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Deaf culture describes the social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values and shared institutions of communities that are affected by deafness and which use sign languages as the main means of communication.
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Deaf and culture
ASL has come a long way from its condemned days of banned use to being viewed as a grammatical language, which is the main form of communication in American Deaf culture.
Deaf in America: Voices from a culture.
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Some in the Deaf community can view this as a rejection of their own culture and its mores, and therefore will reject the individual preemptively.
In the cultural model, the Deaf belong to a culture in which they are neither infirm nor disabled.
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Along with the state abbreviation, the town would be known as Deaf, OK, and thus convey an affirming statement on Deaf culture and sign language.
For some in the Deaf community, cochlear implants are an affront to their culture, which as they view it, is a minority threatened by the hearing majority.
Deaf culture critics argue that the cochlear implant and the subsequent therapy often become the focus of the child's identity at the expense of a possible future deaf identity and ease of communication in sign language, and claim that measuring the child's success only by their mastery of hearing and speech will lead to a poor self-image as " disabled " ( because the implants do not produce normal hearing ) rather than having the healthy self-concept of a proudly deaf person.
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For " Deaf " as a cultural term, see Deaf culture.
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In Deaf culture, Deaf audiences will use a more visually expressive variant of clapping.
Deaf people function in a completely silent culture.
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Deaf and social
Medical and social welfare institutions other than the Sand Springs Home included the Oakwood Sanitorium for nervous and mental diseases, Poole Hospital, the Salvation Army Maternity Home, and the Sand Springs School for the Deaf.
" As with all social groups that a person chooses to belong to, a person is a member of the Deaf community if he or she " identifies him / herself as a member of the Deaf community, and other members accept that person as a part of the community.
Historically, Deaf culture has often been acquired within schools for deaf students and within Deaf social clubs, both of which unite deaf people into communities with which they can identify.
Deaf people may also be late to social events.
However, at Deaf social events such as parties, it is common for Deaf people to stay for prolonged periods of time because the solidarity and conversations at social gatherings are especially valued by Deaf people.
Deaf culture revolves around such institutions as residential schools for deaf students, universities for deaf students ( including Gallaudet University, South West Collegiate Institute for the Deaf, and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf ), Deaf clubs, Deaf athletic leagues, Deaf social organizations ( such as the Deaf Professional Happy Hour ), Deaf religious groups, and an array of conferences and festivals, such as the Deaf Way II Conference and Festival and the World Federation of the Deaf conferences.
In a cultural context, the term " Deaf " ( written with an upper case D ) refers to cultural membership within a group that is composed mainly, but not exclusively, of people who are clinically deaf and who form a social community with an identity that revolves around deafness and the use of sign languages to communicate.
The city was at the forefront of creating innovative American institutions designed to solve a specific social challenge, such as the Eastern State Penitentiary ( humane incarceration ), the Pennsylvania Hospital ( mental illness ), the Pennsylvania Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb ( disabilities ), and the Franklin Institute ( scientific knowledge ).
Deaf and beliefs
Participants in Deaf culture also have many beliefs, values, and arts that help to define it.
Deaf and art
Women's art class at State School of the Deaf, Delavan, Wisconsin, c. 1880
After graduating from the CA School for the Deaf, he went on to attend UC Berkeley, but then left to study art in Paris.
Deaf and literary
Dorothy Miles is regarded as a key figure in the literary heritage of sign language and the Deaf community.
Deaf and history
The Fishback Museum spotlights history of the Missouri School for the Deaf.
Her role as Linda on Sesame Street is currently the longest recurring role in television history for a Deaf person.
Her role on Sesame Street lasted from 1971 to 2003, making it the longest running role for a Deaf person in television history.
Deaf people who sign are intensely proud of their history.
Young Bear and the other inhabitants of Deaf Man's Village are barely on the history records, most glimpses of their world come from outsiders, like George Winter.
Deaf people who know Sign Language are proud of their history.
The first ever political movement in deaf history happened in 1880 in Milan, Italy and was called the Second International Congress on Education of the Deaf.
More subtle examples include the exclusion of Deaf people from representation in history, or their minimization and erasure as primal or secondary causes in history, movements, and other important aspects of national identity.
Harlan Lane to some extent examines the development of Deaf-based educational principles in his history of Franco-American Deaf relations and educational philosophy.
It has a significant role in the history of Australian Deaf culture.
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