For many years d/Deaf and hard of hearing individuals have been struggling not only as a minority in a majority hearing society but also with conflicts within their own society. Though many people outside of the deaf culture may view deafness as a disability that needs to be fixed‚ Deaf individuals are proud of their difference. This portfolio is designed to assess every aspect of deafness‚ both as a cultural entity and as a medical deficit. But first‚ what does the term “deafness” refer to? Deafness
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Nicholle Harrison Debbie Chesser American Sign Language 2 19 November 2011 Deaf Cultural Event In Thursday October 20‚ 2011 I attended a High Desert Association of the Deaf Calendar Event. When I arrived‚ what I observed were 2 separate large table groups who seem to be divided. This situation appeared to be very strange. The first tables set about 10 to 15 students who I thought were from the Deaf community. I notice these students were signing amongst themselves. As I walked past
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Allison Escobar ASLII Deaf experience paper On Wednesday October 24‚ I had the opportunity to have my first deaf experience with deaf children. Thanks to my ASL teacher name‚ I had the opportunity to visit the Elementary school speech therapist. The feeling of being with deaf kids outside of my area of school and friends is like knowing that the language not only exists within the walls of school or classroom but that there is a whole other world full of it. Talking to the deaf kids in their own
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met the Dr. Mason Fitch Cogswell family and their deaf daughter‚ Alice. Embarking on a voyage to Europe to learn the art of educating deaf children. In Europe Gallaudet encountered the school for the deaf in Paris‚ France. He then enlisted Laurent Clerc‚ a talented deaf teacher to join back home to established the first permanent school for the deaf in the USA. The American School for the Deaf provides educational programs and services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. The ASD communication
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Reaction Paper on “Intimate Moments” Ashley Harris http://www.deaf-culture-online.com/intimatemoments.html I chose this article because I really wanted to learn how people in the deaf culture can be intimate with each other. I have not had any previous knowledge on this topic. I had a friend who wanted to date me and I turned him down because I was too focused on my education. Now‚ I find myself wondering what that experience would have been like and how far our relationship would have grown not
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to think of advantages of being deaf and blind when you have had sight and sound your whole life. However‚ when you stop and think‚ you realize that there are actually quite a few. If you are deaf and blind you will have a heightened sense of your other senses‚ such as smell‚ taste and touch. That part of your brain has to work harder and is therefore stronger than other people with all of the senses. Telemarketers tend not to call if they know the person is deaf or hard of hearing. One way to get
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you think of is a perfectly healthy child‚ ten fingers‚ ten toes. We don’t think about the negatives‚ you know‚ blindness‚ handicapped‚ or even deafness. In 2002‚ Thomas and James Spradley with an epilogue by Lynn Spradley released a novel titled‚ Deaf Like Me. Parents‚ Tom and Louise‚ had a child‚ Bruce‚ and were expecting their second. In the summer of 1964‚ it was discovered Bruce had been diagnosed with German Measles‚ also known as‚ Rubella. Arriving at the doctor’s office‚ they were relieved
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Deaf Day… Walking around basically hearing impaired for a day was interesting. I personally loved it a lot! Being a quiet student comes in handy for me with this project. Teachers didn’t call on me or expect me to talk. I had to have a friend of mine talk to the teachers for me if it was important. My friends didn’t like that I wasn’t able to talk and made sure to speak up and enunciate their words when talking to me. Sometimes I wished that I had someone who knew how to sign so I could practice
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situation people tend to look only at the outer appearance of the situation. Neither detail nor true feelings can be determined by the outer experience. Although people tend to relate to a situation‚ the best way to get the true affect is by experience. "Mute in an English-Only World" by Chang Rae-Lee illustrates the importance of language as a means for social interaction and the power of language‚ in the American society during the 70’s. This in my opinion could only be understood by experience in this
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Multiple Intelligences: Equal Access to the Curriculum for Deaf Students All children deserve to have equal access to the curriculum. However‚ in a time when standardized tests have become the focal point of our schools and classrooms‚ students with diverse learning styles and disabilities are falling behind educationally. We cannot allow children to slip through the cracks because we‚ as educators‚ are not providing them with the tools they need to achieve. Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
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