...into consideration how much of a privilege it is to have the ability to hear until taking this class. These past few weeks of being in ASL 121 have been a real eye opener to me, and how being a hearing person you don’t really consider the struggles a deaf person may have. Through the various lectures and the two videos we had the pleasure to watch I gained insight on how deaf people may feel in regards to the ignorance hearing people sometimes possess. As I take the time to really reflect on my views of the deaf community before joining this class I realize I did not have a positive or negative view towards the culture. I simply did not know anything about deaf people, and I never really took the time to get to know about deaf people and how their lives may be effective by their inability to hear. I never really saw being deaf as a “disability” I mean I still don’t really see it as one. I see being deaf more as a barrier or limitation, almost as if you were a english speaking person going to mexico or other countries. You are not considered handicapped or mentally disabled if you are deaf. In fact the only thing that may be different is the fact one cannot hear. In the video the deaf community they went over how being deaf should not be considered a “disability”, in which I completely agree with. I was very touched with the conversation we had in class today about the rule that majority of the class including myself seem to be having a hard time with, which would be...
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...Deaf Culture and History “Deaf culture is exactly what Carol Padden defines as a culture: a set of learned behaviors of a group of people that share a language, values, rules for behavior, and traditions.” ("Deaf Culture” ¶4). Deaf people of the world have lived in a secret shroud for quite some time. Less than centuries ago, deaf people didn't even have an official language. Over time those who were deaf created their own culture and language. Deaf people have had their beliefs and language evolve throughout history into something that can allow people to break communication barriers. Contrary to popular belief, sign language is not universal. Different languages have different forms of sign language and here in America, deaf people use ASL (American Sign Language). American Sign Language derived from French Sign Language, which was brought to America to help teach deaf people (“History of American Sign Language”). Today, ASL isn't just a language, but it is a culture of people who care for each other. Deaf people encourage people to use ASL as it is...
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...The Deaf community and Deaf culture are everywhere, including countries under the poverty line, and it's not handled the same in a third world country as it is in America. In a third world country, Deaf people go underappreciated and are often times treated as they had been in early America, incapable and unworthy of employment. This discrimination caused Deaf people to find their own ways to make money, often times through illegal or life-threatening situations such as begging, stealing, slavery, abuse and even sexual violence(Barbara Earth). Both men and women would sell their bodies risking the chance of getting an STD that will have to go untreated due to being in this third world country, in fact, leaving the STD untreated can cause serious damage including death....
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...Deaf people were once degraded, called names but in today's society are seen to have a unique culture well known to us as the deaf culture. Before the initiation of Sign language, many people made up theories as to saying that the only way a person can receive an education or learn something was through words that are spoken. Which is proven thankfully not true if we compare it to the modern day society where so much development and acceptance has taken place among the hearing and the deaf communities.In olden day, deaf people were seen as disabled and were incapable of learning (be educated) and treated badly for not being able to hear. It is really sad to learn that deaf people were not allowed to attend school and even if they did attend...
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...Erastus “Deaf” Smith was born April 19, 1787 in Dutchess County, New York. Erastus’ nickname was “Deaf” Smith also known as “El Sordo.” Erastus then moved to Port Gibson, Mississippi in 1798. Then he came to Texas in 1821 for health reasons, but returned back to Natchez in 1822. Erastus appeared in most events leading up to Texas Independence. His mother was Mary Smith and his father was Chilab Smith they were very religious they were strict Baptist. When Erastus was 11 or 12 he moved with his family to Natchez, Mississippi Territory. Later on a childhood disease caused Erastus to lose his hearing. Erastus married Guadalupe Ruiz de Duran December 12, 1797. Guadalupe was a widow of Jose Maria Vicente Duran, by whom had three children; Rufugia, Josefa, and Lucinda. The Smiths had four children; Susan Concepcion, Gertrudes, Travis, and Simona. Together they had a total of seven children, four of them were Erastus’. After Erastus helped at the Battle of San Jacinto he returned to Columbia and he then later moved to Richmond in Fort Bend County. Erastus’ education came from his parents and nature. He didn’t have the same education as most kids his age. Most of what Erastus’ knew was common sense. There wasn’t much about his education but I think that teaching him was difficult for him and his...
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...The Silent Society: Being Deaf Deafhood and Epistemology When considering the epistemology of deafness, one must consider the history of how deafness has evolved. The history of deafness comes from the ignorance of those who could not understand how people who had a disability were different from them. It was easier to place these types of “folks” in intuitions and not deal with their needs. Understanding the deaf community comes through understanding the culture and the history that allows the deaf to have a “voice” and provide them with the necessary services that make the deaf more human. Through mental health, hearing assessments, and trauma, there is an understanding that even though they may not live in the hearing world, there are still apart of society. How they function as a community is important, as they too have a voice. Deafhood is described as “static”, not a medical condition; however, it is a process-a struggle that is endured by every child, adult, and family to explain themselves, and each other their own existence within their world (Hauser, O’Hearn, Steider, &Thew, 2010). Epistemology can be defined as the philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits to human knowledge. When dealing with deaf epistemology, there are many facets to which it can be understood and misunderstood. The authors discuss the visual learning process that a Deaf child goes through by being raised by either a Deaf parent or a hearing parent....
