Posting #9: Chapters 30-31 & Quiz Results for Chapters 16-30

Chapter 30:

I had never known where my local agencies that support deaf people both within community and legal aspects would be. This chapter provided a lot of resources that are available to people wanting to learn more about ASL. I thought it was cool that the National Deaf Education Center has a website to look up information, “You can do a keyword search there or through a search engine such as Google” (pg.183). I will have to check that out! I had never heard of the Blue Book: National Directory & Resource Guide. It apparently has a through list of information “for many local and nation deaf organizations, institutions, agencies, clubs, interest groups, and businesses” (pg.184).

Quiz Results for Chapters 16-30 (pg.185):

                I took this quiz and got them all right! I was really excited that I was able to recall the information correctly. I think that the information stuck better for me this time because I started to form my own opinions over topics discussed in each chapter, such as the method of teaching, and school systems. I think this is because I began to think about what I would do if I had a deaf child.

 

Chapter 31:

                In Roger Mindel’s letter, he said that his wife works with a boy whose hearing but has deaf parents. He said that the boy seemed to be “merely translating into spoken language the language he was raised with” (pg.187). In response to his letter, the authors suggested that he and his wife could find more material on works on deaf children, early intervention, and education by checking the website for the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University. I think it is really neat that they have a lot of publications listed on their website for people to read. There are so many sources readily available about the deaf culture that I didn’t know about.