Where was the first public (free) deaf school established?   Group of answer choicesFranceMexicoSpainAmericaBritain

What group was formed in 1880 as a non-profit organization run by Deaf people to advocate for deaf rights1 pointAmerican Deaf AssociationNational Association of the DeafNational Deaf AssociationAmerican Association of the Deaf

Which event almost eradicated sign language?Group of answer choicesAmericans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 1990Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone invention, 1876Deaf President Now! (DPN), 1988International Congress on Education of the Deaf, 1880

A long time ago, schools and organizations would call Deaf people, “deaf and dumb”.  That term was used because back then deaf people often had subaverage intellectual functioning.Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

According to National Association of the Deaf (NAD), they are the oldest civil rights organization in the United States.Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

Based on the article, the reader can infer that __________.A.Laurent Clerc and Thomas Gallaudet did not agree on the most effective methods for teaching people with hearing lossB.passing legislation to protect the rights of people with hearing loss was a simple and quick task to accomplishC.children with hearing loss living in the U.S. preferred to use their own forms of hand signs at school rather than ASLD.there was no single widespread method of communication among people in the U.S. with hearing loss prior to the creation of ASL