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    Olof Hanson – First Deaf American Architect Slide One: Background His parents were Hans Larsson Hanson and Nilla Rasmusdotter Born September 10‚ 1862 in Fjälkinge‚ in Skåne County‚ Sweden Died September 8th‚ 1933 (Age 70) in Seattle‚ Washington Olof lost his hearing at the age of thirteen. Slide Two: Background Continued His father died in 1874 just shortly after the family had planned to move to the US. Since his father had died the family postponed moving till the next year (1875). Just two

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    The Great Big Book of Poems Table Of Contents So Excited………………………………..........1 Reason………………………………................2 The Room………………………………...........3 My Cat………………………………................4 I Love You………………………………..........5 Just A Kiss………………………………..........6 I Wish……………………………….................7 Moment Of Freedom…………………………..8 Nothing But The Best………………………….9 The Monster………………………………......10 The End………………………………

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    Elena Chwat Mr. Amelio English 10H The Deaf Culture and its View on Cochlear Implants In the United States alone‚ there are over two million deaf people‚ (“Deaf Population…”) which is only a small fraction of hearing people in the US. Being a minority‚ the deaf culture is often misunderstood and discriminated against. Deaf people view themselves as a community – they have a language‚ a culture‚ and a bond with each other. Deafness is the only disability in which the affected people have formed

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    From the ancient times and even today Deaf education has had arguments against which method is right or wrong. No matter which way the tides turned there have been important people there to help guide the Deaf educations along. We will start with the great philosopher Aristotle. Now I know what you are thinking‚ why would I talk about Aristotle when it comes to Deaf education? It has been said that he is the first person ever recorded to have talked about Deaf culture. Even though he is a great philosopher

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    ITP 120 Intro to Deaf Culture Professor McCray July 13‚ 2008 Through Deaf Eyes PBS 2008 Through Deaf Eyes is a film outlining deaf history and deaf culture. The movie touches on many key milestones in deaf American’s lives including: community interactions‚ education‚ recreation and work. While we have been learning much on deaf history‚ I was fascinated to hear the many obstacles deaf people had to overcome to reach where they are today. I am one to always route for

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    Before you learn about one of the five elements of Deaf culture‚ what did you think/assume about the element? Group Norms to me are the unspoken and often unwritten set of informal rules that shape the behaviors of individuals in a group. These rules would be passed down from one generation to another or they could be taught/reinforced by school teachers‚ preacher‚ or other individual who would have an influence on younger generations. Without groups norms individuals would have no understanding

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    “The Puerto Rican Deaf Community” article is a work done by Holly Williams and Elizabeth Parks. In their work Williams and Parks talk about the problems that the deaf community in Puerto Rico have encountered. These problems are: that there not enough interpreters‚ violations to the law (ADA)‚ poor education opportunities and discrimination in the workplace. In Puerto Rico‚ there is a higher Deaf community in the western and central areas where the people communicate with PRSL which is considered

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    The title of the poem ‘Whatif’ refers to the fears and paranoia questions we have at night‚ as we are more vulnerable. The poet combines the words ‘what’ and ‘if’ in a childlike manner. The main theme of the poem is ‘fears of a child’. In almost every line the poet adds a new fear. He mentions numerous childish fears like the feel of failing at school‚ being bullied‚ growing green chest hair and teeth not growing straight. He also mentions fears that a human at any age can relate to such as the fear

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    hearing in her right ear and 80% of the hearing in her left ear because of this she is legally deaf. Matlin parents chose to educate her in their community rather than sending her to a special school. Matlin began learning to use sign language around the age of 5 although her parents struggled they tried their best to communicate with her. As a young child she discovered acting through a program for deaf

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    you ever thought what it was like if you were deaf? Graeme Clark’s father was deaf. He wanted to create something that could fix not being able to hear. He created the Multiple- Channel Cochlear Implant known as the bionic ear. He has changed the world in a spectacular way. His childhood plays a big role in his invention. Also‚ he went though a lot of schooling to get to where he is today. Clark’s childhood was very difficult because his father was deaf (Cochlear). Clark was born on August 16‚ 1935

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