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...receive cochlear implants for the deaf children. In deaf culture, there are two terms we can use to understand their identity by spelling the word "deaf" with big D or with little d. Generally Dwight Sutton, an Internal Medicine doctor, states that deaf people consider "Deaf" as the category who was usually was born deaf and choose to remain part of to the Deaf community but deaf group with lower case “d” is mostly lost their hearing after their birth and but prefer to engage the hearing people(Sutton et al. 225). According to National Institute on Deafness...
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...Lauren Schneider ASL IV Tuesday/ Thursday 3:15 November 12, 2013 Deaf Event Paper 1 1. What was the purpose of this assignment? The deaf event I chose to go to was a Sunday morning church service at the Deaf Outreach Church. The purpose was to observe and communicate with others using sign language that weren’t from class. There is a difference from signing signs we are learning in class and holding a conversation with others. I needed to apply what I learned in the classroom to real life. 2. What is one question about the Deaf community that you hoped to answer during the course of this assignment? What causes the strong bond in the Deaf culture? From observing the people signing to each other it made me understand that it partly their use of ASL that keeps the bond strong. Also, the understanding they have for one another makes them so close. They have shared common experiences and struggles that being deaf came with. It’s like when I went to Italy and would feel more connected to other Americans and would start talking to them even if I didn’t know them. Speaking English was something I had in common with very few people while I was over there, so it made me want to reach out to others that spoke English. 3. Before going what did you expect it to be like? I expected it to be boring and that I would be completely lost in what was going on. I expected it to be completely silent and all in sign language. I thought people that knew I was hearing and would...
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...Theresa Luke 11/24/14 ASL 101 “Love is Never Silent” Reaction Paper The movie, “Love is Never Silent”, a “Hallmark Hall of Fame” film, is based on a young girl whose parents are not part of the hearing world during the Depression of the 1930’s. Margaret, the daughter of Janice and Abel, is the only hope they have in order to stay connected to the hearing world. By using American Sign Language, Margaret has helped her parents stay in tune with what’s going on in the outside world. Margaret’s childhood consisted of keeping her parents connected with the hearing world. This meant that she hardly had any time to herself. She had to grow up a lot faster than the kids she went to school with because it was like Margaret was taking care of her parents and not being raised by them. Most, if not any of the kids she went to school with were not interpreting American Sign Language for their parents. In fact, nobody even knew that Margaret’s parents were deaf because she was worried that people would look at her funny or make fun of her parents for it. Margaret grew up hearing awful comments and stereotypes about deaf people that fortunately couldn’t be heard by her parents. As Margaret grew older and found love and independence outside of her home, her parents become bitter and distraught by it. Her wanting to be able to be free and do things like getting married to a man upset her parents. Janice and Abel looked at this as Margaret deserting and leaving them lost in the hearing...
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...Communtiy Event Paper Durinng this past semester I have learned a great deal about deafness, deaf lifestyles, and Deaf culture. As a hearing person, much of what I have experienced as I have met and slowly grown to know some Deaf friends have been unexpected, to say the least, and in some cases downright surprising or shocking. Many times in these contemporary days, when asked about my newfound relationships with some of my Deaf friends and their culture, lifestyles, education, etc, I have encountered not only curiosity, but disbelief, and occasionally resistance to my often poorly articulated attempts at explanation or descriptions of Deaf culture. During my recent trips to the California school for the Deaf I met quite a few exteremely nice people one of them who now has become a pretty good friend. She is deaf born and her mom is deaf born but her father is hearing but fluently signs. Her fathers entire family is deaf which is why he learned to sign(grew up signing). My experience in meeting other deaf people was good because of Serena mainly. She introduced to other deaf people and the were all very considerate and also taught me and helped me with my signing. She helped me follow conversations and just made the whole experience alot better. Watching the games with her made it easier for me to understand what was going on because the CSDR volleyball team used different signs during the game since they were unable to use...
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...SILA 306 ASL 2 What is Deafhood as respecting in the deaf culture? Deafhood is a term that loosely means a Deaf person finding and understanding their Deaf culture. This is not a static term and it usually refers to a process by which a Deaf person must go through in order to discover themselves and their roles in the Deaf community. Deafhood is a word that was coined by the author of Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood, by Paddy Ladd. With regards to deafness, the people of the past felt lost or upset with being deaf. The families of the deaf would force their children to go to a hearing school and assimilate with their culture. Schools would have to put labels on the children’s clothing to differentiate them. I think that these measures would make a child uncomfortable with his deafness. There were not many schools that a child can have access to so it would be understandable that the child will feel frustrated with himself about his situation. Ladd’s book asserts that deafness is a positive thing and that one should embrace their deafness. On a similar note, the deaf should not consider their inability to hear as a disease or handicap that needs to be cured. Deafhood is the understanding of how remarkable it is to be Deaf and be okay with that. These days with the internet and technology, it is easy for a child and his family to find a community near them. It is a lot easier to have a deaf person reach Deafhood, much like a normal child would reach...
