AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

ORIGINS

• 1814
• Few deaf people
• Deaf education
• Gallaudet founder

GALLAUDET'S STORY

• Dr. Thomas Gallaudet
• Founder
• Families neighbor had deaf daughter
• Attempted to teach her
• Journeyed to Europe

GALLAUDET'S STORY 2

• Professors of the deaf
• Learned ways to communicate
• Laurent Clerc came back to U.S.
• American School for the Deaf
• Hartford, Conn., 1817

DEAF COMMUNITIES

• Many in the US
• Mostly around schools
• Sign Language very fluent

MARTHA'S VINEYARD

• City for the deaf
• 1of 4 villagers
• County Kent Weald deaf moved here
• Brought Kent Sign Language
• Developed over time

ROCHESTER NY

• Large school
• Rochester School for the Deaf
• Ages 0-21
• Technology Institute for deaf
• Many deaf move here

ROCHESTER METHOD

• Way to speak ASL
• Taught at RSD
• Spell out words
• Rarely used

ASL TODAY

• Sign for word
• Word by word
• Normal conversation

LEARNING SIGN LANGUAGE

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Photos- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/concepts.htm
• http://www.gallaudet.edu/dpn_home/thomas_hopkins_gallaudet.html
• http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/rochestermethod2.htm
• http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/marthasvineyard.htm