NIC Deaf Culture 4

Question 1

What does the term 'CODA' stand for, and what is their cultural position in the Deaf community?

Accepted Answer

Child Of Deaf Adults; they often bridge Deaf and hearing cultures and may be native ASL users with complex dual-cultural identities

Answer

CODAs grow up navigating both Deaf and hearing cultures, often serving as informal interpreters and cultural mediators, and many identify strongly with the Deaf community despite being hearing.

Question 2

How does Deaf culture typically regard directness and bluntness in communication?

Accepted Answer

Directness is valued as a sign of respect and honesty; indirect communication can be seen as deceptive

Answer

Deaf cultural communication norms often favor directness — commenting on weight, age, or appearance, for instance — as honest and respectful, which can seem blunt to hearing outsiders.

Question 3

What is the cultural meaning of 'name signs' in the Deaf community, and who assigns them?

Accepted Answer

Name signs are personalized ASL signs given to an individual, typically assigned by a Deaf person or the Deaf community — not self-assigned

Answer

Name signs are culturally significant personalized identifiers in the Deaf community; self-assigning a name sign is a cultural faux pas — they are given by Deaf community members.

Question 4

In ASL storytelling and Deaf theatre, what is 'ASL poetry' characterized by?

Accepted Answer

Handshape rhyme, movement rhythm, use of space, and visual metaphor that exploit ASL's spatial-visual properties

Answer

ASL poetry uses the unique parameters of sign language — handshape, location, movement, and palm orientation — to create rhythm, rhyme, and imagery that cannot be replicated in spoken English.

Question 5

What was the historical significance of the American School for the Deaf (ASD) in Hartford, Connecticut?

Accepted Answer

Founded in 1817 by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc, it was the first permanent school for the Deaf in the U.S. and a key site of early ASL development

Answer

ASD, founded by Gallaudet and the Deaf French educator Laurent Clerc, helped standardize early ASL by combining French Sign Language with indigenous American sign varieties.

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NIC Deaf Culture 4