Deaf Awareness

When did President Abraham Lincoln sign the charter of Gallaudet University?

• 1860

• 1862

• 1864

• 1865

Who invented the telephone typewriter (TTY)?

• James Marsters

• Robert Weitbrecht

• Paul Taylor

• Robert Traynor

In 1550, who began teaching the deaf?

• Pedro Ponce de Leon

• Edward Langley

• Thomas Little

• William Thatcher

Who opened the first school for the Deaf in Germany in 1778?

• Thomas Braidwood

• Hugh Chisholm

• John Baptist Graser

• Samuel Heinicke

Who opened the first school for the Deaf in England?

• Frederick Maritz Hill

• Thomas Braidwood

• Juan Pablo Bonet

• Jean Marc Gaspard Itard

Who published the first book on deaf education?

• Juan Pablo Bonet

• Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

• Laurent Clerc

• Charles-Michel de l'Épée

What year was the first school for the Deaf established in the United States

• 1917

• 1776

• 1718

• 1817

What year did the National Deaf Mute College open?

• 1764

• 1864

• 1896

• 1855

Who wrote the first linguistic book in the defense of ASL as a language?

• Marc Zisner

• Carolyn McCaskill

• Carol Padden

• William Stokoe

Who was the first African American individual to graduate from Gallaudet University?

• Andrew Foster

• Carolyn McCaskill

• Abraham Jordan

• Malik Taylor