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By 1974, how many organizations for Deaf people have existed? - ✔✔More than 1,000
Organizations for Deaf people existed across America, making them the most powerful solution
for effective living among Deaf people.
a Deaf-operated sports organization affiliated with more than 18 independent Deaf sports
associations, which takes on the role of organizing regional and national Deaf tournaments. -
✔✔United States Deaf Sports Federation
-is organized as a federation with 50 state associations and many more local, affiliated civic
associations that coordinate the Deaf community's political agenda.
-Was initially established in 1880, to preserve the right of Deaf Americans to barrier free
communication through the use of sign language in a time when oralism was pushed. -
✔✔National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
What is the largest and most well-known company for large gatherings? - ✔✔Deaf Nation
What is one monthly magazine that is published for the Deaf? - ✔✔Deaf Life
• Local governments that include Deaf people in the political process
• A Deaf community large enough to host activities and deaf services
• Positive and open-minded attitudes among hearing residents
• A local deaf education center nearby - ✔✔Features that make a Deaf-friendly community
What school has one of the largest student enrollments with close to 500 students, and where
is it located? - ✔✔The California School For the Deaf
-Fremont
, To end domestic and sexual violence among deaf people by providing shelter to battered
women and their children, providing counseling and legal support, and by providing work shops
in the community to educate deaf people about domestic violence - ✔✔Deaf Hope's mission
What deaf schools are located in Rochester, NY - ✔✔RIT and NTID
What terms do Deaf people use to describe the oppression and discrimination they face? -
✔✔Audism and Linguisticism
The notion that one is superior based on one's ability to hear or behaves in a manner of one
who hears. - ✔✔Audism
Describes the false belief that ASL contributes to difficulties in learning English among deaf
children and therefore should not be used by parents and educators - ✔✔Linguisticism
The desire for "quality education, opportunities for employment and career advancement, and
the ability to enjoy the same level of resources and services as are available to all citizens; in this
regard, they are the same as other members of American Society. - ✔✔Foster's common goal
for deaf and disabled communities
The Deaf community is primarily considered what type of community? - ✔✔A Linguistic
Community
Are the issues the Deaf community faces more closed to other linguistic minorities or to those
of various other disabled communities? - ✔✔Other linguistic minorities
What has been considered an extremely destructive law for Deaf children but the most
significant breakthrough for disabled children in order to provide them with equal rights and
access to education? - ✔✔the IDEA or Individuals with Disabilities Education Act