Deaf Culture

Question 1

The Braidwood Academy for the Deaf and Dumb

Answer 1

Established in 1783
by Thomas Braidwood
emphasized the “oral” approach

Question 2

abbe de Epee

Answer 2

founded the first school for the Deaf in Paris, France in 1760.

Question 3

abbe Sicard

Answer 3

took over the school after abbe de Epee death in 1789

Question 4

Jean Massieu

Answer 4

Sicard’s prime pupil.

he was Deaf and appointed head teaching assistant in the Paris school

Question 5

Thomas Gallaudet

Answer 5

a Protestant minister from Hartford, Conn.

Question 6

Thomas Gallaudet and Sicard met…

Answer 6

in London while Sicard was giving a lecture on methods of educating the deaf

Question 7

In London, Sicard was with ____ _______ and ______ ____ .

Answer 7

Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc

Question 8

Sicard invited Gallaudet back to _______.

Answer 8

Paris

Question 9

1816

Answer 9

Laurent Clerc went with Thomas Gallaudet to American

Question 10

1817

Answer 10

established the first School for the Deaf in America. ASD (American School for the Deaf)

Question 11

American School for the Deaf’s former name

Answer 11

The Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons

Question 12

1864

Answer 12

President Lincoln signed the Enabling Act, establishing the first college for “the deaf and dumb and blind” (later renamed Gallaudet Unversity)

Question 13

Gallaudet Unversity was founded by

Answer 13

Edward Miner Gallaudet

Question 14

The birthdate of professional interpreting.

Answer 14

June 14-17, 1964

Question 15

The birthplace of professional interpreting

Answer 15

Ball State Teachers College,

Muncie, Indiana

Question 16

RID was formed in 1964. It was originally called

Answer 16

National Registry of Professional Interpreters and Translators for the Deaf