Perspectives of Deaf Culture With the awareness of the Deaf Community becoming stronger with everyday people are beginning to form two major positions on Deaf Culture. ... This model looks at the Deaf Community as a complex culture that has it own rules and cultural aspects. ... Most Deaf people and people that have been exposed to Deaf culture share this opinion. ... In my high school ASL class we talked a lot about Deaf Culture one thing that we talked about is deaf with a capital "D". Along with other aspects of Deaf Culture like how it is such a tight nit community. ...

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Founder editor of the ifeminist.com, Wendy McElroy, in Victims from Birth, talks about two deaf lesbian parents who believe that deafness is not a disability but a culture. They select their sperm donor on the basis of his family history of deafness in order to deliver a deaf baby, Gauvin Hughes McCullough. ... Neuroethicist, Neil Levy, PhD, in "Deafness, culture, and choice ", discusses the situation and he points out several disadvantages that Gauvin will face in the future. ... Usually large cities would have deaf-only schools or deaf program in mainstream schools, in which deaf students ca...

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Understanding deaf culture is difficult for people who don't know anything about it. ... It's easier for deaf students to go to a deaf school because other students are like them. ... Let me give you another positive example about deaf culture, "Deaf people can do anything hearing people can except hear" that means deaf people can do anything, they can be a doctor, teacher, lawyer, athletes whatever they want to be. ... His culture to be silent, traditional and they have to be quiet in the classroom even can't answer the question. ... To understand about deaf culture,...

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Children that are Deaf have always have had a difficulty when it has come to school. ... The purpose behind this type of communication to educate Deaf or hard of hearing students is to allow them to learn through a language that is extremely available to them (Deaf Linx). ... The limitation is that Bilingual-Bicultural way of communication is not practiced a lot outside the environment of school therefore limiting a Deaf or hard of hearing student in their ability to function in a hearing culture (Deaf Linx). ... The hindrance is does have can evolve to eventually not limit the students abilit...

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The deafness and hard of hearing all dated back to the ancient Greek and roman cultures. ... This type of group they are referring to is the Deaf community and are united by the Deaf culture, a culture rich in heritage and traditions (Smith, 2007). ... For many Deaf people, being Deaf of Deaf (being Deaf of Deaf parents) or even being a CODA (Child of a Deaf Adult) is a source of considerable pride (Soloman, 1994). ... A third group of students is made up of diverse students who are deaf individuals who have full lives and enriched by multiple cultures (Smith, 2007). ... There has been shown ...

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Culture plays a pervasive role in determining our beliefs and actions. ... Nobody has the ability to choose what culture he or she is born into or what impact that culture has upon him or her. ... The deaf culture is difficult to grasp for the average speaking individual. ... The most obvious difference in hearing and deaf culture is expression, i.e. signing. ... It's such a small subtlety, but seems very significant to them, almost as a metaphor for deaf culture...

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One condition that has been looked into and researched is deafness or hearing loss. ... They see it as a way of eliminating the deaf community and their culture. Some see it as an intrusion and possible elimination of their culture and a compromising of their autonomy (Rosahl, 2007). ... Her parents' concerns, along with the concerns of many of the members of the deaf community, include their fear of losing the importance of deaf culture and losing their child to the hearing world. They argue that being deaf is not a disability or handicap, but a culture and difference (Chorost, 2005). ...

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