DHH Diverse Leaders and Various Careers: Education & SL Advocacy

Carolyn along with Joseph Hill, Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, and others wrote a book on Black ASL.

The first faculty member at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a beloved teacher, founding member of the national Theatre of the Deaf, and honored by the World Federation of the Deaf for his contributions to education and culture.

French deaf educator, intellectual and political organizer, first deaf person to receive the Legion of Honour

He is considered the first ‘deaf teacher of the deaf’ in the United States and is sometimes known as ‘The Apostle of the Deaf in America’. With Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, he co-founded the first school for the deaf in North America.

Established the Nyle DiMarco Foundation with the goal of improving children's lives through exposure to ASL.

Advocate for ASL in the state of NY and president of the Empire State Association of the Deaf as well as being involved with setting up other organizations.

The first deaf African-American to graduate from Gallaudet. He also was the founder of many schools for the deaf in Africa.

Provides sign language training for parents and children.

With his colleagues Dorothy Casterline and Carl Croneberg, Dr. Stokoe wrote the first dictionary of ASL, which was published in 1965. These works helped pave the way for the acceptance of ASL as a language in its own right.

Known for research on language deprivation.

Was a former president of the National Association of the Deaf of the United States and was one of the first to film American Sign Language.

Advocates for LEAD-K.

Well-known researcher and advocate for American Sign Language and Deaf Culture.