Changing the world by creating Deaf Community allies - one at a time.
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#historicaleventwithintheDeafcommunity The American School for the Deaf opened on April 15, 1817 in Hartford Connecticut. It was the first permanent public school for the deaf in the US.
#tipstobettercommunicatewithdeafpeople 1. Have their attention before speaking 2. Maintain eye contact 3. Make sure there isn’t anything covering your mouth 4. Speak slowly and clearly, but without over exaggerating mouth movements or yelling
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Parents protest over allegations teacher mocked deaf student bit.ly/3GVTJBB #deaf
#dayinthelife Get ready for the day, check emails, draft and edit some papers for classes, work on homework, and then relax for the remainder of the day.
#didyouknow The football huddle was invented by the Deaf. It was invented at Gallaudet in the late 1800s so that the other team couldn’t see their hand signals.
The day in the life of an about to graduate student: get a good night’s rest, wake up, have a good morning breakfast, keep at your class work; time management and studying, and then you will eventually feel confident with yourself when you graduate.
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Ten "surprising and enlightening facts about how sign language developed across human history" bit.ly/3AJnGAZ #deaf #ASL
Oralism was once called a “women’s movement” because of how most oralist teachers were women and were already fighting for women’s rights and having voices so oralism gave another perspective on having a voice to speak out.
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#Tipsforbetterinteractingwithdeafpeople
1. don't throw things at them to get their attention
2. be patient
3. don't wave your hands in their face
4. when using an interpreter you still need to look and talk to the deaf person not the interpreter
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Famous American author, Hellen Keller, once said, “The Best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.”.
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Tips for hearing people to better communicate with Deaf people: Don’t say things like “I’ll tell you later”, talk one at a time, determine how the person prefers to communicate, and face them when you are speaking ndcs.org.uk/information-and-…
On November 10th, a Deaf mother named Talitia Nevins addressed the ASDB board on a situation between a hearing teacher at Phoenix Day School for the Deaf. More information below.
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#DidYouKnow
Juliette Low the founder of Girl Scouts of America was deaf?
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