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Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.80,0:00:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm Deaf.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.61,0:00:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm profoundly Deaf.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.28,0:00:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents didn't know I was Deaf\Nuntil I was 18 months old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.20,0:00:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents' world fell apart,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.26,0:00:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,primarily because of the hearing society's\Nview on Deafness as a negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.44,0:00:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My doctor, an ear, nose\Nand throat specialist,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.43,0:00:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,told my parents that I should not\Nlearn sign language,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.17,0:00:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it would make me isolated\Nfrom the hearing community.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.02,0:00:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to learn to speak and to read lips\Nto fit in with hearing culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.63,0:00:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.63,0:00:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up learning to speak and read lips,\Ntrying to fit in with hearing society,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.54,0:01:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and man, it was a challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.47,0:01:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frustrating.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.05,0:01:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Communication was not always there\Nwith a hundred percent access.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.50,0:01:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was three years old,\NI spoke my first word - boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.36,0:01:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents were driving,\Nand out the window,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.68,0:01:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw a boat and kept repeating the word.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.68,0:01:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's, I guess, why I have\Na 29-foot cruiser today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.76,0:01:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.26,0:01:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents, upon looking back, realized\Nthat the doctors didn't really understand
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.10,0:01:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the critical part of language\Ndevelopment for infants.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.85,0:01:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so critical that Deaf babies\Nhave a first language,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.89,0:01:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,American Sign Language.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.44,0:01:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a natural, visual language\Nfor them to develop as a basis,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.00,0:01:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they can learn\Nto speak and read lips later in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.36,0:02:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the most important part\Nfor Deaf babies -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.98,0:02:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have that critical access,\Nthat first language.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.32,0:02:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I'm 53 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.66,0:02:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm proud to be Deaf.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.91,0:02:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,American Sign Language\Nis something that I greatly value
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.29,0:02:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it flung the world\Nwide open for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.35,0:02:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even more than I had before.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.52,0:02:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love American Sign Language,\NDeaf culture and Deaf history,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.32,0:02:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Deaf community.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.65,0:02:33.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know we're not disabled.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.16,0:02:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just have a different language.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.46,0:02:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know who we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.87,0:02:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can do everything just as you can.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.72,0:02:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have successful Deaf attorneys,\NDeaf doctors, scientists, engineers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.97,0:02:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,college professors, athletes, actors -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.60,0:03:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we even have a Deaf receptionist\Nin the White House.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.43,0:03:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I talk about culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.76,0:03:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do I mean by\Nthat I love Deaf culture?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.01,0:03:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a culture,\Njust like any other group -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.24,0:03:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hispanic, Asian, Black -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.48,0:03:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they value their language\Nand their own culture
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.24,0:03:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as we value our own Deaf culture\Nand our own language.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.21,0:03:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you some examples\Nof normative Deaf culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.75,0:03:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can be really blunt.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.88,0:03:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.17,0:03:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, if you come up to someone Deaf,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.59,0:03:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll say, "You've gained weight!\NWow, you've gotten fat! What's wrong?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.32,0:03:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.43,0:03:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hearing people will not say that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.03,0:03:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, you look good."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.88,0:04:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that's a bad haircut,\Nyou know, we'll tell you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.68,0:04:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Those clothes aren't right for you."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.48,0:04:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.84,0:04:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hearing people are so nice, culturally.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.59,0:04:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.77,0:04:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, you look good," is all they'll say.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.84,0:04:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's nice to get that honesty.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.50,0:04:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We typically are very detail-oriented.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.20,0:04:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If someone passes away,\Nwe'll ask questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.11,0:04:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's wrong? What happened?\NHow'd they die?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.83,0:04:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask for a lot of details.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.71,0:04:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in hearing culture, they'll say,\N"Oh, I'm sorry that they passed."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.65,0:04:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a hearing student\Ncomes into my classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.72,0:04:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll say, "I'm so sorry\NI was late," and sit down.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.87,0:04:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if a Deaf student comes\Ninto my classroom, they'll say,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.29,0:04:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, sorry I was late.\NYou've got to know why!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.58,0:04:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A truck on the highway\Nthat was full of egg crates fell over,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.84,0:04:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the police and ambulances\Ncame in and blocked the road!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.77,0:04:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't get through" - and on\Nand on for two or three minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.41,0:05:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they end with, "Sorry I'm late."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.46,0:05:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.27,0:05:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's part of our culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.15,0:05:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We value that information sharing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.32,0:05:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell about our five-stage goodbye.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.08,0:05:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If hearing friends come over\Nto my house for a party,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.72,0:05:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll stay about an hour,\Nhour and a half, and they'll leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.78,0:05:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Bye."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.78,0:05:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, okay."