List of Names and Terms


Abel, Emily

active listeners

adele

adoption

Advanced Bionics

advocacy

A.G. Bell Association

Agent Ransack

AIM Chat

Alan

Alex

alienation

alliance

Alma

Alyce

ambiguity

America Online (AOL)

American Sign Language (ASL; Sign)

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Anita

anxiety

apathy (continuum)

Ashley

Atkins, Dale

attachment

attitude

audism

Audism Free America (AFA)

auditory

Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI)

Audrey

aural rehabilitation therapy

Avery

Avna

avoidance


Bahan, Ben

bar mitzvah

basic interpersonal communication skills (BICS)

Bassett Spilman, Jane

bat mitzvah

Bauman, H. Dirksen

Bedouins

Bell, Alexander Graham

Benglaka

Berkowitz, Marla (as sibling)

Bermuda Triangle of Oralism

bicultural-bilingual (Bi-Bi)

Bienvenu, M.J.

biopower

birth order

birthright

BMJ Family Interpreter Fund

body language

Bree

Brick, Carolyn

Bridget

British Sign Language (BSL)

Brooke

Brueggemann, Brenda

Budd


Carden, Dr.

caretaker

Carolyn

certified deaf interpreter (CDI)

Chad

child of deaf adults (CODA)

childhood

Chloe

Cicirelli, Victor

Clarke School for the Deaf

cochlear implants

Code of Professional Conduct (CPC)

code switch

cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP)

cognitive dissonance

collaboration

Collins, Patricia Hill

Columbia University

communication

communication assistant (CA)

conflict

congenial (continuum)

conversation

Cued Speech

cues

culture

cure


Danika

Darcy

Deaf Bilingual Coalition (DBC)

deaf-blind

Deaf Jam

Deaf President Now (DPN)

DEAF-WORLD

Deafhood Foundation

deafie

Deaflympics

deafness

Deidre

Derrick

disability

disempowerment

Durr, Patti

dysconscious audism


eavesdropping

Edie

education

1880 Conference of Milan

Ellen

empathy

empowerment

Enid

equally-powered transactions

eugenics

exclusion

eye contact


facial expression

Facundo Element

fallout

family

Fernandes, Jane

fingerspelling

Forestal, Eileen

Foucault, Michel


Gallaudet University

GAO Report

Gavin

gender

Gertz, Genie

gestures

Gila

Ginger

Gold, Deborah

Golda

Google (G-Docs)

Grant

Greg

Grosjean, François

Gustason, Gerry


Haley

Hampton, Mr.

Hampton, Mrs.

handshape

harmony

Hearing Restoration Project

helplessness

Higgins, Paul

Hoffmeister, Robert

home signs

hostility (continuum)

House Ear Institute

Humphries, Tom


inclusion

indifference

Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Indonesia

injustice

International Communications Learning Institute (ICLI)

International Conference of Educators of the Deaf

International Council on Education of the Deaf

Interpreter Training Program (ITP)

interpreters

interview

interviewees

intimacy

intimate (continuum)

isolation

Israel

Ivan


Jaron

Jasmine

Jennifer

John Tracy Clinic

Jonas, Judy (as a sibling)

Jordan, I. King

Joseph

Joy

Julie

Justin


Kacie

Kannapell, Dr. Barbara

Karen

Kay

Kevin

King, Dr. Martin Luther


Ladd, Paddy

Lane, Harlan

language

language acquisition

Larry

Laurel

learning by osmosis

Learning Center for the Deaf

least restrictive environment (LRE)

Lester

Levy, Edmund

Lexington School for the Deaf

listening and spoken language (LSL)

literacy

literature

loyal (continuum)

Luetke-Stahlman, Barbara

Luterman, David


Mahshie, S.

manualists

manually coded English (MCE)

marginalization

Marie

Marla

Marlene

Marschark, Mark

Martha’s Vineyard

Mary Ann

Matilda

Matt

Maxel

meta-conversation

Micki

Modern Language Association (MLA)

monitoring

Montenegro, Facundo

Morgan, Dianne

Murray


Nadia

Nathan

National Association of the Deaf (NAD)

National Technical Institute for the Deaf

neglect

New York School for the Deaf (Fanwood)

New York University

Newman

No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

Noelle

non-manual grammatical signals (NMGS)

normal

normalization

Northern Bali

nuclear family


Oliva, Gina

Olivia

oppression

oral interpreter

oralism

oralists


palm orientation

parents

Parkland School

Parnes, Alan

patronization

Pearl

peers

Petra

Phillips, Marie

Pizzo, Rose

power

privilege

Public Law


quality time


Rachel

Rae

Rami

reconciliation

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)

regrets

rejection

resiliency

resistance

Ridgewood, New Jersey

Risa

Rochester, New York

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT

Rochester School for the Deaf

Rory

Ruben, Robert


Sacks, Oliver

Sean

sexuality

shame

Shannon

Shari

Sheridan, Martha A.

sib shop

sibling buddies

sibling facilitators

sibling-interpreters

sibling monitors

sign (Sign)

signed English (SE)

signing essential English (SEE 1)

signing exact English (SEE 2)

signing family

signing siblings

Simon

simultaneous communication (SimCom)

Singleton, Jenny

socialization agent

sound

speech

spontaneity

Stefan

stigma

Stokoe, William

Suzanne


tactile sign

Tara

team

Terrence

text relay service (TRS)

Toby

Tolle, Eckhart

Total Communication (TC)

Trish

trust

TTY


unconscious audism

unconscious dynamics

unidimensionality

unidirectionality

Union County College

United States Government Accountability Office (GAO)


Val

Veditz, George

Video Relay Service (VRS)

videophone

vignettes

Violet

visual

Visual Phonics


Warren

Wayne

Wiesel, Elie

Wrigley, Owen


Xena


Zach