"Difficulty
Talking with Others"
Quest
Can a Person Who Can't Speak Still Tell
Jokes?
Follow the
10 steps below
for your Web Quest.
Let's see...
If kids can't talk, are they
lonely? Do they have friends? Is there another way for kids
to talk besides using their voice? If a kid uses a computer-like
device to talk, can we still talk about sports, boyfriends,
girlfriends, and fun things to do?
Some things to think about....
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What kind of assistive technology do
people who can't talk use?
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What other ways can kids
who can't hear talk?
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If kids can't hear, how can
they understand what I'm asking?
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How can kids who
can't hear
know that people are laughing or like their jokes?
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Are there comedians
who can't talk?
Can you think of more
questions to
help us in our Quest? Write them down so that you'll
remember them as you search the Internet.
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Quick
Facts
Here are
some little
known facts that may help you answer
some of your Web Quest questions. Remember, these facts will only give you
basic information. You'll need to search the Web further to find more in-depth information for
your Quest.
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One
of every 10 people has a speech, language, or hearing disorder
(National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities,
1991).
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the
lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
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The average person laughs 13 times a day.
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Web
Search Locations
Search these sites for information
to help you in your Web Quest. Each site looks at the topic
under investigation from a different point of view. Each site may have
more links to send you off in new directions.
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(HHS), or the U.S. Public Health Service
(PHS).
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Augmentative and Alternative
Communication Device Companies
These sites have examples of the talking electronic communication
devices that are often called AAC devices. These two sites
are for companies who sell these devices. Check all the sites to see the
range of equipment that people who can't talk like you can use.
Prentke-Romich
Zygo, Inc.
National Theatre of
the Deaf
A professional acting company made up of deaf and hearing actors. The
National Theatre of the Deaf combines sign language and spoken words into
beautiful performances of comedy, tragedy, and drama etc. See
what some of their shows will be this year.
National Arts and Disability
Center
This sites links you to organizations and individuals who demonstrate that
people with disabilities can do just about anything related to the arts,
including being a comedian.
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More
Cool Sites
Here are some
more cool
sites that have information about the topics in this Quest.
GG Wiz's FingerSpeller Web
Site:
Type in a joke then click "Sign Phrase" and watch it
being fingerspelled. Try having the wizard fingerspell a phrase and
see if you can figure it out. Please be patient as it takes a while
for the pictures of the signs to load.
Center for
Disability Information & Referral: Disability Awareness for
Youth
Check
out the Games Chamber to use sign language. Try to figure
out the answers to riddles. Go to their Brain Food section to explore
"Disability Myths" and "People First Language." Look in their "Book
Nook" for some great books, especially The
Flying Fingers Club.
KidsClick
This reference site was created by librarians. The simple search
engine finds good Internet sites about disabilities and other subjects.
Type in the words "disability" or " disabilities" or choose "D" in the
search subjects by letters option.
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People
The people featured on these websites may be able to help with your Web Quest.
Paul Pecunas
Paul is a "sit down" comedian who uses a Liberator (an electronic or computer device)
that talks for him.
Will McCarthy
Will uses an communication
device to be funny. He says, "I like my
communication device because it lets me talk to people. Without it I have
a very hard time communicating with people, because I can't talk."
Pinky
the Juggler
SILENT Entertainer Juggling, unicyclist, stiltwalk and
comedian.
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Date: September 28, 2006
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities
