Poster Project Topics
Please sign up for the topic of your choice.
National Association of the Deaf (NAD) ___________________________
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) _______________________
History of Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) ______________
Self Help for Hard of Hearing (SHHH) ___________________________
National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA) ___________________________
National Fraternal Society of the Deaf ___________________________
American Sign Language vs. Signing Exact English ____________________
Pros and Cons
National Theater of the Deaf __________________________________
Cochlear Implant ___________________________________________
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ____________________________
Deaf President Now _________________________________________
The Week the World Heard Gallaudet
National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) ___________________
Deaf Way Conference ________________________________________
ASL in the Classroom (benefits) _________________________________
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet _____________________________________
Known as the Father of American Sign Language
Laurent Clerc ______________________________________________
A Father of Deaf Education in the U.S.
Charles Krauel _____________________________________________
Deaf Film Maker
Alice of Battenberg _________________________________________
Deaf Princess
Black Coyote _______________________________________________
Indian Warrior
James “Deaf” Burke _________________________________________
Baseball Player
Andrew Foster _____________________________________________
Human Rights Advocate
Francisco Goya _____________________________________________
Painter
Howie Seago _______________________________________________
Deaf Actor
Eugene Hairston ____________________________________________
Professional Boxer
Helen Keller _______________________________________________
1st Deaf-Blind person to earn a Bachelors Degree
Rhulin Thomas ______________________________________________
Aviator
Frank Peter Hochman ________________________________________
Deaf Physician/Surgeon (Pioneer in Medicine)
Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low ___________________________________
Founder of Girl Scouts
Kitty O’Neil ________________________________________________
Stunt Woman
Francis Humberstone MacKenzie ________________________________
British Nobleman
Marlee Matlin ______________________________________________
Actress
Thomas Alva Edison __________________________________________
Inventor
Erastus “Deaf” Smith ________________________________________
Hero in the Texas Army during the American-Mexican War
LeRoy Columbo _____________________________________________
Life Guard (Guiness World Record Holder)
Heather Whitestone _________________________________________
Former Miss America
Laura Catherine Redden Searing (aka Howard Glyndon) ________________
Reporter
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky _______________________________________
Russian Father of the Space Age
William “Dummy” Hoy _________________________________________
Baseball Player
Luther Taylor ______________________________________________
Pitcher
Phyllis Frelich ______________________________________________
Actress
John Goodricke _____________________________________________
Astronomer
John Robert Gregg __________________________________________
Inventor of Shorthand
Thomas Coughlin ____________________________________________
Catholic Priest
Douglas Tilden _____________________________________________
Sculptor
William Beadell _____________________________________________
Creator of the Want Ads
Vinton Cerf ________________________________________________
Creator of the World Wide Web