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Bond, Julian – Sign Language Studies, 2014
This article traces the development of the "Deaf President Now" (DPN) movement and its similarities to the black civil rights movement. Movements typically begin with a concrete, precipitating event but are usually the result of known or shared incidents on the part of the participants, and the "Deaf President Now" movement…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, African Americans, College Presidents, Deafness
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Miller, Katrina R. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2008
American Sign Language (ASL) is a visual-gestural language identified as the first or natural language of many persons who are deaf in the United States. For over 200 years, it has been the focal point of a heated controversy regarding optimal teaching methodologies for deaf children in the American elementary and secondary educational systems.…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Deafness, American Sign Language, Teaching Methods