1. By: Natalie Gordinier

2. What Is Deaf World? Over 30 million Deaf in USA alone A difference in experience NOT a disability Big D little d

3. Overview Some Important People The First Education Off to College we GO! Misconceptions

4. More overview Communication American Sign Language Cultural Comparison What’s happening now?

5. Some Important People Thomas H. Gallaudet Mason Fitch Cogswell Laurent Clerc

6. The First Education Gallaudet The Oral Method American Sign Language

7. Off to College we GO! Amos Kendal Edward Miner Gallaudet 1864, Abe Lincoln, Make it official Deaf President Now

8. Misconceptions Deaf = Dumb No speech in communication Deafness is a Disability You can’t sign, you can’t communicate Cochlear Implants solve everything Deafness is hereditary

9. Communication American Sign Language SimComming Telephone

10. American Sign Language… ASL Pidgin Signing Exact English

11. …and how it started. Thomas H. Gallaudet Abbe Roche Ambroise Sicard French to American

13. Cultural Comparison Pointing Bluntness Getting someone’s attention Socializing Introductions Talking with your mouth full

14. What’s happening now? Deaf Awareness Week Through Deaf Eyes See What I’m Saying Gallaudet University Deaf Performers

15. To Sum It All Up… Gallaudet, The man, The School Changing The Misconception American Sign Language Hearing Vs Deaf Culture Deaf World Today

16. Works Cited www.NAD.org http://www.pbs.org/weta/throughdeafeyes/ http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2006/10/31/dav is http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2006/10/31/dav is http://aaweb.gallaudet.edu/About_Gallaudet/History _of_the_University.html http://aaweb.gallaudet.edu/About_Gallaudet/History _of_the_University.html