The Alabama Institute For Deaf And Blind

In 1973 the rehabilitation Act was created. This act prohibits any discrimination against the disabled. It requires accessibility to employment, education, health, welfare, and social services.

The schools built began to shun sign language, focusing on oral education. A conference brought the decision that oral based education was more effective than manual education. Despite the diminishment we see in education during the 1900’s, we see huge strides for Deaf advocacy from both Deaf people side by side with hearing people. The first home run was performed by Deaf ballplayer William Hoy. The first hearing aid is developed. William Taft protects Deaf people’s rights to federal jobs in 1909. WWI along with WW2 provided jobs for Deaf people. The first African American graduate from Gallaudet College, Ida Wynette Gray Hampton. Captions are established 1958. In 1960, ASL was beginning to be recognized as a language. The first cochlear implant device constructed. Ending a time of Educational decline, Congress claims that oral education a “dismal

Hurricanes, floods, fires and other emergency circumstances can be stressful for a lot of people, but they present additional hurdles for those who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. In the United States, there is an estimated 36 million adults who report some degree of hearing loss and 2-3 of every 1,000 children is Hard of Hearing or Deaf (National Institute). When an emergency situation arises, all too often these populations of people are the last to find out because it is not accessible to them; having up-to-date information is crucial when it comes to all different emergency situation. With advancing technology, there is hope that receiving information about emergencies will become easier for people who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

In 1861, George Veditz was born of hearing and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, USA by his two German immigrant parents. By the age of five he was already fluent in two languages, English and German. However, when he was just eight years old, Veditz lost his hearing to scarlet fever. Fortunately, he was taught sign language by a private tutor, and had decided to attend Maryland School for the Deaf. After his graduation, he went to National Deaf-Mute College, which later became known as Gallaudet University, to become a teacher (Cadeaf.org). Years passed and in 1904, he became the president of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD). There, he laid his legacy toward his most prominent accomplishment, the Preservation of Sign Language. With the help of film technology, Veditz also become a well-known Teller to the Deaf community and has made significant contributions to Deaf literature

The documentary, Through Deaf Eyes, is a two hour film that focuses on all things related to Deaf life over the span of 200 years. The documentary includes interviews of people who have made a significant impact on the Deaf community, including actress Marlee Matlin and various people who work or either have worked at deaf schools such as Gallaudet University. Before watching this documentary or even before signing up for this ASL course I knew a little bit about Deaf culture through my own personal experience. After watching this documentary I have learned so many different interesting facts and now I have a whole new perspective on the Deaf culture.

Keaunna Knox has been a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) since 2007, and has worked ever since 2000 with children with special needs who had speech and language disorders. She began as an “Instructional/Speech Aide” at Pasadena Unified School District working with children with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities. All the students she worked with had speech and language disorders, and, since the Districts therapy was overloaded Keaunna implemented the communication goals she wrote. Based on that experience and many others, Keaunna decided to enroll at Cal State Los Angeles to pursue her professional career in teaching. She received her Master’s in Mild-Moderate Disabilities in Special Education from Cal State Los Angeles and a second

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

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.

questions 10-16 cover cochlear implants. This topic will be explored in depth in a future lesson.

Dr. Tommy Tyler, director of the Gospel Choir, is very interested in talking to you about how the District of Columbia Black Deaf Advocates (DCBDA) and the Silent Mission could be more involved in the worship service at Shiloh. Please contact him so that the two of you could explore this possibility.

The Texas school for the blind was established in 1856 for people that were blind and/ or visually impaired.The school for the blind’s mission is to help visually disabled people to succeed in life by helping them adapt to their surroundings and their disability. The school gains their funding through the state which started funding them back in 1856 even though they only had one student at the time.The eligibility of this school varies from minor corneal disfunction up until total blindness. The people serviced at the school from the blind are either completely blind or they have corneal dysfunctions and are taught how to read braille at a young age.The impact that the school has on the healthcare industry is tremendous in a good way.The way

My purpose in entering the program is to not only fulfil my dreams and purpose in life, but more importantly, it is to help as many individuals as possible with speech-language and swallowing disorders. I want to be a part of making a difference in those with communication disorders and be able to help them reach their fullest potential. My involvement as a student, a tutor, volunteer, an observer, and a SLPA has not only confirmed my love for a career in speech pathology, but it has also provided me with essential information. I intend to provide superb and effective strategies to those who suffer from communications disorders. I plan on extending my help not just to my patients, but also to the less fortunate that are unable to pay for such services. My passion for this major and my ambitions motivate me to become a successful and effective speech pathologist. I aim on guiding individuals with an invigorating view to improve and further develop socially and academically.

Therefore, to make my verbal communication and reading skills better, I have decided to seek speech pathology therapy. Being close to the University of Northern Iowa, I have decided to avail the services provided by the university's speech clinic. Since, the clinic charges for the services to their customers,

Individuals with disabilities have a difficult time in communicating their needs and their minds to those who are considered outside listeners, and listeners that they normally interact with. There are several methods in which this difficulty can be remedied, especially through the utilization of augmentative and alternative communication devices. The idea of using these forms of communication to increase speech production, then, seems at the onset, counterintuitive. However, there are also issues that arise when those who utilize only AAC devices interact with, especially those with little to no understanding of how to interact with those with these devices.

Reading is done by a good majority of everyone, most every day. How many words does a person read in one day? That answer differs person to person. One could be a publisher, book critic, reading for a living; or one could be a plumber or carpenter and still do some instructional reading, but much less than the aforementioned occupations. Reading is an essential skill in our daily lives. Blind individuals have Braille script to read, and there also are those that also have technology able read aloud to them. Regardless of how reading is done, it is used by everyone in many ways.