publication of Through Deaf Eyes: A Photographic History of an American Community is a result of the landmark photographic exhibition of archival documents presented by the Smithsonian Institution in 2001 and the recent broadcast of a documentary film by the Public Broadcasting Service in March of this year. In addition to the viewing of the touring exhibition by more than 400‚000 people and the broadcasting of the documentary film on the national network‚ the story of the Deaf community has touched
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The film Through Deaf Eyes demonstrated a great understanding of the death community. I found this short film extremely educational as well as informative of the Deaf culture and its people. This film opened my eyes and broaden my education in the Deaf culture. Growing up I never came into the situation of interacting with someone who was Deaf‚ before my ASL class I had absolutely no idea that there was such a rich and interesting history in the Deaf community. I found this movie to be extremely
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“Communication Strategies for Nurses Interacting with Deaf Patients” by Christine Chong-hee Lieu et.al‚ explains how communicating with deaf patients can be challenging for nurses. The language barrier often makes explaining a deaf patients medical situation difficult for the nurse‚ which leads to little or no understanding by the patient of what is happening. Providers need to understand‚ while paper and pen may be ok for some hearing impaired patients‚ it is not always an option for others. “Despite
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theme that appears in Deaf literature that shows the hardships that deaf individuals have to face everyday in society. Although many deaf individuals are being oppressed or discriminated by hearing individuals they try not to let it stop them from achieving their goals and living a normal life. The first piece of literature I want to introduce is a PBS documentary called “Through Deaf Eyes” (2007). The documentary talked about how in the past when schools were starting to help deaf children‚ they were
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Historic Deaf Figure I am writing this essay about Helen Keller and also what I have learned during this course. Helen Keller was born on June 27th‚ 1880 in Tuscumbia‚ Alabama. She is both deaf and blind which doctors call brain fever which is still a mystery today but she made her life extraordinary while she could. She is one of the 20th century humanitarians. Helen in her early years was the first born in her sisters; Arthur H. Keller and Katherine Adams Keller. She had two step brothers also
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Summer Woodard Community Involvement 2 On April 3‚ I attended the Deaf Idol event put on by ASL students for the Deaf community. Like with most Deaf events‚ I was nervous about going so I didn’t want to walk in without the friends I was meeting there walking in with me. As we entered I not only saw a lot of signing but I heard a lot of conversation and people casually talking. This comforted me a little as I paid and took the program. This event by-passed my expectations. There were so many
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The Deaf President Now Movement at Gallaudet University was very interesting to watch. I never knew much about the movement until this ASL class‚ and I find this information to be important in learning history in the 1980’s. Now after researching information‚ the significance of the protest was definitely necessary for the deaf community/culture. In reading this article‚ I had never thought much about the deaf culture‚ even though I had seen deaf people in my work place. Looking back in time‚ I could
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Kentucky School for the Deaf Changes No one is sure exactly what will become of Kentucky School for the Deaf campus. The school is rich in history of Danville and even houses its own museum in one of the buildings. Kentucky School for the Deaf was first established in 1823 and although it is not the first school for the deaf in the United States it is the first state funded school for the deaf. Several books have been written about the history of KSD
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Can you imagine being deaf and blind? Learning how to talk and active feminist inspired Peter Drier to write this article "The Radical Dissent of Hellen Keller." Would anyone like to learn how to talk and interact with other people while being deaf and blind? Hellen Keller was one of the wonderful people who can talk while being deaf and blind. I don’t think anyone can be more inspiring than Hellen. Everyone is inspired by Hellen Keller. Hellen is a awesome person‚ she accomplished a lot of things
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Helen Keller “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart”. American educator Helen Keller overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf to become one of the 20th century’s leading humanitarians. Together with the help of her beloved teacher Anne Sullivan‚ who was also partially blind‚ Helen was able to achieve many goals in life. Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27‚ 1880 in Tuscumbia‚ Alabama. Keller was born with her
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