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    Deaf American Culture

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    Lisa Lu T/F There are different accent among signers from different areas of the country/world. answer: true [chapter 10‚ FHPO] T/F A community is a single person who share common ethnicity. answer: false [Power Point deaf value] Mexicanprincess07@san.rr.com 1)true or false    "The deaf community would rather be identified as deaf-mutes than hard-hearing" Answer: False.   Source: "For hearing people only" Ch. 37 2)What’s the fundamental value in Deaf-World? Answer: Unity Source:

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    Deaf Again

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    communicating with Mark using sign language. On a young boy growing up I could not imagine what he would be thinking. Shock‚ denial‚ anger would be some of the emotions he and his relatives‚ like his grandparents had to go through. People frowning on deafness like it is a disease that you don’t want or having other children making fun of you because you sound funny when you talk. Schooling would be very frustrating and difficult especially at a younger age. Being the only dead student at GFS

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    Unit 4222-258 Introductory awareness of sensory loss (SSMU 2.1) Outcome 1 1. There are many different facts that can have a impact on people with sensory loss. Communication and awareness play big roles in the impact. They may find it difficult to feed themselves‚ dressing and mobility. Hobbies and interests can have negative impact on their lives. They may also feel scared and alone due to this. There can be positive factors that can help out the person such as increased help‚ aids for support

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    A Loss for Words - Paper

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    Cited: Walker‚ Lou Ann. A Loss for Words: the Story of Deafness in a Family. New York: Harper & Row‚ 1986. Print.

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    deaf-mute people used to be considered as a lower class. For a family to assume that a deaf child became “Deaf and dumb” by accident was not uncommon. American parents of that day were much more comfortable admitting to congenital than to adventitious deafness in their offspring. Uncle Charlie was enrolled in the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb where he was enrolled in the shoemaking department‚ one of the three industrial programs open to boys‚ and the other two were tailoring and printing

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    The Lost History of Codas (University of Minnesota Press‚ 2008)‚ 190. Sell‚ Jill. (2001). Deaf Parents‚ Hearing Children Face Communication Challenges. http://www.newhouse.com/archive/ Torres‚ L Walker‚ L. A. (1986). A loss for words: The story of deafness in a family. Harper & Row‚ Publisers‚ Inc.

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    Helen Keller

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    World The contributions that Helen Keller gave to the world of the blind and deaf are unforgettable. They continue to this day to influence many people throughout their daily lives. Many of those people are those who are not affected by blindness or deafness‚ but are regular people who became influenced with Helen Keller’s miracle story. Helen Keller has taught me many things about life‚ and how to live it. She has taught me how to not worry about the little things‚ but to take advantage of the big

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    Alex Beatty

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    Alex Beatty Mr.Blaire Starbucks Deaf Event July 19‚ 2014 Starbucks Deaf Event The Starbucks deaf event was the most fun I’ve had in months. I had previously gone to the Oakridge Mall deaf event‚ which I know does not count‚ but I went there anyway to try to get over some on my nerves. I was very nervous at the Oakridge mall‚ it was like trying to face against the cobra‚ but a nice man named John‚ and a young girl named Penny really helped me get over my nerves. The next night we went to Starbucks

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    “See What I’m Saying” “See What I’m Saying” was a video on how difficult it can sometimes be for the Deaf community to be “heard” by the hearing community. This video showed us four different Deaf people and their daily and life struggles. This video was kind of hard to watch without getting upset and even at yourself. It showed how even finding an apartment to live in is hard‚ along with trying to have an job. You know you are good at this certain job‚ but no one seems to want to even give their

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    Orchid of the Bayou Reaction Paper October 7‚ 2010 The book Orchid of the Bayou was eye opening. Cathryn (Kitty) Hoffpauir Fischer did a good job of being honest‚ which really allowed the reader to get a better understanding of what being deaf in this time period meant. Her writing really allowed me to see the different struggles that deaf children had to face‚ and how these struggles were overcome by Kitty. This book taught me many things about Deaf culture. First‚ this book allowed me to

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