Deaf Culture

What labels are offensive to the Deaf community?

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Signer

Deaf

Hearing impaired

deaf and dumb

Deaf mute

Hard of hearing

deaf

What are the DO's and DON'T of interacting with a Deaf person?

Groups:

(a) Do

,

(b) Don't

• pretend you understand

• maintain eye contact

• write notes back and forth

• Understand the Deaf communities oppression and your hearing privilege

• try to help

• ask them to use their voice

• focus on the signer's face

• sign

• pity

• assume they can lip read

• stare

• act out

What is the difference between Deaf and deaf?

Groups:

(a) Deaf

,

(b) deaf

• associates with the hearing world

• does not use sign language to communicate

• prefers the term hearing impaired

• medically deaf

• associates with the Deaf World

• uses sign language to communicate

• culturally Deaf

• prefers the terms Deaf or hard of hearing

• thinks they are normal

• wants to be normal

What are 5 aspects of Deaf Culture?

• Language, values, tradition, norms, inclusion

• Language, values, tradition, norms, identity

• Language, history, inclusion, access, norms

• Language, culture, community, norms, identity

In general, the least effective communication between deaf and hearing people is...

• gesturing

• writing back and forth

• speech and lip reading

• fingerspelling

Deaf people can do​ ​ (a)   except ​ (b)  

• anything
• hear.

While watching another person sign, it is appropriate to focus on the signer's

is an imaginary, utopic planet where Deaf people sign freely and live without stigma.

What is American Sign Language?

• A language using picture like images to express ideas and concepts

• A code similar to braille

• Signed translation of spoken English

• A language utilizing space and movement to convey meaning, ideas and concepts

In a room full of Deaf people, how would you get their attention?

• stomp for vibration

• tap everyone's shoulder

• turn the lights on and off

• shout