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Chapter 13
Deaf Culture
- Deaf culture reflects a diverse group of people who may have different perspectives but have in common the understanding of what it means to be Deaf.
- For them, being Deaf often includes the use of signed languages and written languages in visual and tactile senses, and the ability to enjoy productive lives and connect with others who are Deaf, DeafDisabled, and DeafBlind.
- the benefits to being Deaf when you consider the visual and tactile aspects of ASL and the use of eyes and touch to connect with the world.
- Some Deaf children are born to Deaf parents and often are born into the culture of Deaf people. Most deaf children born to hearing parents are not exposed to historical and social aspects of Deaf culture from birth onward, but still these children are experiencing their world as Deaf people
Future
- The Deaf community of the future will not look like the Deaf community of today. Nor will the size of the Deaf community be the same.
- Deaf culture is an important part of the diversity that we find not only in the United States but also internationally.
- Deaf culture provides expertise and support to the many hearing families who look for effective ways to communicate with and educate their deaf child.
- If you are able to learn ASL and communicate with Deaf people, you will have progressed in the ability to learn even more about the culture of Deaf people and how it has contributed to the richness of their lives.
ASL
- Today, schools, universities, and colleges are uniquely positioned to utilize ASL and Deaf Studies class rooms to increase the presence of Deaf and DeafDisabled individuals on campus as teachers and as students.
- ASL signs are also taught to hearing
babies to jumpstart early communication.
- ASL signs are expanding. Academic ASL
is now differentiated from the everyday use of ASL.
- Research into ASL as a language has expanded from investigations of the structure and form of ASL. into brain studies that teach us how sign languages as well as visual-spatial stimuli are processed in the brain.
Deaf Careers and Arts
- Culturally Deaf people are succeeding in careers related to the worlds of education, business, medicine, law, social
services, education, and many other employment opportunities.
- Increasing numbers of Deaf people with MD, PhD, EdD, and JD, degrees have gone on to impact their fields and increase opportunities for other Deaf people. The field of Deaf Studies has been impacted by this influx of professionals who live the culturally Deaf experience.
- The arts within the Deaf culture, like theater, art, music, literature, all continue to be successful.