ASL 3530 Ch. 1
Common perspectives of deafness are looking to
'cure' hearing loss. Hearing aids and or cochlear implants surgery are often suggested to 'help' deaf people to 'hear'
Gallaudet University, the world's only liberal arts university for deaf students, located in Washington, DC advertised a presidential vacancy in.
1988. a hearing president was selected and the deaf community protested and a deaf president was selected.
What is the percentage of deaf people/children who have hearing parents as opposed to deaf people/children who have deaf parents?
96%
How many deaf people are there in the world?
Approximately 360 million in the world have 'disabling' hearing loss.
Negative Labels of Deaf people
AuditoryHandicap • HearingImpaired • HearingHandicapped • DeafMute • PrelinguallyDeaf • DeafandDumb
What does Capatilized D in Deaf refer to?
Captialized 'Deaf' means the culture, language and values of the Deaf people are embraced by the deaf person.
Cultural Perspective
Cochlear implants hurt the deaf community because the focus is on hearing and speaking and not on sign language, which is visual and accessible.
Medical Perspective
Cochlear implants support access to the hearing world and help with hearing and speaking.
What is the definition of culture?
Culture is generally defined as the values, beliefs and practices of group of people.
Somecallhearingpeople who do not understand Deaf culture or sign language
Deaf Impaired
Culturally Deaf people prefer to be called:
Deaf and/or hard of hearing
What is Deaf culture?
Deaf culture refers to the beliefs, mores, artistic expression, behaviors, understanding and language expression that Deaf people use.
Rejection of deaf people in society
Deaf people were assumed to lack reason, and therefore could not learn; deaf people could not own property; could not marry or do legal transactions.
Acceptance of deaf people in society
Deaf people worked as farmers, painters and craftspeople as well as provided services in court system because they could keep secrets.
Many diverse characteristics of deaf people
Ethnic/Racial identity • Born in US and those who arrive later • Signlanguageskills • Hearinglevels • Religion Politicalopinion • Socioeconomicstatus • Sexualorientation • Educationallevel • Additionaldisabilities
What are CODA'S in the context of the Deaf-World?
Hearing Children of Deaf adults
When and how did the term Deaf Culture become more widespread?
In the late 1980's when Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture (Padden & Humphries) was published
What does lowercase d in 'deaf' refer to?
Lowercase deaf means the person has a hearing loss embraces both the Deaf-world and the hearing world.
Deaf World
Not an actual geographical location, but describes Deaf people who share common traits such as sign language and Deaf culture.
Late-Deafened people
People who become deaf after age of 18 due to illness, workplace noise, genetics or medication. They often grieve for their lost hearing and try wearing hearing aids or opt for cochlear implant surgery. Some choose ASL and the Deaf community.
Deaf people often have little interest in knowing how well one can hear or speak. Deaf people are complete. They live full and rewarding Deaf lives.
True
Can someone grow up as a member of other culture(s) and then join/add Deaf culture later in their lives?
Yes
In the 1700's
families in the United States would send their deaf children to schools in Europe.
Alexander Graham Bell
huge advocate for oralism and banning sign language.
Cultural Capital
involves the use of cultural knowledge, skills, abilities and interactions to influence resistance to disadvantages.
They think that deaf people are
isolated and unable to connect with the world.
In 1880 was the
milan conference on education of deaf children. only one out of 164 participants was deaf. The vote at that conference to endorse speech over sign language was a landslide.
In deaf culture deaf people see themselves as
not tragically isolated from society. Deaf people see benefits to being Deaf that many are unaware of.
In the 1500s
people realized that deaf people could be educated.
Deaf cultural capital wealth looks at being Deaf as a
positive attribute. This promotes resiliency in the face of difficult experiences. Visual language, visual learning and connections with Deaf people are examples of Deaf cultural capital wealth.
Towards the end of the 1800s
sign language was considered primitive and suppressed in favor of the "superior" language, which was spoken English.
in 1817
the first formal school for the deaf was established in Connecticut: American Asylum for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb.
Deaf people stay in touch after graduation
through living close to their local deaf school, establishing their own churches, deaf clubs, deaf associations, conventions for deaf people, sports events and more.
Many people create a vision of deaf as meaning
unable to communicate with other hearing people, limited in school, and jobs.
