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He opened this school after one of his children was born deaf. He then opened the school learning the best methods of teaching to people with hearing disabilities.The school is located in Hartford, Connecticut. This also helped pave the way to provide education to those who are deaf and hard of hearing. -
He was the first deaf baseball superstar. He was known for his hand signals that he used on the field in order to understand plays. -
Gallaudet University was the first university for the deaf and hard of hearing in the world. It is located in Washington D.C.
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The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is an organization that promotes the rights of deaf people in the US
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The football huddle was invented by Paul Hubbard. It was used to prevent other teams from seeing what they were signing to each other. -
Helen Keller is one of the most recognizable names when learning about ASL even though she actual never had used sign language. She also published many books and was a found great success in lecturing. -
William Stokoe along with his two Deaf colleagues at Gallaudet, Carl Croneberg and Dorothy Caterline, create the first ASL dictionary.
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Marlee Matlin was a deaf actress that recieved these two awards for her lead role in the movie, "Children of a Lesser God". At this point, she is the first and only deaf person to win these awards at this time. -
This came into law in 1990, making it illegal to discrimate against those with disability.
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This mandated that all televised material be captioned, including its online distribution.