Mervin "Merv" Donald Garretson (July 25, 1923 – January 9, 2013) was an American educator, leader, and deaf community rights advocate. His works were primarily directed towards changing mainstream opinion about deaf culture and about the deaf...
Mervin is a masculine given name of Welsh origin which means "great lord". People with the name include: Mervin Field (1921–2015), American pollster Mervin D. Garretson (1923–2013), American educator Mervin Heller Jr.
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is an organization for the promotion of the rights of deaf people in the United States. NAD was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1880 as a non-profit organization run by Deaf people to advocate for deaf...
Leonard M. Elstad (February 8, 1899 – June 27, 1990) was the third President of Gallaudet University (then Gallaudet College) in Washington, D.C. Elstad, who obtained a Master's degree from Gallaudet in 1923 and two honorary degrees later in his...
The Deaf rights movement encompasses a series of social movements within the disability rights and cultural diversity movements that encourages deaf and hard of hearing to push society to adopt a position of equal respect for them. Acknowledging...
In the United States, deaf culture was born in Connecticut in 1817 at the American School for the Deaf, when a deaf teacher from France, Laurent Clerc, was recruited by Thomas Gallaudet to help found the new institution. Under the guidance and...
The Silver Antelope Award is used to recognize registered adult Scouters of exceptional character who have provided distinguished service within one of the geographical regions of Scouting America. The recognition was presented by the National Court...