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hear. I honestly never notice how good I have it until I watched this video and made Deaf friends. I am very happy that Deaf people are no longer seen as strange or inferior to hearing people. I am also very happy that technology has and still is advancing to help dissolve the language barrier between the Deaf and Hearing communities. In conclusion, I really did enjoy “Through Deaf Eyes”. It made me understand the sort of frustrating situations a deaf person encounters on a daily basis, how deaf…

In Howard Steven’s short story “Hearing the Lion’s Story”, demonstrates the idea of racial story telling or about how sharing your stories about your culture can give people a deeper understanding about who you are. “The lion’s story will never be known as long as the hunter is the one to tell it.”(Stevenson 29). This quote represents how people were disgusted by the lions presence and how the lion did not get a chance to share its story. The hunter was the only person that heard the lions story…

Much of this presentation reminds me of discussion we had in class on Monday about the differences between advocates and allies, though this seems to be focused more on a professional level. I found the categories of heritage people, tourists, travelers, and professionals to be interesting and helpful. Hafer’s presentation focused on the role of the traveler in the Deaf community, and how the role of the professional ought to be be more like that of a traveler. In this discussion, travelers are…

According to American Counseling Association, vicarious trauma is, “The term vicarious trauma… sometimes also called compassion fatigue, is the latest term that describes the phenomenon associated with the ‘cost of carrying’ for others” (2011). An interpreter’s job is to convey communication from one person to another person. Sign language interpreters also do this while interpreting, but there are more parts to this process than just language between the clients. First, sign language is a…

From Performing in plays around the world with the National Theatre of the Deaf to sharing a screen with characters such as Oscar the Grouch, Bert, Ernie, and Cookie Monster, Linda Bove has become an inspiration to many Deaf actors and actresses. Born into a Deaf family November 30, 1945, Bove began her education at St. Joseph’s School for the Deaf in the Bronx, New York. From there she continued her education at the Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf in Trenton, New Jersey graduating later…

Works Cited “Quick Statistics About Hearing | NIDCD.” U.S National Library of Medicine, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 17 June 2016, Www.NIDCD.gov. This source gives the statistics needed to give my paper a baseline of truth and evidence supporting one of my counter-claims. It also provided great insight to the real numbers of how many people are affected by what this paper is about. Kim, Eun Kyung. "New White House receptionist is a West Wing pioneer: 'Deaf people can do anything '." TODAY…

in Germany don’t speak English as much as we do here in the United States. Therefore here in the U.S, deaf Americans have the genre of American Sign Language. Because deaf people can communicate, they’re more than just a group of people who have hearing…

sign language. With all these occurances, sign language was now an official language completely separate from English. At first, however, the deaf community was strongly against this dictionary. They were not sure of the actual intentions of the hearing people and how they could even try to describe a language that they had never completely understood or accepted until now. How could they go from thinking of it as nothing relevant at all, and even…

school or a deaf school would better fit their child and their families. Having well over 50,000 deaf children in the United States, there is a certain risk that the parents must consider if they chose to send their deaf child to an all hearing school, that hearing impaired might receive less educational opportunities. Deaf child in the United States should no matter what be allowed a free, good, and proper education and strong support without any unfairness. Fact being that the nation has now…

you. In deaf culture this is no different, the teller of these stories, or movies, or means of entertainment is conveying some sort of message to the audience. Marlee Matlin a famous deaf actress is a teller not only to the deaf community, but to hearing as well. Marlee Matlin became very well known for her role on the Oscar winning movie Children of a Lesser God, and was therefore thrown into the world of spotlight, and the platform that goes along with it. The teller can be heard, and seen in…