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Chapter 8: Stereotyping and Oppression - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 8: Stereotyping and Oppression
Resilience:
Definition of Resilience: Facing risk and seeing the possibility of achieving positive outcomes.
If the deaf person feels capable of doing things despite the doubts of hearing persons and works to prove that capability, that is a form of resilience.
Genetics, the environment, and one’s cultural background contribute to resilience.
“Oh, you all need an interpreter? If you knew ASL, there would be no problem.”
Audism:
Aversive audism: Audism is more difficult to identify.
Overt audism: Hearing superiority is assumed. There is no effort to disguise discrimination.
Covert audism: Despite belief in equality, the practice is to socially exclude the Deaf population or target and minimize their values.
Definition of Audism: An attitude that creates a negative stigma toward anyone who does not hear
Oppression:
The Law: One-fourth of Deaf people do not have an interpreter during legal procedures.
Mental Health: There aren't many programs for Deaf clients, interpreters do not receive much training for this field, and there are confidentiality issues.
Healthcare: According to studies, deaf people have higher mortality rates, are less likely to receive medical care, and are more likely to die earlier.
Abuse: Deaf victims have difficulty reporting, communicating and getting help due to language barriers.
Aging: Little quality facilities with knowledgeable nursing are available for Deaf senior citizens.
Descrimination:
Deaf teachers in different countries usually were paid less than hearing teachers in deaf schools and were often assigned to teach less academically inclined students
Employers may discriminate, thinking they will minimize problems by not hiring that person.
Definition of Discrimination: A negative action against members of a group
Workplaces are statistically less likely to hire a deaf person.