Living in a world where you can hear everything from people honking their horns, to the sounds of a plastic bag being crumpled up is remarkable, everything around us makes a noise. Trying to understand and figure out the world with all five senses can seem difficult and overwhelming at times, but entering a world where people don 't need their ears to understand the commotion of this crazy world is beautiful. You rely on your eyes and hands to connect with everyone around you. Being a hearing person entering a deaf community or event is terrifying yet intriguing. My experience interacting with the deaf community has had its highs and lows.
When we first received our assignment to venture out and to interact with the deaf community I was terrified. …show more content…
I asked her how she was enjoying the event and what were some highs and lows. We both agreed that the event when approaching it was kind of intimidating and that we were scared our ASL skills were not good enough for this event. I expressed to her afterwards joining that game of volleyball was arguably the hardest thing I have ever done. I mean I have done many things involving immersing myself into a culture especially when I visit family in Greece. But, this was a whole new culture to me and to fully grasp it was mind blowing. Deaf people have their own sense of fun and it was interesting seeing this in a public place like the beach. I also noticed that there weren’t many people that had gone in the water, which made me wonder if it was because it was cold or for another reason. I was to embarrass to ask that question, but it has been lingering since I had left the event. Are there different safety concerns for deaf people or other things that contribute to them not swimming? I do not mean to ostracize the deaf culture, it may be that I am ignorant of some safety concerns but I do wonder what it is like. Furthermore, I learned being deaf doesn’t limit what you can do; for example, the volleyball game was something else. It takes skill and concentration to accomplish what they did and honestly I feel that these people thrive and live better lives because they know who they
When we first received our assignment to venture out and to interact with the deaf community I was terrified. …show more content…
I asked her how she was enjoying the event and what were some highs and lows. We both agreed that the event when approaching it was kind of intimidating and that we were scared our ASL skills were not good enough for this event. I expressed to her afterwards joining that game of volleyball was arguably the hardest thing I have ever done. I mean I have done many things involving immersing myself into a culture especially when I visit family in Greece. But, this was a whole new culture to me and to fully grasp it was mind blowing. Deaf people have their own sense of fun and it was interesting seeing this in a public place like the beach. I also noticed that there weren’t many people that had gone in the water, which made me wonder if it was because it was cold or for another reason. I was to embarrass to ask that question, but it has been lingering since I had left the event. Are there different safety concerns for deaf people or other things that contribute to them not swimming? I do not mean to ostracize the deaf culture, it may be that I am ignorant of some safety concerns but I do wonder what it is like. Furthermore, I learned being deaf doesn’t limit what you can do; for example, the volleyball game was something else. It takes skill and concentration to accomplish what they did and honestly I feel that these people thrive and live better lives because they know who they