Deaf In America
4,022,334 deaf citizens currently resign in the United States. There is a good deal of issues going on in the culture that many are unaware of. I recently read a book titled, Deaf In America Voices From A Culture, which covers the details of deaf culture. It goes from the life of deaf children and how they learn to different types of sign language. This sparked my interest in the things we don’t know or don’t realize about deaf issues and struggles. There is a wide variety of representation of the deaf in Hollywood, social media, and the deaf students in America. I’m sure you already know about these issues but this is to reinforce how important these are and how these issues affect us. Deaf citizens are a crucial member of our society and
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A deaf school is sometimes the only peer interaction the child will have and the only learning opportunity they will have also. The issue with deaf schools is the placement and availability of them. If a child lives in a different system, a system without a deaf school, sometimes the child will receive transportation offered by the deaf school but other times the child may be forced to move. If many deaf children are in an area without a school for them, then the state must make a decision to either accommodate those children, finding teachers, finding a building, and getting the support of the other civilians, or have them moved which is a huge inconvenience for the children’s families. This is a huge issue because of the number of people affected. This is not just emotional representation at stake but more lives and futures at stake instead. Again, you have already been made aware of this fact most likely, but the goal was to hopefully encourage you to help the students’ in need like you’ve helped so many other people in the deaf …show more content…
Their representation in Entertainment, Social media, and with deaf students is very important to their community and ours. Without the deaf, we wouldn’t learn to care for others who are different than us and we may not realize how important it is for others to be accommodated. The people in this community have shown how capable they are and how others can be. Instead of viewing their society rights as a separate, but good cause, view it as a part of our cause, we fight for their cause just as much as they fight for their own, we are all human and should treat each other as
A deaf school is sometimes the only peer interaction the child will have and the only learning opportunity they will have also. The issue with deaf schools is the placement and availability of them. If a child lives in a different system, a system without a deaf school, sometimes the child will receive transportation offered by the deaf school but other times the child may be forced to move. If many deaf children are in an area without a school for them, then the state must make a decision to either accommodate those children, finding teachers, finding a building, and getting the support of the other civilians, or have them moved which is a huge inconvenience for the children’s families. This is a huge issue because of the number of people affected. This is not just emotional representation at stake but more lives and futures at stake instead. Again, you have already been made aware of this fact most likely, but the goal was to hopefully encourage you to help the students’ in need like you’ve helped so many other people in the deaf …show more content…
Their representation in Entertainment, Social media, and with deaf students is very important to their community and ours. Without the deaf, we wouldn’t learn to care for others who are different than us and we may not realize how important it is for others to be accommodated. The people in this community have shown how capable they are and how others can be. Instead of viewing their society rights as a separate, but good cause, view it as a part of our cause, we fight for their cause just as much as they fight for their own, we are all human and should treat each other as