Visual impairment

The autobiography of deaf actor Bernard Bragg is inspiring, riveting, and heartwarming. The internationally renown actor, playwright, director, and lecturer helped found the National Theater of the Deaf, starred in his own television show “The Quiet Man” and traveled worldwide to teach his acting methods and life lessons. With his dream of becoming an actor and the beauty of sign language he accomplished his goal and then some. Despite the efforts of certain peers and professionals to deflect…

Introduction to American Deaf Culture by Thomas Holcomb begins with a graphic celebrating Deaf culture to set the tone for the whole book. Holcomb discusses the difference between being deaf and the Deaf community, and the difference between community and culture. He uses specific examples to show how Deaf culture adheres to all five hallmarks that make up a culture. In the third chapter, he defines many of the terms and labels used to describe deaf people, including hearing-impaired and hard of…

Essay (1) Hearing aids Done by: Shaker Class: 7(C) Teacher: Nemah Figure 1 (hearing aid) If people wear hearing aids then they must have a problem with their ears, and the one major dis-advantage that led people using hearing aids is deafness, now people may ask what deafness is. Well it is a disease that might hit you when new babies are born, or sometimes when you here a loud sound like an explosion that’s in front of you, furthermore, if deafness hits you it might be either mild,…

Six Flags Last year I decided to go to Mozzeria for my deaf event, and this year I knew that I wanted to do something different. When I heard that Six Flags was devoting a day for the deaf, I marked my calendar because I figured it would be different than the typical restaurant scene. The only problem was that I didn’t want to go alone, and I knew that my mom and sister wouldn’t want to go. I asked Alex if he wanted to go with me and he said he would have to see, he texted me later and said…

Andrew J Foster was an amazing man that just might have changed the world of deaf culture. Foster was born on June 27, 1925, in Ensley, Ala. However, growing up was hard for Foster because he confronted segregation and prejudice growing up as an African American. As a kid, he confronted school isolation, and additionally managing sub-human acts and laws. For example, having separate reading material for blacks and whites, and not having the capacity to place money into the hand of a white store…

Despite a clear emphasis on Terry Galloway’s “little-d” deaf identity in Mean Little deaf Queer, her intersectional identity is just as pertinent, as demonstrated by the title of the text. Nearing the end of the memoir, Galloway establishes her “crippled” and “queered” identity yet again, claiming that her path to understanding her place in society is by “[surrounding herself] with stories that tell [her] who [she] is” (212). This statement bolsters Mean Little deaf Queer’s position as an…

As such, thirty one of the fifty states have ruled English as their official language (Liu). This goes to show that ASL is a foreign language, as it and English are not the same. English is a verbal language, while ASL is a visual one. In addition, the syntax in American Sign Language is entirely different than that of English. Linguists argue that a foreign language is defined as originating from another country. While the dictionary wouldn’t describe ASL as a foreign language…

The reasons for why Deaf students are underachieving on tests varies greatly, and likely is not fully understood, but there are certain factors that have already been identified by researchers. A student’s mastery of his first language is a precursor to strong reading abilities (Marschark). If a student has weak language skills, then it is expected that he will struggle to learn how to read and write. However, if the student is surrounded with strong language models from birth, then they are…

Deaf Culture is an entirely different world in itself. I have been submerged in Deaf Culture from the time that I was very small so it feels mostly normal to me. For a long time, the hearing people around me were the “culture shock” and not the Deaf Culture. As I became older, it became easier for me to see the vast differences between the two and ultimately grow an appreciation for both worlds. Since I can’t give an interesting ‘a-ha’ story, I will explain what I think is fascinating about Deaf…

relationships of those who are hearing impaired and their loved ones. During these sessions, those who are hearing impaired can share their problems, but loved ones and family members can also share their own problems that relate to the person’s hearing impairment. This gives both people a chance to see what is going on in the other person’s head and allows them to think about how they can alter what they are doing so that it does not become a problem…