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Welcome to Deaf World

Welcome to Deaf World. By: Natalie Gordinier. What Is Deaf World?. Over 30 million Deaf in USA alone A difference in experience NOT a disability Big D little d. Overview. Some Important People The First Education Off to College we GO! Misconceptions. More overview. Communication

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Welcome to Deaf World

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  1. Welcome to Deaf World By: Natalie Gordinier

  2. What Is Deaf World? • Over 30 million Deaf in USA alone • A difference in experience • NOT a disability • Big D little d

  3. Overview • Some Important People • The First Education • Off to College we GO! • Misconceptions

  4. More overview • Communication • American Sign Language • Cultural Comparison • What’s happening now?

  5. Some Important People • Thomas H. Gallaudet • Mason Fitch Cogswell • Laurent Clerc

  6. The First Education • Gallaudet • The Oral Method • American Sign Language

  7. Off to College we GO! • Amos Kendal • Edward Miner Gallaudet • 1864, Abe Lincoln, Make it official • Deaf President Now

  8. Misconceptions • Deaf = Dumb • No speech in communication • Deafness is a Disability • You can’t sign, you can’t communicate • Cochlear Implants solve everything • Deafness is hereditary

  9. Communication • American Sign Language • SimComming • Telephone

  10. American Sign Language… • ASL • Pidgin • Signing Exact English

  11. …and how it started. • Thomas H. Gallaudet • Abbe Roche AmbroiseSicard • French to American

  12. The • Alphabet

  13. Cultural Comparison • Pointing • Bluntness • Getting someone’s attention • Socializing • Introductions • Talking with your mouth full

  14. What’s happening now? • Deaf Awareness Week • Through Deaf Eyes • See What I’m Saying • Gallaudet University • Deaf Performers

  15. To Sum It All Up… • Gallaudet, The man, The School • Changing The Misconception • American Sign Language • Hearing Vs Deaf Culture • Deaf World Today

  16. Works Cited • www.NAD.org • http://www.pbs.org/weta/throughdeafeyes/ • http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2006/10/31/davis • http://aaweb.gallaudet.edu/About_Gallaudet/History_of_the_University.html

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