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Audism Unveiled

Identity

Looking Ahead

  • Deafness is moving further away from being viewed as a limitation with negative stigma
  • ASL is gaining popularity and being taught to hearing and Deaf children
  • Identity is being fostered in families who educate themselves with the Deaf community

Deaf Identity in schools

  • Children in mainstream schools often do not have a strong Deaf Identity
  • Children are encouraged to speak and follow hearing guidelines
  • Children in residential Deaf schools develop much stronger Deaf Identity
  • Schools can make more of an effort to accommodate and encourage the Deaf community

Accessibility to the Deaf community from families

  • It can be difficult for deaf children in hearing families to make early connection to the Deaf world
  • Many hearing families put their child in hearing classrooms and will not learn ASL
  • The children are taught to live in a hearing world
  • Parents can change this by learning about Deaf Identity and reaching out to the Deaf community

Deaf Pride Parade

Speaking out to end oppression and maintain strong deaf identity

Anecdote of Identity: Eddie Runyon

  • Eddie saw his Deafness as a disability and a problem
  • He underwent many unsuccessful surgeries
  • Teachers and students played cruel tricks on him
  • he was not allowed to play baseball
  • Eddie developed pride for his Deafness and stood up to those who rejected it
  • Went on to become successful and play college baseball at Gallaudet

Four Stages of Deaf Identity

  • Culturally Hearing
  • A deaf person who shares the dominant attitudes about deafness
  • Culturally Marginal
  • Confusion and Conflict between the two worlds
  • Immersion Identity
  • Strong into Deaf Culture, shut off the rest of the world
  • Bicultural Identity
  • Balanced life

Deaf Identity

  • When an individual identifies with Deaf culture
  • Beliefs, attitudes, history, values, norms and traditions
  • Shared language of signing
  • Identification is a personal choice
  • Includes people hard of hearing and interpreters
  • combats Audism

What is Identity

  • "A representation of the self"
  • A way to find belonging
  • Created by past and present experiences
  • Formed from family, school, and social environments

What is Audism

  • A belief that the ability to hear is superior
  • Life without hearing is miserable and a "tragedy"
  • Deaf should strive to be like the hearing
  • Audism practices authority/ Dictation over the Deaf
  • "Audists" may be hearing or deaf
  • Acts of oppression
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