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ABC stories common type of ASL Poetry where the first letter of each line begins with successive letters of the alphabet Affirmative art Deaf art that is about Deaf empowerment or acceptance, reflecting the myriad ...

ABC stories common type of ASL Poetry where the first letter of each line begins with successive letters of the alphabet Affirmative art Deaf art that is about Deaf empowerment or acceptance, reflecting the myriad personal experiences of individual artists to life as a Deaf person 00:00 01:14 Alliteration using the same beginning letter or sound in a series of words in written or spoken language American's With Disabilities Act (ADA) A wide-ranging 1990 law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in jobs, schools, transportation, and all programs that are open to the general public Amplify Increase; in the case of sound, you increase the volume of the sound ASL Literature A unique visual literary art form developed within the Deaf community that includes poetry, stories, folk tales, dramatic productions, and songs Assistive listening devices Any device or system designed to make speech or audio more accessible to the Hard of Hearing Assistive Technology Any device that helps a person with disabilities function better in school, work, or daily living Audiology The branch of medicine concerned with the sense of hearing Auditory-oral method Sometimes called auditory-verbal method, a more modern version of the oralism method of Deaf education in which students are taught to listen and speak—parental involvement is necessary bilingual-bicultural education A method of Deaf education that emphasizes learning sign language first, then adding English as a second language at a young ag Black ASL A unique dialect of ASL used by Black Deaf communities Braille A printing system for the blind using raised dots Cardinal number A number that defines the quantity of something Civil rights movement An organized series of efforts by African Americans to end racial discrimination and gain equal rights under the law Code of Professional Conduct The set of rules, norms, responsibilities, and ethics that an interpreter must follow Confidentiality Keeping client information private De'VIA (Deaf View/Image Art) a movement started by Deaf artists in 1989 to create art that reflects Deaf culture and experience to a primarily Deaf audience Deaf Studies study of the language, community, and culture of Deaf people Dialect Variation of language used by a particular group or region Double minority A person who has two markers of minority status Hearing aids Small electronic devices worn in or behind the ear to amplify sound for people who have some hearing difficulties Inclusion Educational program where Deaf students spend most, if not all, of the school day in classes with their hearing peers Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA) Bill passed in Congress in 1975 requiring schools to provide public education with accommodations for children with disabilities Integrate Bring people with different characteristics into equal participation in a group or nation Mainstreaming Educational form where Deaf children study with their hearing peers for some part of the day but spend the rest of their time in a special classroom Name sign Unique sign that is a personal identifier for a member of the Deaf community National Association of the Deaf (NAD) The main national organizations fighting for rights and inclusion of Deaf people National Black Deaf Advocate A non-profit organization to promote opportunities and equality for Black Deaf and Hard of Hearing people Ordinal Number A number that defines the place of something in a list Reasonable accommodations Assistance or changes to a workplace or position to enable a person with a disability to perform their job Register The level of formality or informality of language Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) the national membership organization for interpreters that advocates for excellence in the profession Rehabilitation Act of 1973 U.S. law mandating that people with disabilities could not be excluded from participation in programs that had funding from the federal government, including public schools Relay service Service that allows Deaf callers to communicate over the phone by translating or interpreting audio to text or ASL, and vice versa Resistive art Visual arts that express Deaf artists' responses to oppression and suppression by society Roman Numerals Way of representing numbers using letters dating back to ancient Rome Segregation Separation of one racial group from another Shadowing Special theatrical technique used by Deaf theater companies where hearing actors on the side of the stage voice the Deaf actors' parts Sign Space Area in front of the body of a person using sign language Signal-to-noise ratio Volume of main sound to background noise Tactile Signing Using touch to communicate with some form of sign language or finger spelling Talking pictures Movies with a sound track and speaking actors Teletype (TTY) A type of machine that allows a user to type text to be sent over phone lines and be received by someone who has compatible equipment Total Communication A method of educating the Deaf using signed, oral, written, and visual instruction Visual perception Ability to make meaning out of visual information Visual rhyming The use of signs that have a similar hand shape in ASL Hand shape Poetry It is very difficult to prove that someone was not hired by an employer due to being deaf. 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