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.80,0:05:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if my Deaf friends come over,\Nthey will stay forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.36,0:05:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.36,0:05:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.45,0:05:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if I'm urging them to leave!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.57,0:05:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.05,0:05:37.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we're in a restaurant together,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.00,0:05:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll be talking,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.38,0:05:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the manager will come up\Nto the table and indicate,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.10,0:05:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We're closing in about five minutes."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.96,0:05:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Okay."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.95,0:05:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we don't leave - we still talk\Nfor another 10 to 15 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.34,0:05:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we realize it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.38,0:05:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we step a little further\Naway from the table,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.78,0:05:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're still talking\Nfor 10 or 15 more minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.51,0:05:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sharing information.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.57,0:05:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we're standing by the door\Nin a group, talking,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.12,0:06:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the manager's\Nangrily shutting the lights off
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.51,0:06:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and motioning us to leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.21,0:06:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the third stage.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.45,0:06:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we're out in the parking lot,\Nand that's our fourth stage of goodbye.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.82,0:06:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in our cars, still talking.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.95,0:06:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're still catching up.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.42,0:06:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally, we leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.24,0:06:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reason we really depend\Non each other to share information.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.92,0:06:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For hearing culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.04,0:06:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you, typically, can hear the radio\Nor talk amongst yourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.01,0:06:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get news and information
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.38,0:06:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas we rely on sign language\Nfor our information, between ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.28,0:06:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's how we communicate.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.16,0:06:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the most important part\Nof our culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.21,0:06:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talking about sign language,\Nsign language is nothing new.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.22,0:06:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been here for thousands of years.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.53,0:06:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we have to fight, almost daily,\Nto protect sign language,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.60,0:06:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we experience a lot of oppression\Nand discrimination,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.33,0:07:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as any other cultural group\Nexperiences oppression on their cultures,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.54,0:07:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discrimination on their languages;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.79,0:07:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.22,0:07:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking back, historically, in 427 B.C.,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.39,0:07:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the essay Cratylus\Nby the Greek philosopher Plato,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.93,0:07:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the character of Socrates is quoted,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.82,0:07:27.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If we do not have voice or tongue
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.85,0:07:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we wish to communicate\Nour feelings and thoughts,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.94,0:07:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what should we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.08,0:07:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such as those Deaf people,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.58,0:07:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who use gestures, body language,\Nfacial expression and movement
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.53,0:07:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to express their thoughts."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.46,0:07:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the earliest documented\Nuse of sign language.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.92,0:07:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been here ever since.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.61,0:07:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in America, in the 1700s,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.54,0:08:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the island Martha's Vineyard
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.97,0:08:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had the largest rate\Nof generational Deafness.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.18,0:08:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every one out of twenty-five individuals\Nwas hereditarily Deaf,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.67,0:08:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everyone on that island\Nboth signed and spoke.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.21,0:08:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone, hearing and Deaf,\Nknew sign language.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.70,0:08:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was one cohesive community\Nthat understood each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.05,0:08:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The community's events, meetings -\Neverything was conducted in sign language.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.88,0:08:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No barriers - Deaf people\Nwere fully included and successful.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.90,0:08:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, later on, in 1817,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.93,0:08:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the American School for the Deaf,\NAmerica's first Deaf education,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.82,0:08:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was established in Hartford, Connecticut.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.26,0:08:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when many of Martha's Vineyard\Nresidents moved to that school,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.22,0:08:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and graduates from the American School
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.75,0:09:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,went on to other states\Nto found Deaf schools all over the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.47,0:09:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the most glorious moment -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.01,0:09:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a well-educated Deaf community -\Ncollege educated,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.27,0:09:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the establishment of Gallaudet University,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.16,0:09:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world's only liberal arts\Nuniversity for the Deaf,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.90,0:09:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,founded in 1864,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.57,0:09:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which provided a college degree\Nfor Deaf individuals.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.10,0:09:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many Deaf graduates\Nfrom the American School for the Deaf
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.29,0:09:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,went to Gallaudet University.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.33,0:09:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the best time for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.27,0:09:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had access to education;\Nwe were successful business owners;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.55,0:09:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we conducted business\Nand our lives on equal footing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.51,0:09:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,66 years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.22,0:09:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1880 -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.06,0:09:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was the year we will never forget.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.06,0:09:58.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's indelibly etched on our minds\Nwithin the Deaf community.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.16,0:10:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world delegates\Nconvened in Milan, Italy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.03,0:10:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Second International Congress\Non Education of the Deaf.