with

Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins

Helped establish the first American school for the deaf after seeming England's method

Storytelling

Highly valued to skillfully tell a stoey

HH

HoH Hard of Hearing

Deaf World

Includes all Deaf people and anyone connected to those deaf people

Dead and Hard of Hearing

Inclusive version of Deaf

IEP

Individualized Education Program

Just "Deaf"

Instead of using "Culturally Deaf" the capital D includes cultural The varying levels of residual hearing have nothing to do with it, just participation in the deaf community

ITP

Interpreter Training Program

Jr. NAD

Junior National Association of the Deaf

LSQ

Langue des Signes Québécois popular signed language in Canada although many Canadians also use ASL

LRE

Least Restrictive Environment Which educational environment is "least restrictive" for a Deaf child? Hearing admins often believe that is a public school, but most members of Deaf community consider residential schools to be best

Handedness

Left-handed people sign left-hand dominant and fingerspell with left hand

Uppercase Deaf/lowercase

Lowercase=physically deaf, uppercase=culturally deaf

MCE

Manually Coded English ie Signed English Signing system designed to portray English on the hands

Stay Deaf

Most Deaf people if given the chance to becoming Hearing, would choose to remain deaf, or at least would continue to be active in the Deaf world

Movies, Deaf

Movies focusing on or heavily involving Deaf characters Bridge to Silence Love is Never Silent

NAD

National Association of the Deaf Worlds oldest Deaf advocacy organization

NCI

National Captioning Institute Ensures that Deaf and HoH have access to tv entertainment and news through CC

NTID

National Technical Institute for the Deaf Popular choice for Deaf students (NY)

NTD

National Theater of the Deaf Touring theater group of Deaf and hearing actors who entertain worldwide through music, sign language, and the spoken word

Hearing

Non-Deaf people

NMM

Non-Manual Markers Facial expressions and body movements Used to inflect signs: change, influence, or emphasize the meaning Ie raise eyebrows

Deaf Culture

Norms, beliefs, values etc shared by the Deaf community

NERDA

Not Even Related to a Deaf Adult Comical reference to Hearing people who don't have ties to the Deaf world

Hearing Impaired

Not used by Deaf people

Views of deafness

Pathological/medical model Deafness is a disease that needs to be cured or fixed Culturally Deaf model Deaf people would not want to become hearing, not a problem to be fixed

Oral/Oralism

Philosophy of encouraging (forcing) Deaf to speak and read lips rather than use sign language

Self-Exclusion

Physically deaf or HoH people who are not part of Deaf Community, part of Deaf World but choose not to commune with Deaf people or learn their language

PSE

Pidgin Signed English "contact signing" used when deaf and hearing individuals need to communicate Follows English word order while using ASL signs

Mainstreaming

Placement of a Deaf student in a hearing school (w or w/out an interpreter)

PL 94-142

Public Law 94-142 passed in 1975 prompted free and appropriate education for all kids

Lowercase d deaf

Refers to being physically deaf not culturally Level of hearing below which a person is unlikely to understand speech for everyday purposes

RID

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Conducts and promoted certification of interpreters Worlds largest association of interpreters for the Deaf

RSC

Reverse Skills Certificate Type of interpreter certification Ability to understand and voice what is being signed

SEE

Signing Exact English Invented sign system intended to represent English with the intent to assist deaf children in the acquisition of English

SIMCOM

Simultaneous Conversation Communicating using sign and goosing at the same time Frowned upon because the ASL quality suffers

Hard of Hearing

Some degree of hearing loss but can still function in the hearing world some of them are culturally Deaf (if they are can refer to themselves as Deaf)

Voicing

Some never voice, some can voice as well as Heating, generally use it only when comfortable or to get attention

Hearing Person

Someone who can hear and has the mindset of a person who can hear (capitalized to mean they belong to hearing culture)

Deaf school

State run residential schools for the Deaf (source of pride in culturally Deaf adults)

SK

Stop Keying Used to end a teletype (TTY) convo "hanging up"

Captions

Subtitles Closed captioning: can be turned off, open can't

SSI

Supplementary Security Income Checks from gov't to help pay for basic living expenses

TTY or TDD

Teletype/telecommunication device for the deaf Text and video have led to decline in TTYs

Introductions and meeting new people

Tend to exchange detailed biographical info and describe social circles in depth

Font, ASL

There are types of fonts that resemble Fingerspelling

TC

Total Communication Philosophy of deaf education that advocates the use of signing, voicing, writing, and other methods of communication

Hearing School

Typical public school, main mode of communication is speakig

VP

Video Phone

VRS

Video Relay Service

Voc Rehab

Vocational Rehabilitation For people who are disabled but might be able to work Important gov't agency that helps provide training and employment assistance to many Deaf people