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Issues the Deaf Community Face in Societal Systems - Coggle Diagram
Issues the Deaf Community Face in Societal Systems
Resilience
Resilience: facing risk and seeing the possibility of achieving positive outcomes; reflects the ability to bounce back despite difficult situations or setbacks
Genetics, environment, and cultural backgrounds affect resilience
Learning and establishing resilience early helps build confidence in themselves and in life situations
Stereotypes, Discrimination, and Audism
Stereotyping: when a person makes a judgement that's supported by that person's group and becomes a belief system that generalizes to everyone in the stigmatized group, whether true or not.
Discrimination: when there's negative action against members of a group, in this case, deaf people; can be direct or indirect
Audism: a system of advantage based on hearing or speaking ability; hearing superiority
Overt, covert, or aversive audism
School Systems
Majority of deaf children are educated in the mainstream, not school for the deaf
Deaf children feel isolated despite having hearing friendships
Deaf children will hide their deafness and be embarrassed of being deaf when they want to be like their surrounding hearing classmates
Criminal Justice System
Handcuffing limits the ability for Deaf people to communicate with their hands
1/4 of Deaf people do not have an interpreter during legal procedures
Signing legal documents traps them into situations as they may not understand their plea bargains or their charges
Deaf prisoners are wrongfully punished when they cannot hear and respond appropriately to commands spoken to them
Employment
Underemployment and lack of employment are issues for many Deaf and hard-of-hearing workers
47% of deaf people are either not employed or not part of the labor force
Those who don't go on to higher education or vocational school/training programs hav more difficulty finding jobs
Attitudinal barriers: created by authorities who doubt the abilities of deaf people and have limited expectations for them
Healthcare
Deaf adults have poorer health and are less likely to see doctors and receive healthcare services
Less likely to have accurate info about conditions due to difficulty in lack of or miscommunication
Deaf and DeafBlind people have lack of access to English-based health-related info that could be printed or delivered through TV, radio, or the internet that refers to health practices
Mental Health
It is hard for Deaf people to reach out for mental health help as they worry about being misunderstood and misdiagnosed
Only a few mental health service programs that serve Deaf clients
Language, communication, properly translated health literacy, and confidentiality are significant barriers that prevent people to seek help
Aging
Social Security Administration provides sign language interpreters for Deaf people who are investigating their SS benefits
Elderly Deaf participants just stop going for treatment
Increased isolation if lack of communication in assisted care facilities and nursing homes