Takia Clayton 4/15/ 2010 ASL Research Paper Deaf Like Me By Thomas S. Spradley James P. Spradly Epilogue By Lynn Spradley Deaf Like Me is a story compiled together by Thomas and James Spradley. It is a compelling story about two hearing+ parents struggling to cope with their daughters overwhelming deafness. This powerful story expresses with simplicity the love‚ hope‚ and anxieties of all hearing parents of deaf children. In the epilogue‚ Lynn Spradley‚ herself‚ now a teenager thinks back
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things. In deaf culture‚ people frequently talk about the two main perspectives of deafness. “Pathological" perspective that versus the "cultural" perspective of deafness. Both hearing and deaf people can accept whichever perspective. These two main perspectives of deafness are pretty different. The Pathological view can also be called the medical view. Because doctors usually have a pathological view of deafness and look at it as an impairment‚ disability‚ something to be treated so that deaf patients
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Omobolanle (Ore) Ogunkanmi Recognition of Deaf People The website deafpeople.com promotes the people active in the deaf community and those who make deaf history. The people recognized do not have to be completely deaf. Hearing people are also recognized which is good because it encourages people to do good deeds for the promotion of deaf history. The website has a brief summary and highlights current day issues of the deaf community but most importantly‚ it has six different categories that focuses
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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 Culture Assignment Visual (3D or PowerPoint) and Oral Presentation A 3-dimentional (3D) or PowerPoint project allows students to learn important information on a specific topic in concentrated and visually appealing manner. For this assignment‚ you will develop a 3D or Power Point project and a short oral presentation to be delivered in class. This is a fun and creative assignment; you and your classmates can learn a great deal from each other. Please choose a specific aspect of Deaf
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Deaf Education Jamie Leppala Position Essay Nancy Levant English 132 8 December 2014 Deaf education has been topic of controversy ever since it inclusion into public school and higher education. Mainstreaming of the deaf and hard of hearing in regular school classrooms did not become an issue in the U.S until the early 1970’s. Prior to 1970‚ there were no schools that had programs for deaf and hard of hearing children. “The government thought that it was not their responsibility to
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against deaf individuals is not present‚ but they are unaware of the social injustice that the deaf face. The deaf population is shunned from society‚ and have trouble communicating their needs with hearing people. This is apparent in the workplace. While most employees are judged based on their skillset‚ deaf employees are judged by their ability to communicate with their coworkers. This communication barrier causes employers to reject deaf people‚ creating financial issues within deaf families
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the word “deaf” is capitalized‚ and other times it is not. Why is this? It is because with the capitalization of the word “deaf” the meaning changes greatly. The definition of the term “deaf”‚ when written with a lowercase d‚ “refers to a physical condition characterized by a relative lack of auditory sensitivity to sound” (Flaskerud 317). To put it plainly‚ it is a way to describe an individual’s acute lack of hearing abilities. Capital “D” Deaf‚ on the other hand‚ is associated with deaf individuals
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Through Deaf Eyes THROUGH DEAF EYES is a two-hour documentary that explores 200 years of Deaf life in America. The film presents the shared experiences of American history - family life‚ education‚ work‚ and community connections from the perspective of deaf citizens ‚ and Gallaudet University president emeritus I. King Jordan. The movie started by CJ Jones who is an actor & director. It’s gives me more information about the deaf culture & community by showing me the history of how Gallaudet
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