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Deaf Life - Coggle Diagram
Deaf Life
Culture
Acquisition
Those with Deaf parents
Exposed since birth
Those with hearing parents
Not exposed until school
Fewer opportunities to socialize with Deaf peers
Shared characteristics
Behaviors
Attention getting techniques
Eye contact while conversing
Tradition
Clubs & groups*
Story telling
Values
ASL as primary language
Accessibility
Norms
Dating other Deaf people
Assign sign names
ANS
DNS
Visually based
Community
Clubs & groups*
1st known communities
Martha's Vinyard
Residential Schools
Communities gathered
Developed into Deaf Clubs
Attendance over recent years has diminished
DEAF-WORLD
Used less frequently today
More "exclusive" than modern community
Large and not exclusive to those that are Deaf or HOH
Identity
Effects of Fort Monroe Workshop
"Deaf-Dumb"
...became...
Deaf and Mute
Increase in Deaf Culture awareness
"Disability"
...became...
Ability
Categories
Hard of Hearing
Hearing Impaired
Deaf community has rejected this term due to its association with an impairment
Deaf