Deafness

Attending deaf events as a hearing person might be seen as scary or intimidating. Due to the lack of knowledge of the typical hearings person's perspective of the deaf community. I personally did not know what to expect when attending deaf church. I honestly thought it might be a little boring go sit in a room and watch other people sign. But I shortly learn after attending my first event that I was wrong there's much more to the culture of the deaf community. I feared that I would be perceived…

One of the main reasons why Deaf students should attend Deaf schools using Total Communication is because it’s practical. In a hearing school, Deaf students are taken out of class for a portion of the day to receive instruction from an itinerant teacher of deaf or hard of hearing (TODHH), not to mention they are in an environment in which they have to be translated to, use a language that is not their first, learn a language without properly hearing it, and/or never learn a language which is…

Deaf Since Birth: At first I was so confused when she said she was actually hoping for her kid to be Deaf, but the way she put it made perfect sense and definitely gave me a better understanding of what Deaf culture is. “When I think, I see ASL signs in my head.” was fascinating, and something I’d always been curious about. I loved how Michelle said her family treats being born deaf the same way anyone would regard being born with blonde hair or brown-eyes, and I wish all parents could be this…

Most people want to have the life of getting married and having children while settling down into a nice house. If you do have children, most parents want theirs to be very successful. I bet you didn’t know that 2-3 people out of every 1,000 people in the US are born with a detectable hearing loss in one or both ears. This may not seem like a lot but that number adds up. In fact, 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents. Deaf children born into a hearing family tend to be taught speech…

community interacts and accepts the deaf individual has a huge impact on their outlook on life. In Cece Bell's’ novel El Deafo, the protagonist Cece’s outlook on life changes throughout the novel as different people interact with her and learn about her deafness, while in the documentary Life Without Words the community in which Maria, the protagonist, lives in affects her in a different way. Her community does not quite accept and provide the same benefits as Cece’s and therefore affects her…

community to present themselves as able bodied and capable. Two Deaf men went a long way to show this. William Hoy and Luther Taylor were two well known and loved baseball players that belonged to the Deaf community. However, despite their success the deafness was still seen as inferior. Oralism was forced upon many deaf students and the community faced much misunderstanding.…

Deaf Culture. Deafness. ASL. Deaf People. All those thing catch my attention. People think that ASL is not a language and that deaf people don 't have a culture. Many people see Deaf people as “special ed or dummies” when they don’t know anything about them or their world. I have learned a lot about deafness and the culture it has. Deafness is always intriguing to me, it always catches my attention. I don 't know what it is about deafness and ASL but I love it. I 've always wanted to learn ASL…

A Deaf Event I took an American Sign Language class last semester, Fall2014 at San Bernardino Valley College. The teacher had us choose an event to attend for a quiz grade. She had given us many events to choose from. The one I chose was Barnes and Noble “ASL story signing.” I had chosen this event because it was the only one that worked with my schedule and also because the story signing was being told by deaf/hearing impaired children. I ended up going with my sister in-law and my 1-year-…

Although American Sign Language (ASL) classes help colleges by increasing communication method and explaining what the sign language is how it works. It allows for communication back and forth between the deaf and hard of hearing kids by communicating with their hands. Using American Sign Language (ASL) as a method of communication has completely changed how we can communicate as well. Next thing I will be discussing is how Davis and Elkins College, education is important to everyone. Having a…

Mindset is a very interesting concept, what if someone had the ability to change that for one another? If I had the ability to give someone a chance at a new life changing factor, I would definitely start by introducing deaf people into the hearing world. I could only imagine how much of a change that would be by giving deaf people a chance to hear for the first time. There are many ways to change a stuck mindset if someone just tried something new once in a while. People do not have a choice…