A Night of Deaf History

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A Night of Deaf History And Culture Sponsored
by Alabama Institute for Deaf and
Blind Huntsville Regional Center Presented
by Stacie Yarbrough, AIDB Sign Language
Instructor and AIDB Sign Language
Students Tuesday, May 15, 2007 530 - 730
p.m. Huntsville Public Library Auditorium 915
Monroe Street Deaf individuals have made
numerous contributions in history. Find out
who - received the "Godfrey Copley Medal" and
has a College named after him. - attended Rutgers
and founded the Society for Hearing Impaired
Physicians (SHIP). - over a 40 year period is
credited with saving 907 lives! - patented over
1,093 inventions. - started the Battle of Wounded
Knee. - was the first deaf pilot to fly coast to
coast in 1947. - broke a world land speed record
for the fastest quarter mile in 3.22 seconds at
396 mph. and much, much more! Postsecondary
Education Consortium is an Approved RID CMP
Sponsor for Continuing Education Activities. 
This Professional Studies program is offered for
.2 CEUs at the "little/none" Content Knowledge
Level. Activity 0237.0507.01