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In the Eyes of the Deaf Being

The Walk of a Deaf Being

Deaf Culture

  • Our Deaf culture is about one main aspect, which we share the same language we use to communicate.
  • We have what is called Deaf Space, means we have a space that welcomes people who are born deaf, late deafened, deaf-blind, hearing allies, who acknowledges our culture and our language.
  • Our identity is vital to us individually. No one can change us of who we are, we love ourselves as a Deaf person who doesn't need to be fixed to blend in the hearing norm.

Education

Our Education

It is common for Deaf People who admit in universities or community college to obtain their career degree along with their disability/disabilities support they received through out their education.

Disabilities

Our view on disability/disabilities

  • In our Deaf culture, we do not see ourselves a disabled person. We can do anything except hear.
  • In our diverse Deaf community, we come in not only our deafness, we vary from being physically disabled, mentally disabled, emotionally disabled, and so much more.
  • It is common for Deaf people in the community are born with learning disability, ADD/ADHD, blind, Cerebral Palsy, limbless, autism, Downs, and along with other kinds of disorders and diseases.

Accommodations

Accommodations

  • Accommodations are intended to assist to those who have a disability in their classrooms.
  • The type of services are provided to support students with disabilities, such as ASL interpreters(for the Deaf and Deaf Blind), note taking, extend exam times, captioning, braille, mobility assistance, set a slower pace foundation for their education goals, and other sorts.
  • Back in the old days, when students request for accommodations, teachers judge based on their students into thinking they are using accommodations to cheat. Even worse, teachers whom have students in their class puts high expectations on them to follow the teacher's learning style while students have their own learning style. Most students vary, such as visual learners, audio learners, tactile learners, etc. It is unfortunate for certain teachers who are not willing to accommodate their students' learning style and leaving them a path to struggle throughout their education goal.

Audism & Oppression

Audism & Oppression

  • The term audism is defined as the hearing society oppresses the Deaf people to wear a hearing device, communicate verbally and read lips.
  • The society sees Deaf people are broken and in need to be fixed, with the fact that we cannot hear and cannot speak like a "normal hearing person". They pity Deaf people of the way how we use our "gruntled, moaning animal" voice and our "Deaf and Dumb" disability, which it is misunderstood with our Deaf accent we normally use ASL in our Deaf culture.
  • In our Deaf history, many Deaf people were forced to attend at oralism school to learn read lips and banned from the use of sign language. Using ASL in sight, teachers abuse their Deaf students by hitting their hands using a wooden ruler until their hands are in severe pain.

Marlee Matlin

  • Marlee Matlin shares about educating doctors and audiologists to provide more opportunities to explore more than one choices to find what is best for the Deaf individual, instead of deriving a Deaf individual's native language, and it is their birthright to use ASL as their first language.

Marlee Matlin, Actress in Switched at Birth and CODA

Our Language

Our Language

  • The Deaf community continues to grow and we are all thinking, how did we end up here to this day? We went from a small community to a gigantic community that stood tall and proud. It all started a visual hand language we use to communicate called American Sign Language.

American Sign Language

American Sign Language

  • Centries ago, American Sign Language existed to form a visual gestural communication, used for people who consider themselves Deaf/Hard of hearing.
  • ASL is considered a inclusive language for Deaf people when they chose to not use other assisted devices, such as a hearing aid, Cochlear Implant, BAHA, etc.
  • ASL is a native language in our Deaf culture. Culturally and naturally, Deaf people often will become credentialized to teach ASL at public schools, community college and universities. It is traditional for only Deaf/Hard of hearing to teach ASL because it is their native language, whilst hearing people who are ignorant of wanting to become an ASL teacher because they view it is a cool language to use, and have no knowledge the purpose of what ASL is for.

Teaching ASL

Teaching ASL

  • To become an ASL teacher, obtain a degree on Deaf studies and lastly, attend a Language teaching credential program to teach at a public school (K-12).
  • In the state of California, we have to pass the Teachers exams which are CBEST and ASL CSET. They may be easy to pass for hearing people who are skilled in english whilst Deaf and HOH are skilled in ASL and struggled with their english level. Approximately 75% Deaf/HOH struggled with their English and most of the time they dropped their ASL teaching career. Instead, they chose an easier career path they can progress on instead of confronting the obstacles they wanted to become - an ASL teacher who they truly are.
  • However, thankfully we are grateful for Gavin Newsom who created a new bill for teachers who struggled with Teachers Exams, now have the second option to take courses that are considered equivalent to the CBEST and the CSET. It had passed last year of June 2021. The Deaf community are thrilled about that.

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