Texas School for the Deaf. It was such a cultural shock to “see” everyone communicating. Instead of hearing people’s voices‚ I “saw” their voice. It was amazing to me to finally witness people hearing with their eyes and speaking with their hands. It was then that I realized I wanted to major in Deaf Education/Studies. When I started taking classes that taught me about the characteristics of Deaf culture‚ I became convinced that this was what I wanted to major in. I learned that deaf people who are part
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of bullying in the deaf community. How bullying directly affects our special need children. It is tough being a teenager and being harassed by your peers and within the deaf community this type of behavior often goes unnoticed or mention in some cases. At the end of this discussion we can learn what we can do to change people attitude about bullying and prevention of this harmful practice. This discussion will bring to light the issues bullying and victimization bring to the deaf community. A child
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Deaf Community - Nigeria In terms of an established deaf community‚ one of the brightest spots on the African continent is West Africa Nigeria’s deaf community is well-established and even has something that we lack in the United States. Demographics of Deafness in Nigeria One web source said that in 1975 there were at least four million deaf and hard of hearing people in Nigeria. According to the 2004 Nigeria census (Statistics Nigeria‚ approximately 30 percent of all disabled people in
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The rally for a deaf president at Gallaudet University is pretty intriguing. I think I may have heard about it briefly before this assignment‚ but not enough to be able to explain it‚ let alone have an opinion on the matter. I never realized how crazy and intense the situation became. The students completely shutting down the school wasn’t as much of a surprise‚ I suppose. But the clips of people making dummies with name tags that read‚ “Spillman”‚ and “Zinser”‚ and hanging them on lampposts seemed
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breakthroughs of the deaf culture than I already knew. I didn’t know nearly as much as I thought I did. I found out that some deaf people were forced into speach therapy because hearing people thought of sign language as a bad thing. I also learned that deaf people don’t always choose to sign some choose to read lips. Not all deaf people have kochlear implants and even though some do it doesn’t allow them to "hear" everything. I was also inspired by the film when I saw the part on the deaf people taking
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Deaf like Me The book starts with Louise and Thomas a couple who has one child‚ a son‚ Bruce. When Bruce is three‚ he gets German measles or rubella. After finding this out‚ Louise discovers that‚ she is pregnant with their second child. When Louise took Bruce to the doctor to get all of the information on the measles‚ the doctor was worried about Louise’s pregnancy‚ even thought she was not very far along. The doctor said that being around someone with these measles could possibly cause congenital
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We meet several deaf individuals that tell us their stories of being discriminated against due to being deaf. They seem to share the mutual struggle of being misunderstood and excluded from a conversation or group. They share stories of being left out of family gatherings due to lack of communication and how it
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“Deaf for a Day” Assignment My experience during the “Deaf for a Day” assignment was weird to say the least. I did my project on Saturday‚ September 3rd‚ 2016 from nine in the morning until Sunday‚ September 4th‚ 2016 at nine in the morning. I started off by putting my earplugs in and took a shower and got ready for the day. It was so funny‚ when I was brushing my teeth‚ I walked away from the sink and almost forgot that the faucet was running. I walked out of my room and started heating up leftovers
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In Robert A. Gross’ novel‚ The Minutemen and Their World he takes his readers through what life was like in Concord‚ Massachusetts in the years of the late 1700’s. He starts his book off with a short prologue called “Winter Soldiers and Springtime Farmers”. This short seven page introduction could easily be a survival guide to any new settler that wants to call Concord home. The reader is given a map with all the main roads‚ neighboring cities‚ and boundary lines. One is also reassured that all daily
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2017 I attended a dinner at Case Martinez along with the deaf community. Thank you for allowing us to have this time out of class for extra credit. Unlike‚ my other experience at Pie Fie I was not able to sit at the same time with the rest of the group due to the fact that I got off of work until 5:20 & this event started at 5:30. During this experience I was able to observe a lot. The waitress as Case Martinez have menu cards made for the deaf community. The waitress handed out note cards with the
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