Deaf or deaf?
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Heather ..
... estions I ask myself about Ethan’s future is whether or not he will call himself Deaf (with a capital D) or deaf (with a small d). Essentially, will he be able to embrace his deafness in a culturally meaningful way, or will he just assimilate into the hearing world? Maybe he won’t call himself deaf at all. What we do now will to a large extent dete ...
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Partially deaf...
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Abbie
I have Verizon Wireless, my phone is a POS replacement Samsung U740 (ie: my second phone since September 2007) I was off yesterday for my good ol’ buddy Abraham Lincoln birthday and I decided to venture to Verizon Wireless ( again ) because that POS replacement Samsung U740 was acting up! How was it acting up? The same stinking way it was ac ...
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Deaf Applause
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Jeannette Johnson2 Comments
[ASL Version][English Version]I wake up this morning to find this post on DeafRead by Jack Barr, discussing the origins of the Deaf applause … where you wave your hands in the air instead of clapping.At first, I was laughing at what Jack was saying, because I recognized his story as a slightly different version of a famous Deaf culture joke - the s ...
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Deafness and Relationships with Hearing Individuals
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Jodi Cutler Del Dottore1 Comment
... mom with a deaf son. Maybe one day he will ask himself these same questions, but I don't think so. I believe that each person he meets knows exactly who he is in terms of his deafness and that it does not define who he is to the point that it will make a difference in any relationship he may find. But...I could be wrong. Only time will tell. Subsc ...
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Deaf Village!
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Christina M.
FINALLY! A place where we can all come together, without feeling judged. Deaf Village is a one-stop-shop, where you can pick up headlines from various bloggers daily. We are ALL welcome, regardless of our choices in amplification and communication. Blogs from across the D/deaf spectrum are showcased. It's really a wonderful site, and I'm proud to b ...
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Deaf raves
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Funny Old Life
Here’s a request for information - please contact Oliver if you can help.Dear funnyoldlife, I am making a documentary, funded by Westminster Arts, about deaf raves - clubbing events run specifically for the deaf and hard of hearing - in order to raise awareness of this phenomenon and let both the hearing and deaf community involved. I was wondering ...
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Deaf Backgrounds...
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groovychik007
I was watching See Hear (a Deaf related programme on BBC2 on TV) It was about 4 different deaf children from different backgrounds. There was: A child with a deaf family A child who had a cochlear implant at 18 months old who mixes with both hearing and deaf children A child with a hearing family A child who from a hearing family that signed AN ...
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Deaf for a day
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ci4me2007
I just read this journalists story about being deaf for one day. For everybody that have “normal” hearing, this could very well be en eye-opener!The challenge for “normal” hearing people is to comprehend the situation for deaf and/or hard of hearing. If the sound is missing, that is easy to comprehend. But what if the sound is partially gone, or if ...
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Seducing the Deaf Community
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Jodi Cutler Del Dottore
... y. The hearing parent who opts for the cochlear implant is torn between having knowingly "cut her child's skull open" not for the purpose of removing a child "suffering" from deafness , but to provide that child with the possibility of another identity - a hearing identity because "Hearing is not perfection or a normality, it is just the majority" ...
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Dear Deaf Community...
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Jodi Cutler Del Dottore
Welcome to our community... Introducing the CI CIRCLE WEBSITE AND BLOG...resources created by parents for parents. I was welcomed into your community as the hearing parent of a deaf child who wears a cochlear implant, and I have learned so much from your posts and comments. I am proud to give you a greater glimpse of our community, so that you re ...
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