1. to Deaf Culture
Group: Berhan A., Marquesa C., Jasmine, Mike B., Denise A.,
Latia F. and Ro’Derrick B.

2. Isn’t ASL signing in English?
No, ASL has its own grammar
One word in English can have separate signs in ASL.
Let’s see pg. 23 in Master ASL

3. Facts About Deaf Culture
Deaf people introduce themselves with their first and last name. This is to help know who is related or have friends in common.
Using your voice to talk to another hearing person instead of signing is rude.
Many Deaf people enjoy telling stories.
Deaf people are typically blunt.

4. Deaf Culture Deaf Culture is about being apart of a community.
Here are some examples…….

5. 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

6. 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)

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

8. 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

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

10. 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.

11. 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

12. 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