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Following Deaf President Now (1988), which piece of legislation provided the deaf with greater communication, education, and employment opportunities by allowing for accessibility and accommodations? Options: PL 94-142, The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, The Conference of Milan, The Americans with Disabilities Act

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The Americans with Disabilities Act

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Who was responsible for influencing the belief in early Christianity that deafness was a sign of God's anger for sinning parents?

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St. Augustine

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What year did Juan Pablo de Bonet publish the first book on teaching sign language using a manual alphabet?

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1620

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German teacher Samuel Heinicke opened an Oralist school in Leipzig where he taught deaf to be by:

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having them feel his throat

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L'Epee was known as "The Father of the Deaf," what did he do?

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learned sign language from the deaf and made it systematic

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TRUE OR FALSE: Martha's vineyard is famous for a naturally occurring community of signers that later influenced the development of ASL.

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TRUE

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The time of the first school for the deaf opening in America until the rise of Oralism is known as:

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The Golden Age of Deaf Education

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In 1913, who approached the NAD about making "The Preservation of Sign Language"?

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George Veditz

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Where was the first FREE school for the deaf (which used sign language instruction) located?

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Paris

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This Spanish monk is believed to have established the first manual alphabet, although not the first to have published a book about it.

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Pedro Ponce de Leon