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...hearing loss, and one out of every four hundered is profoundly deaf. Yet many hard-of-hearing which is a term used to describe mild to moderate hearing loss and deaf people in this country do not consider themselves handicapped. They do not believe their hearing loss makes them less- just different, and they look upon the deaf community as a sperate culture; as rich and diverse as that of the hearing world." (Turkingston, Sussman 4). The deaf community has had a continuing struggle with trying to maintain its integrity after all the years of misunderstanding and struggles with segregation. Althought, there have been many educators, linguistics and experts in the field of deafness, and hard of hrearing individuals have come a long way in order to ensure that the anomosity becomes cooperation, there is still many areas of controvery that have been left unsettled. We can continue to discuss with such struggles, but there would be a lot to cover and the misunderstandings could remain the status quo.Instead in this paper I will be focusing on the communication of the deaf with real life settings of the workplace, including communication with employers and hearing persons. What exactly is it considered to be deaf?. Most of the deaf community do not accept the term " Hearing impaired" in some cases it can be even seen and taken as offensive. The terms " people who are deaf" "people who are deaf and hard of hearing" " deaf and hard of hearing people" " people with hearing loss" are terms...
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...Silence in a World of Sound: The Birds and the Bees of Hearing Impaired Life By Sam Madsen Growing up in a world of sound, I knew nothing other than rushing cars, chirping birds, shouts, screams and laughter. Three years ago, my entire world flipped upside down. I suffered a massive head trauma that led to my journey into the Hard of Hearing world and changed my life forever. When I learned of my hearing loss, I was in shock. Paired with this new lifestyle, I also found out that I have an auditory processing disorder, which would further hinder my ability to understand and comprehend sound. My first question was what many others ask when they lose their hearing late in life: am I disabled, and what will become of my future? In short, yes I am disabled, invisible to the naked eye and the unwilling ear. I do not, however, let my disability cripple me. It’s a funny concept, being invisibly disabled. Looking at me, you do not see someone that is technically disabled: you see me as an able bodied, young nineteen-year-old. I am a shielded crevice of surprises, closed off by an intricate façade, shaped together with good intentions and some not-so-gentile fingers. I put on a face like everyone else and we all have our stories each more detailed than the last. My story is not beautiful or easy to understand; there were medical problems, physical illnesses, and mental incapacitation that has brought me to the place that I currently am resting in. I have adjusted to a soft mumble...
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...great home cooking, and see the newborn baby first open their eyes. But, what if you’re crossing the street and you can’t hear the drunk driver and the sirens turning the corner behind you? What do you do when you’re struggling to hear your teacher’s very important review about your final? What happens if you were living in New York City, sitting in your apartment, and you couldn’t hear the bombs collide with the World Trade Center? People who are deaf or hearing impaired are very unfortunate in these situations and have to exert more effort to cope with their everyday life. Hearing loss makes even routine communication difficult. (“Slowik”) Students, especially, notice the difficulties. Medically, Hearing Impairment is considered a disability. As a hearing impaired student and speaking as a deaf community member, it is not a disability it is a difference. While on campus attending your classes you face a variety of problems. You can’t ever really ask other students for help or information about assignments unless you have a pen and paper or a...
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...Human Service Programs: Commonalities & Successes Paper Mindy Joy Mayer BSHS/425 12/15/2014 Nicole Nightingale Human Service Programs: Commonalities & Successes Paper All human service agencies share the goal of satisfying human needs through an interdisciplinary knowledge base, concentrating on prevention as well as remediation of problems, and asserting a commitment to better the tone of life enhancement and bring positive changes to the families and individuals (National Human Service, 2014). There are many characters of human service that are under vary by category, and it comes in different sizes, such as a worldwide representation to small agency in many urban centers. Most agencies are nonprofit, which the nonprofit uses its revenues to carry out its missionary work, and cannot distribute profits to owners or shareholders. Some agencies are for profit, which for-profit agencies carries out their missionary works, but uses revenue as profit. Human service agencies’ mission is to put people’s need as a first priority through an interdisciplinary knowledge base focusing on prevention and commitment to help improve the quality of life (National Human Service, 2014). There are four trends, which is political, economic, social, and technological. The political pressure to avoid displaying material reduction in service while costs increase and revenues falls the changes in human services. Technologies has produced a great alteration in human services, and...
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