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.01,0:10:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, the delegates voted\Nto forbid sign language,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.41,0:10:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mandated that Deaf children\Nlearn to speak and read lips,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.35,0:10:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as hearing society does,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.85,0:10:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what vastly\Nchanged the Deaf world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.06,0:10:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The result of the impact on America\Nwas that they fired all Deaf teachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.14,0:10:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of whom couldn't speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.84,0:10:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and replaced all of them\Nwith hearing teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.15,0:10:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who taught Deaf children\Nhow to read lips and speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.18,0:10:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The impact was felt worldwide,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.89,0:10:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was the darkest,\Nmost oppressive era of the Deaf world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.21,0:10:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Job opportunities vastly declined.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.07,0:10:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world's hearing\Nand Deaf were rent apart -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.85,0:11:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our world using sign language,\Nhearing world using spoken English -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.00,0:11:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was the darkest time\Nwe've ever been through.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.90,0:11:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, in 1960, at Gallaudet University,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.48,0:11:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an English professor, Dr. William Stokoe,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.27,0:11:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognized that Deaf students on campus\Nwere signing very fluently and similarly,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.26,0:11:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recruited two Deaf researchers\Nto work with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.06,0:11:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They researched American Sign Language\Nand finally proved definitively
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.44,0:11:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that American Sign Language\Nis its own language -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.39,0:11:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its own grammar, syntax,\Nmorphology, mouth movements,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.80,0:11:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hand shape, locations,\Nand the Five Parameters of Sign,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.87,0:11:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spatial movement, facial expression
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.39,0:12:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that it was not a form\Nof English, after all.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.46,0:12:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a completely different\Nand separate language with its own rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.79,0:12:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People would assume that sign language\Nwas based on English, but it was not.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.87,0:12:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That, finally, brought our Deaf community\Nback to where it should've been all along.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.91,0:12:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The use of ASL flourished.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.38,0:12:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that time, many children\Nwho had Deaf parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.85,0:12:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had been born into that Deaf world,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.40,0:12:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had American Sign Language\Nas their first language,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.82,0:12:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they had grown up\Nin the Deaf community.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.26,0:12:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those individuals\Ntook on the responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.81,0:12:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as our first interpreters\Nbecause of our worlds being so separate,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.70,0:12:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and communicated between both\Nthe hearing and Deaf worlds.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.47,0:12:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we didn't have enough,\Nwe needed more interpreters.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.78,0:13:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a baby boom\Nand we needed more interpreters,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.54,0:13:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so finally, in the 1970s,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.93,0:13:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,college programs were established\Nnationwide, all over the US,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.22,0:13:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to train interpreters,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.60,0:13:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many students who are hearing,\Nwith no prior knowledge of sign language,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.02,0:13:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entered those interpreter\Ntraining programs
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.39,0:13:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but realized that you can't learn\Nthe cultural nuances of the language
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.30,0:13:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in two or four years,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.02,0:13:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the deep roots of our language\Nand the cultural implications.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.38,0:13:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The interpreters, themselves,\Nexperienced challenges
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.12,0:13:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning to interpret\Nbetween Deaf and hearing cultures.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.24,0:13:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the years,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.25,0:13:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the interpreting field has grown,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.63,0:13:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll be seeing a new movement -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.46,0:14:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deaf individuals taking on\Nthe responsibility to be interpreters.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.98,0:14:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,American Sign Language\Nis their first language.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.64,0:14:11.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A full understanding of language\Nand culture, intrinsically.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.55,0:14:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They take signed language\Nand interpret it to a hearing interpreter,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.73,0:14:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will then translate it\Nto spoken English, and back and forth;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.66,0:14:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a team of interpreters, Deaf and hearing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.19,0:14:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look back to the year 1880
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.01,0:14:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to now,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.66,0:14:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're seeing more Deaf interpreters.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.05,0:14:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll see them interpreting\Nin legal settings,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.47,0:14:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in medical and hospital settings,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.30,0:14:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working for a more complete interpretation\Nbetween our two separate worlds,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.88,0:14:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interpreting back and forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.73,0:15:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in that year of 1880,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.26,0:15:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if those delegates had never voted\Nto forbid sign language,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.35,0:15:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember the Golden Era\Nof the Deaf community -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.56,0:15:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Deaf teachers, the children\Nwith full access to language,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.03,0:15:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with everyone on one level playing field -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.99,0:15:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if 1880 had never happened\Nand rent our worlds apart,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.72,0:15:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suppose that had never occurred,\Nthat that vote had never happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.22,0:15:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would that mean that you would\Nbe signing today along with us?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.55,0:15:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Signing fluidly, we would be one world.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.90,0:15:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wouldn't need interpreters.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.41,0:15:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could go back to those days\Nof Martha's Vineyard,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.37,0:15:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have that experience\Nfrom then until now.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.84,0:15:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a nice idea that we\Nwould be one world with no barriers,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.97,0:16:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to our Golden Age
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.25,0:16:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of successful, well-educated\NDeaf individuals -
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.67,0:16:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's something to think about.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.48,0:16:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.48,0:16:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)