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17 Cards in this Set
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WWI & WWII Factory Worker & Akron, Ohio |
- The Akron rubber companies founded - Firestone and Goodyear employed deaf people - Firestone: 300 deaf workers - Goodyear: roughly 135 workers - Goodyear Aircraft: 500 deaf workers Vic |
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(1956) Vocational Rehabilitation & Petra Fandrem Howard |
- Frandrem Howard’s career started 1915 - worked for Minnesota Labor Bureau for the Deaf - MLBD was a vocational rehabilitation for the Deaf - Petra Frandrem Howard: the 1st female president of the MLBD |
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(1957) Andrew Foster & his legacy in Africa |
- “Father of deaf education in Africa” - established 32 schools for the deaf in 13 African nations - (Dec. 1987) died in a plane crash, traveling from Rwanda to Kenya |
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(1965) Babbidge Report |
- showed overall weakness of deaf and hard of hearing education, residential schools - laws came to be: (1960) vocational rehabilitation funding of post secondary DHH, (1973) Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act (equal access to communication), (1975) PL 94-142 (Edu. For all handicapped children act), & (1990) Individuals with disabilities education act - if you want to shorten the second bullet point, LAWS THAT SUPPORT DEAF & HARD OF HEARING CHILDREN IN THEIR EDUCATION |
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World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) |
- established in 1951 (Rome, Italy) - promoted human rights of Deaf people, equal access, etc. |
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Deaflympics |
- established in 1924 (Paris, France) - 9 countries participated in 1924 - success & held 4 yrs. Later in Amsterdam |
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National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD) |
- established in 1967 (Waterford, Connecticut) - founders: Edna Simon Levin & David Hays - world’s first American deaf professional theatre company - (1950s) The miracle worker was the reason for starting it |
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National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) |
- congress established it in 1965 - world’s first & largest technological college for the deaf & hard of hearing students - promoted employment for deaf people |
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First Deaf students at CSUN |
- 1st integrated program for Deaf students in 1964 - NCOD: 1st post secondary program to provide sign language interpreters - NLTP: provided interpreters & notetakers, full access to university |
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Founding of California School for the Deaf (CSD) |
- founded in 1860 (Fremont) - 1st special education program in California - Started in San Francisco (3 students), then Berkeley (50 students) - Perry E. Seely is the founding father of today’s CSDR; 1953, Riverside |
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Marlton School |
- established in 1968 - K-12 school in Los Ángeles, California - offers bilingual school (ASL/English) - 1st non-residential school to be admitted to the Center for ASL/English Bilingual Education & Research (CAEBER) |
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Stokoe’s work on ASL |
- In 1960, Stokoe studied ASL—determine structure & form - (1965) created a dictionary of ASL on Linguistic Principles - proved that ASL was a language - (1976) his dictionary re-published |
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Rehabilitation Act of 1973 |
- prohibited discrimination based on DA in any program - provided equal access to DA people |
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Public Law 94-142 (PL) |
- (1975) President Gerald Ford signed into Law the PL - provide education for ALL handicapped children - protected the rights of every DA individuals’ needs |
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) |
- established in 1990 - prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities in several areas: employment, transportation, public accommodations, communication, & programs/services |
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Gallaudet Protests Deaf President Now |
- Student protest in 1988 - Gallaudet students shut down the campus; protesting for Deaf President in Gallaudet instead of a hearing candidate - students demanded 4 specific things: zinger’s resignation, resignation of Jane Bassett Spilman, reconstruction of boarder of trustees with 51% deaf, no reprisal against any student or staff |
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Unity of Gallaudet |
- (2006) similar to the Deaf president now movement - All Deaf at Gallaudet protest against Dr. Jane Fernandes - King Jordan successors included: Ronald Stern, Stephens Weiner, & Jane Fernandes - Fernandes was seen as someone who lacked charisma to lead deaf community |
