ASL exam 2
Douglas Tilden
Called the Michelangelo of the American West, he had roots in the vibrant and creative San Francisco Bay Area Deaf Community, and was the first California sculptor to attain recognition and worldwide fame outside the U.S.
CODAs (Children Of Deaf Adults). Many of these children will grow up to be bilingual and bi-cultural, with their first language as ASL and their second language as English
Hearing Children with Deaf parents are called
When he was four, he got scarlet fever
How did Tilden become Deaf?
For his activism against the suppression of sign language for educating Deaf children
How is Tilden remembered in the Deaf community?
A standard-bearer for the spirit of the American West
How is Tilden remembered?
more than 22 million-six million of which are profoundly Deaf
How many Deaf or hard of hearing people are in the U.S.
Diana, the royal Princess of Wales
She acquired some fluency in British Sign Language and raised awareness of BSL and Deaf People. The patron of the BDA for 10 years, she chose to sign her speech in BSL at the BDA's centennial celebration in 1990. She was beloved and admired by the British Deaf community.
Helen Keller
The most well-known deaf-blind person. While she wasn't the first deaf-blind person to be educated, she was the first one to graduate from college, and she did it with honors.
a set of learned behaviors of a group of people that share a language, values, rules for behavior, and traditions.
What did Carol Padden define as a culture?
California School for the Deaf
What school did Tilden go to?
It is considered impolite
Why shouldn't you speak if you are in the presence of a Deaf person?
1860
When was Tilden born?
35. (including ASL, Peruvian Sign Language, and Greenlandic Sign Language.)
In North and South America, how many different sign languages exist?
Hugs instead of handshakes, open, direct conversations often including elaboration about lives and daily occurrences, and there is an interest in other people's connection with the Deaf community
Meeting others within the Deaf community:
Alexander Graham Bell
One of the most devoted supporters of the oralism method, he started an institution in Boston in 1872 to train teachers of Deaf people to use oral education. He was one person in the history of sign language whose actions severely damaged Deaf individuals and their culture.