NAD Deaf Community History & Organizations

Question 1

In what year was the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) founded?

Accepted Answer

1880

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1864

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1900

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1917

Question 2

What was the primary concern that led Deaf leaders to establish NAD in 1880?

Accepted Answer

Protecting the use of American Sign Language against the oralism movement

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Lobbying for Deaf schools to receive federal funding

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Creating a national Deaf sports organization

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Establishing a Deaf-owned newspaper network

Question 3

Gallaudet University, the only liberal arts university for Deaf students in the world, is located in which city?

Accepted Answer

Washington, D.C.

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Rochester, NY

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Austin, TX

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Chicago, IL

Question 4

The Deaf President Now (DPN) protest of 1988 resulted in which landmark outcome?

Accepted Answer

The appointment of I. King Jordan as Gallaudet's first Deaf president

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Federal passage of the ADA

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Mandatory sign language instruction in all US schools

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Closure of all oral-only schools

Question 5

Which term describes the view held by many in the Deaf community that Deafness is a cultural and linguistic identity rather than a medical deficit?

Accepted Answer

Deaf-World perspective / cultural model

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Medical model of disability

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Audist framework

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Pathological paradigm

Question 6

The American School for the Deaf, the first school for Deaf students in the US, was established in which year and city?

Accepted Answer

1817, Hartford, CT

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1864, Washington, D.C.

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1880, Cincinnati, OH

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1900, Boston, MA