Deaf‚ Blind Triplets Sara Haynes Abstract According to the World Health Organization‚ a disability is an umbrella term‚ covering impairments‚ activity limitations‚ and participation restrictions. Impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations. (Disabilities‚
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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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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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The Town for the Deaf Before I had a deaf son‚ I had never met another deaf person. I know how that could be. There are about a million people that are Deaf or hard of hearing in America alone. When my son was born‚ the doctors gave him to me and informed me your son is deaf. You would think after that you get a ton of information about what to do‚ you do not you are thrown into the wilderness and trying to find your way out with a dim flashlight. With each passing day‚ you losing hope that you will
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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 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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