Deaf Culture

Front 1

What is ASL?

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A language capable of expressing abstract ideas and a language utilizing space and movement to convey meaning.

Front 2

Historically, ASL is related too?

Back 2

French Sign Language

Front 3

ASL is used by most deaf people in which countries?

Back 3

America and Canada

Front 4

Approximately what percent of Deaf people who marry are married to other deaf people?

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90%

Front 5

ASL is handed down by

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Deaf family members and Residential schools for the deaf.

Front 6

Facial expression, hand movements, and eye gaze in ASL means

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Grammer

Front 7

You should watch the ____ when signing

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Face

Front 8

Fingerspelling is used

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to spell specific brands and give names

Front 9

ASL makes use of space in front of signers body to

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convey distance, contrast two people, places, and things, express time concepts

Front 10

To get the attention of a Deaf Person you should

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tap them on the shoulder

Front 11

If your path is blocked by two signers you should

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walk through

Front 12

What is considered rude by deaf people?

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Watching a signed convo and using voice in the presence of deaf people

Front 13

In general the least effective communication between deaf and hearing people is

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speech and lipreading

Front 14

Which of the following are valued in the Dead Community

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Govern own affairs, being kept informed about the community and its members, to have sense of social oblication and duty, to develop long term relationships

Front 15

Other than the word deaf what other words are appropriate to call deaf people

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NONE