Case Study: NAOBI-DC Night Of Champions

Shepard is the President of the District of Columbia Area Black Deaf Advocates, Inc. (DCABDA). As a member of this organization I have witnessed her ability to organize her time wisely, set goals for the organization, work diligently to help us to achieve these goals, seek more community outreach endeavors for the organization and perform her duties as President with excellence. Due to her many attributes, I am confident that Mrs. Washington will perform with distinction if accepted into the the Master’s in Sign Language Education Program (hybrid) at Gallaudet University. Therefore, I strongly recommend her for this

deaf: working for the rights of all deaf people in this country, including education of deaf children.

Communication such as British Sign Language, note-takers, lip speakers, interpreter etc. may be needed in order to help people who may be deaf or a person may not be able to make their own choices.

The Hendrick Hudson school district's “Committee on the Handicapped,” had heard Amy’s parents’ expert evidence that stated Amy needed the interpreter, the “Committee on the Handicapped also spoke with Amy’s teachers, and visited a class for the deaf. The committee denied their request for a sign interpreter. When Amy’s parents received news that their request for an interpreter had been denied they demanded and received an administrative hearing. (Weber, M. C., 2012).

The National Alliance of Black Interpreters (NAOBI) is a prime Interpreting and advocacy organization for many African American professionals who interpret for the Deaf in the United States. The primary formation of this organization was the unity of African American interpreters that formed the first of many chapters of the NAOBI organization that had progressively dispersed throughout the United States and focused on maintaining a legacy of not just interpreting education, but support from audiences and mentorship.

On Saturday, September 26, 2015, I attended the Deaf Rave event at the Pittsburgh Association of the Deaf. The Greater Pittsburgh Community Center for the Deaf hosted the event and all of the proceeds went towards the GPCC Sportsman Club. The event was a very laid back, enjoyable occasion. I went to the event alone but I met up with a fellow classmate after arriving and there were also a few ASL1 students who arrived a bit later. Upon entering and paying the admission fee, I was given a glow-stick necklace and glow-stick bracelet to wear. Once inside, I saw that the Community Center had been decorated with black lights, strobe lights, some colorful balloons, and they were in the

I thought it was odd to have them do that but I thought they must be learning. I noticed the interpreters were using old and new signs which was interesting. For instance, instead of the crossed arms for “I Love You” they did the sign with the hand that looks like a bull for “I Love You”. Since taking ASL, when I see an individual signing, at the appropriate moment I would try to understand what they are communicating to learn more signs and to better understand how to communicate to other individuals who are deaf. I would look at the interpreter instead of paying attention to those who are hearing, for instance I was watching the interpreter throughout the event or in class when professor Chuck was signing while watching the film “Sound and Fury”. The different signs I learned were song, hills, the phrase “say what”, “16 going on 17”, loud, either, and Monday. Although this is not an event but I would like to mention how fascinated I am with our hearing society is more involved with the deaf culture. I have not seen this much use of ASL since taking the class. For instance, I always get excited now when I see films, videos of individuals, and commercials using or learning sign

All throughout the entire "Deaf President Now" movement, the message was clear that deaf people have the self-determination and capability as any other hearing person. To watch hundreds of deaf students and supports protest from Gallaudet University to our nation's capital, using American Sign Language as their only medium of communication. Only shows the effect of the "power and intelligence" (Van Cleve p. 173) behind sign language. "With similar unity in the future, they may move into a

The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind serves as an educational resource for individuals who are deaf, blind, deaf-blind, and multi-disabled. I chose this agency because it has been mentioned in my communicative disorders classes. As a future speech language pathologist I want to learn about this agency and discover the programs it offers to help me with my future clients. The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind is relative to this course because as mentioned in the textbook and other course material, resources and programs that offer assistance to individuals with disabilities are essential to their successful futures. This agency is a means in which people who are deaf and blind can seek assistance to improve their skills of communication and this is ultimately my goal as a speech language pathologist.

The book also describes how life has changed for deaf adults through the years. Previously, many deaf adults were not able to get jobs in many places, because there were not many places that were accepting to them. These days, however, almost every business or company is looking for those that are fluent in American Sign Language, due to the simple fact that they would be able to accommodate that many more people and earn more money for their business. Also, there were not many outlets for deaf adults to use in relation to entertainment or basic needs, because again, mostly everything was catered to hearing adults only. However, they have recently developed many different ways for the deaf to communicate with the hearing and with one another, including TTY, full-keyboard, and internet phones and closed-captions on television stations and movies.

American Annals of the Deaf is an educational journal that is committed to providing educational experiences of high quality as well as related services for the deaf. This journal has been around for over 150 years, and over time they have been dedicated to making sure that children and adults who are deaf or hard of hearing are receiving quality assistance for their disability (NEED CITATION). In July 1996, they published a scholarly article in response to a survey Catherine Gillespie and Sandra Twardosz conducted about the literacy environment and different practices that children are receiving in a residential school for the deaf.

Together, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (RID) have developed a Code of Professional Conduct (CPC) for professional interpreters. The CPC cites seven tenets, and supporting illustrative behaviors, which were established and set forth as a “guide to professional behavior” (p.1) for interpreters to follow.

Thanks for pointing out that sign language is not universal. Sign language is just as diverse as spoken languages with its own regional dialects for different countries (NAD, n.d.). Wow! For some reason I thought deaf people spoke the same standard sign language. I’ve been enlightened. With that in mind, I see how easy it is for people and sometimes frontline medical professionals to assume that hearing impaired individuals use one language. I think it also speaks to my own cultural challenge. Since I do not have any hearing impaired individuals in my family or close friendships, I am not familiar with the way hearing impaired individuals communicate other than through sign language, which I assumed was universal. I think this is valuable because

Further your American Sign Language experience in a friendly social surrounding enjoying food court goodies and making new friends.

During registration last semester, when I decided to take this course to see if I wanted to continue onward with ASL as my minor, I was not sure what to expect. Through my brief introduction of Deaf culture during my first sign language courses, I knew some vague details about historical events. Gallaudet had been mentioned several times within not only my workbook, but also by my professor. I could have given you a short synopsis of the oral movement that threatened to wipe ASL out as a language. Though I knew these facts, and a few traits about Deaf culture that I had experienced firsthand, there was so much that I had not considered before the readings and journals for this course opened my eyes.