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Deaf Culture Ch. 1 - Coggle Diagram
Deaf Culture Ch. 1
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Culturally Deaf
people
Tend to view being Deaf as a positive attribute or as a gain, not as something negative or pathological that needs to be fixed
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See themselves as individuals who develop as others develop, who naturally learn their signed language and culture in a normal way
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Deaf vs. deaf
Deaf
These people use sign language and share beliefs, values, customs, and experiences that create a very strong bond and group identity.
Prefer to socialize with other culturally Deaf people and do not see themselves as tragically isolated from society, contrary to what many hearing people think
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deaf
those who rely on auditory assistance devices, prefer to use spoken language and tend to socialize more often w/ hearing people than with Deaf people
individuals whose hearing loss makes it very hard or impossible to understand spoken language through hearing alone, with/without the use of auditory devices