Essay On Deaf Culture

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Deaf culture is the set of social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values, and shared institutions of communities. A subculture is any group that exists within dominant mainstream culture, a world within a world. In 1814 a school in Hartford, Connecticut was found to be the very first school for deaf children. In 1000 BC, the Hebrew Law denied Deaf Rights. They were not allowed to take part in the rituals of the Temple. In 27 – 237 BC, there was something called the Philosophy of Innate Intelligence, which said that all intelligence was current when born, everyone was born with different ideas and languages within them, and there was a time when allowed to display their reasoning. Fast forwarding to 345 – 550 AD, Early …show more content…

Sign language is their way to communicate with their society and the people around them. There are many different sign languages such as include Brazilian Sign Language, Japanese Sign Language, Portuguese Sign Language, French Canadian Sign Language, among others. It may be hard for younger generations to understand and learn sign language but in reality it's a beautiful thing, and for many people it's their second language. Own grammar is used for sign language. For instance, When asking questions connected to who, where, what, why and when, then the eyebrows are kept down. If the question is concerning a yes/no situation, the eyebrows are kept up. This culture doesn't only use sign language to communicate, other things such as facial expression, gestures, body language, and hand movement are all other ways to communicate with one another. If placing palm in the wrong direction, it can change a whole meaning of the sign that you are …show more content…

Deaf culture should be treated how everyone else should be treated, and with total respect. A very good way to grab a deaf person's attention is to do it in a courteous way. Grabbing their arm and shaking it around would not be a way to address them. When a deaf person is learning ways to communicate, they are to focus on the speaker. Lip- reading is also an important technique used in their everyday lives. When speaking with a deaf person, it can be just as normal and interesting as speaking to any other individual. Enjoyment for this culture would be sports such as volleyball, and softball. Sports help their bonding with one another increase, and the communication barriers are dropped. It's a place for expressing how they feel to one another. Competing with other deaf people to them is fun, they love competition. Believe it or not many deaf athletes favor participating in deaf-only

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