Deaf Sports

William Ellsworth "Dummy" Hoy

Some may wonder how the deaf are able to play sports, or if they're actually allowed to play sports at all. Many would wonder how sports were played because when playing sports the referee's and team mates will yell out calls and plays. There are a few changes that make people who are deaf able to play sports. Instead of using whistles, most sports will use a flag or something visual that makes it easier for these individuals to play. Some may think only one sport allowed people who were deaf to play one sport, but in reality there was many. Softball, basketball and volleyball are the other sports that were promoted by the deaf community. Over time, baseball became the most common sport to be played among people who were deaf. There were four baseball players who actually made it professionally, William Ellsworth "Dummy" Hoy was one of them. William was the most famous one of them all because he was the one who made up signals for baseball games.

Gallaudet University

Gallaudet University

Gallaudet University is the first and only liberal arts university in the world for deaf and hard of hearing people. The Columbia institution for the deaf and dumb and blind, the seed of what became Galaudet university, was founded in 1864 by philanthropists concerned about the explosion of indigent disabled children in Washington, D.C. James C. McGuire, one of the boarding schools cofounders, and Amos Kendall rescued several deaf children from a school where they faced starvation and illness and were often put on display.

Graduates from Gallaudet University

Gallaudet University main goal is to lead deaf people to a successful life. Therefore, Gallaudet University will empower its graduates with the knowledge and practical skills vital to acieve personal and professional success in the changing local and global communities in which they live and work.

American Sign Language How the language began



 In American Sign Language

Girl Signing "I'm tired"
 in American Sign Language

       American Sign Language was developed by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. This language united hearing and deaf people in a genius new way of communication. No one knows exactly when it started, but there are rumors that the language has being here for over 200 years, Thomas just made it clearer and fluent. American Sign Language developed from and early FSL "French Sign Language" or LSF "Langue des Signs Françoise" in French and local sign language.

 

       It’s a completely distinct language has a unique way to communicate. American Sign Language has its own rules as of each language has. The way to pronunciation, the complex grammar and word order all of it is unique and works differently compared to other languages. This language does not use English articles such as "a, an, and the" it’s not just English in your hands, it is another language.