Deaf Culture

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Across
  1. 2. Month when International Day of the Deaf is celebrated by the World Federation of the Deaf
  2. 4. The only Deaf performer to have won an Academy Award
  3. 5. Famed Deaf author of children's books who wrote I Yam Donkey and Rabbit & Robot
  4. 7. A polite way to get a Deaf person's attention
  5. 8. A Deaf Finnish rap artist
  6. 10. How grammar is conveyed in ASL (Two Words)
  7. 13. Creator of the Deaf Nation flag
  8. 14. A root language of American Sign Language (Abbr.)
Down
  1. 1. Deaf cultural style (opp. Individualist)
  2. 2. Given by a member of the Deaf community when a person has become integrated enough to warrant one for convenience (Two Words)
  3. 3. When deaf children are sent to regular public school rather than Deaf schools
  4. 6. South African Dancer with the Bovim Ballet
  5. 9. Percent of deaf children who are born to hearing parents
  6. 11. The primary language Deaf people use in the United States and Canada (Abbr.)
  7. 12. Discrimination against individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing based on the misconception that hearing people are better than deaf people.