What Was The Impact Of The Dpn Movement
Gallaudet University was the starting grounds for a protest now known as Deaf President Now (D.P.N.) in 1988. DPN was a gathering of deaf people and their beliefs to make a clear goal and protest it. DPN wanted a deaf president to run the only school for deaf people. The protest was the response to the single hearing abled person who ran, being elected. The rights of deaf people were made more prominent to america due to this movement.
As deaf people knew they could achieve as much as they wanted, the majority of able hearing people would disagree, and DPN changed their viewpoint.Since DPN more and more deaf people have been getting advanced degrees which translates into jobs that previously were thought taboo to them such as owning their own businesses, law, and medicine. …show more content…
After DPN the nation saw a monumental amount of bills that protected the rights rights of deaf people being passed. “Congress passed more bills in the five years between DPN and 1993, that promoted the rights of and provided access for deaf people, than in the 216 years of the nation's existence” (Senator Tom Harkin).
One of the many acts passed due to DPN was the Telecommunications Accessibility Enhancement Act it made sure that our national televisions were accessible to deaf people. Another one was The Americans with Disabilities Act which i think was the most important as not only did it protect disabled people in the form of deafness but all deaf people from being treated unjust solely on their disability.
DPN was the spark for all these changes, and the speed at which they were made was representative of the supporters passion. These supporters held firm and made the america understand that deaf people were in need of laws that made it so they were equal to hearing abled people, and due to this passion even a politician was quoted as saying "Seldom have I ever seen a civil rights movement so absolutely complete" (Senator Cranston of
As deaf people knew they could achieve as much as they wanted, the majority of able hearing people would disagree, and DPN changed their viewpoint.Since DPN more and more deaf people have been getting advanced degrees which translates into jobs that previously were thought taboo to them such as owning their own businesses, law, and medicine. …show more content…
After DPN the nation saw a monumental amount of bills that protected the rights rights of deaf people being passed. “Congress passed more bills in the five years between DPN and 1993, that promoted the rights of and provided access for deaf people, than in the 216 years of the nation's existence” (Senator Tom Harkin).
One of the many acts passed due to DPN was the Telecommunications Accessibility Enhancement Act it made sure that our national televisions were accessible to deaf people. Another one was The Americans with Disabilities Act which i think was the most important as not only did it protect disabled people in the form of deafness but all deaf people from being treated unjust solely on their disability.
DPN was the spark for all these changes, and the speed at which they were made was representative of the supporters passion. These supporters held firm and made the america understand that deaf people were in need of laws that made it so they were equal to hearing abled people, and due to this passion even a politician was quoted as saying "Seldom have I ever seen a civil rights movement so absolutely complete" (Senator Cranston of