History of ASL

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Across
  1. 2. Abbreviation for Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
  2. 5. the first Deaf president of Gallaudet University
  3. 7. the abbreviation for the protest held in 1988 at Gallaudet University
  4. 10. The American School for the Deaf was located in this City
  5. 11. the last known ancestor of Jonathan Lambert
  6. 12. the son of Thomas Gallaudet who actually opened the college for Deaf students
  7. 13. the Deaf neighbor girl of Thomas Gallaudet
  8. 14. last name of the man who published a study stating that ASL is it's own language
Down
  1. 1. isolated village on Martha's Vineyard
  2. 3. Deaf teacher from France who came to America to help start Deaf schools
  3. 4. this is where Gallaudet University is located
  4. 6. this man was a hearing minister and traveled to France to learn about Deaf schools
  5. 8. ASL is most similar to __________ Sign Language
  6. 9. Last name of the man with the genetic deafness who moved to Martha's Vineyard in the 1600's