The Importance Of Oralism

1. Oralism is a way of teaching deaf students how to read the lips and expressions of those speaking, as well as speaking themselves, since they may not be able to hear their own voice. In the deaf community it is considerred a heated topic whether or not this should be taught because some people believe that it is abandoning their deaf culture just to fit the social norm and avoid predjudice. However, this skill can be very useful in helping people participate in learning and socializing , rather than be restricted to only the deaf community. It wasnt until the end 20th century that being deaf and using sign language was no longer seen as an inhibator, then being forced hide their differences. Slowly ASL has became more widely accepted in …show more content…
Until he was 12 years old, Clerc spent his time caring for the family farm animals and exploring the smal village in France, despite his family 's upper class status. He was finally enrolled at the Royal Institution for the Deaf in Paris, where years later he would become a dedicated teacher. In 1816, Clerc met a man named Thomas Hopkins Galludet, who traveled all the way from America in search of experience and "ideas on how to teach deaf people" to bring back. The two men sailed to America with the hopes of opening its first school for the deaf, and it took them only a year to establish in Hartford, Connecticut. It was eventually more appropriately renamed the "American School for the Deaf" and continues to be the oldest school for the deaf in North …show more content…
Medically or "Pathologically" it is viewed as an illness or disability that should be treated by a medical professional to be 'cured '. Since, deaf people are medically refered to has disabled it comes with the assumption that since they cannot learn like a hearing child they should be separated and not expected to reach the same acheivements. Languisically and socially it is believed that the deaf should focus on fitting in with the hearing community by conforming to fit other peoples desires, thinking that this will avoid any negative attention from being different. Culturally it is not seen as an impairment to life, just a common characteristic that should be accepted like different ethnicities and sexuality. Focusing on all inclusive residential schools where there aren 't any language barriers, allowing the children to grow and learn at the same rate as any hearing child. The cultural view sees Sign Language as necessary part to the deaf identity and what allows them to effectively communicate with people whom may also be deaf as well as not have to struggle to learn two languages at once while in school. Socially it is important for people of the deaf community to stick together to embrace their differences, and prove that they can me capable of