Deaf Culture

American Sign Language is traditionally handed down from generation to generation through:

Choose 2 answers.

• Deaf family members

• Deaf adults in the community

• Residential schools for the Deaf

• Sign Language teachers

• Classroom teachers

To get the attention of a Deaf Person you should

• Hit on the shoulder

• Yell

• tap on shoulder

• wave in front of face

To get the attention of a Deaf person who is looking the other way, you should:

• Yell as loud as you can

• Tap him/her on the shoulder

• Wave to his/her face

• Go around and stand in front of the person

Deaf people cannot speak

• True

• False

Other than the word “Deaf,” a culturally appropriate way to identify Deaf people would be to say they are:

• Deaf and dumb or deaf mutes

• Hearing impaired or hard of hearing

• All of the above

• None of the above

The role of facial expressions, head movements, and eye gaze in American Sign Language is primarily:

• Grammatical

• Stylistic

• Emotive

What Deaf people want to be called?

• Deaf

• Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• Hearing Impaired

• Deaf Mutes

Deaf people read Braille

• True

• False

Deaf people can drive

• True

• False

While watching another person signing, it is important to focus on the signers:

• face

• hands

• body language