On September 16th‚ at 4:45 pm I attended my very first Deaf event of my life. The Deaf event that I attended was held at the Hawk’s Hangout with a few of my fellow students‚ and two Deaf people‚ my teacher Paul Kiel and Rodger. During the event many things were going through my head‚ but I was still able to learn a few new signs‚ and even learn more about the cultural differences between English and American Sign Language. While attending my first Deaf event many different thoughts and feelings
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Four individuals in the movie See what I Am Saying explain their experiences as being deaf and trying to make it in the entertainment industry. The first individual explaining his experience is comedian CJ Jones. He was raised in a deaf family. His parent was excited when he became deaf and could share the deaf culture with him. Casting directors have over looked him because he is deaf. An obstacle he faced was at the airport. The airport called him over the intercom‚ but if it was not for the man
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things. In deaf culture‚ people frequently talk about the two main perspectives of deafness. “Pathological" perspective that versus the "cultural" perspective of deafness. Both hearing and deaf people can accept whichever perspective. These two main perspectives of deafness are pretty different. The Pathological view can also be called the medical view. Because doctors usually have a pathological view of deafness and look at it as an impairment‚ disability‚ something to be treated so that deaf patients
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"The Hammer" Response Many issues are addressed in the deaf film‚ The Hammer. The SEE sign issue seems to be less of a problem‚ at least in California‚ with it’s strong deaf community. However‚ some are still relevant today‚ like the view that the deaf community is "disabled". This is part of the reason why Matt’s grandfather did not want to let him use sign language. The idea that those who cannot hear are "deaf and dumb" is terrifying for a concerned parent. It’s almost understandable
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Deaf Again Journal Studying American Sign Language‚ I have learned a lot about the Deaf community and I also have learned a lot about their language‚ American Sign Language‚ hoping to be someday fluent. By reading Deaf Again By Mark Drolsbaugh‚ I have learned even more about the life of a Deaf person. Drolsbaugh not only tells you how he became Deaf he also tells the story of his life. This intriguing autobiography‚ by Mark Drolsbaugh‚ has taught me more about the life of a Deaf person than
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Andrew J. Foster Andrew J. Foster is an extremely important figure in Deaf History due to the significant impact he had of deaf culture. By establishing dozens of schools for the deaf‚ he was able to provide many people the opportunity to learn and have an education. He was able to succeed his mission with lifelong commitment and determination along with the ability to overcome conflicts that interfered. Although Mr. Foster was born in 1925 on June 27th with the ability to hear‚ he developed Spinal
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For decades‚ Deaf student’s reading levels have been consistently lower than their hearing peers‚ despite multiple interventions being implemented to target this issue. Over the years Deaf education has adopted teaching methods hoping to increase the test results of the students in all areas including their reading and writing scores. So far‚ research has not been able to pinpoint a cause to why Deaf students’ results are lower than hearing students on average. It has seemed that researchers have
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Despite what is commonly believed by hearing people who do not understand deaf culture‚ most deaf children are born to hearing parents. It can be challenging to raise a deaf child‚ as a hearing parent. One major decision on a parent’s plate for their deaf child is the choice of a residential or oral school to enroll their child in. Even though the students will be less exposed to deaf culture‚ parents of deaf children should send their kids to an oral school because they graduate with a higher reading
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ITP 120 Intro to Deaf Culture Professor McCray July 13‚ 2008 Through Deaf Eyes PBS 2008 Through Deaf Eyes is a film outlining deaf history and deaf culture. The movie touches on many key milestones in deaf American’s lives including: community interactions‚ education‚ recreation and work. While we have been learning much on deaf history‚ I was fascinated to hear the many obstacles deaf people had to overcome to reach where they are today. I am one to always route for
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Studies on the National Theater Of the Deaf A common activity shared across many of the different cultures of the world would be the art of theater. The act of performing life in order to tell a story has been around for many years. These range anywhere from the plays of the ancient Greeks‚ Romans and Chinese‚ the old English playwrights to the modern American playwright. However these cultures are not the only ones to have produced theatrical works. Deaf culture has also sprouted many of its
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