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	Cochlear Devices & the Deaf Community: Hearing Within
		The Deaf Community has effectively broken down into segments issues that demand direct association one way or the other, despite the fact that both should be working together to accomplish good for the entire community.
		Technology is presenting the Deaf Community with choices and possibilities that they have historically learned to accept as a fact of life that exceeds their capabilities.
		Culture, community, and communication are ever-evolving concepts that transcend to succeeding generations because they adapt and change while simultaneously demonstrating common interests, values, and ways of living.
	goinside.com /02/1/cochlear.html (1548 words)

	Learn more about Deaf in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To be fully included in the Deaf community, one must also know sign language and share some perspectives on, and adaptations to, deafness.
		Deaf people write in a spoken language, not in an orthography of their sign language (although writing systems have been developed for some sign languages).
		Deaf students were outraged at the selection of another in a line of university presidents who were hearing, finding it patronizing, marginalizing, and inappropriate for such an essential part of the Deaf community.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /d/de/deaf.html (930 words)

	A Primer
		Deaf culture is based on the heritage and traditions of the Deaf community.
		Ninety percent of deaf babies are born to hearing families; the 10 percent born to deaf families grow up learning sign language very much as hearing babies learn spoken language--by observing (instead of listening) and imitating.
		Deaf people usually do not have private conversations where they can be "overseen," so a deaf person knows it is OK to watch for a pause in a signed conversation, interrupt with a gesture, deliver the message and leave.
	www.rit.edu /~257www/tips/primer.htm (1610 words)

	Queensland Deaf Society: Auslan
		The Deaf community in Australia is a diverse cultural and linguistic minority group that encompasses a vast network of social, political, religious, artistic and sporting groups that use Australian Sign Language (Auslan) as their primary mode of communication.
		Identification with the Deaf community is a personal choice and it does not depend on the degree of deafness, rather on identifying with the cultural model of deafness.
		Although the Deaf community is heterogeneous in ethnicity, race, religion and other cultural characteristic, the community shares attitudes and beliefs that bond as common experiences and is united in identity by sharing a language.
	www.qds.org.au /auslan.php (1115 words)

	ASLinfo.com » Deaf Culture - Information and resources related to American Sign Language (ASL), Interpreting and ...
		Many D/deaf couples also wish for a deaf child so that they may pass on their heritage and Culture, it is not just the language but the values, the same values that hearing parents want to instill in their children.
		Carol Padden says Deaf identity itself is highly valued; members of the deaf community seem to agree that hearing individuals can never fully acquire that identity and become a full-fledged member of the deaf community.
		Deaf children are able to partake in social clubs, sports and importantly enough, to be around deaf role models.
	www.aslinfo.com /deafculture.cfm (444 words)

	Community \| DeafHub
		Some oral deaf people who attended an oral deaf school do develop a sense of community, however oral deaf people who are mainstreamed, who do not use sign language nor identify themselves as culturally Deaf often lead adult lives without a sense of ‘community’ that culturally Deaf people enjoy.
		Deaf children were sent to Deaf boarding schools, such as St. Gabriel's School for Deaf Boys in Castle Hill (Sydney), Waratah Girl’s Catholic School (Newcastle) and St Mary’s School (Portsea), as well as state schools such as Dutton Park State School (Brisbane).
		A genetic deafness was introduced, and due to the isolated nature of the community, many of the inhabitants were inter-related.
	www.deafhub.com /infohub/spokes/community (860 words)

	Easter Seals Crossroads: Deaf Community Services
		Deaf Community Services (DCS), a division of Easter Seals Crossroads, is driven by its pledge to provide recognition of and language accessibility to the Deaf community.
		Deaf Community Services presents in-service training programs and American Sign Language classes (pdf document) designed to foster a better understanding of Deaf culture and ease of communication with Deaf/hard of hearing individuals.
		Deaf Community Services is also proud to offer practicum opportunities (pdf document) for interpreting students.
	crossroads.easterseals.com /site/PageServer?pagename=INCN_deaf_services (431 words)

	02.10.2003 - Deaf Film Festival to offer cinema for, by deaf community
		"By doing so, we also want to provide a means for members of the deaf community to see films that are in their native language and to have deaf characters that are believable, with story lines that the deaf community can relate to," she said.
		Cayton said there are no hard figures for the number of deaf residents in Northern California, but that the region is home to one of the largest deaf communities in the nation.
		Although Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., featured a deaf film program last summer, a deaf film festival is scheduled this spring in Chicago for the second consecutive year, and England has hosted a deaf TV and film festival for seven years, such events remain rare, said Seid and Cayton.
	www.berkeley.edu /news/media/releases/2003/02/10_cinema.shtml (907 words)

	Deaf Culture
		Deaf people prefer to view deafness not as a handicap but as a shared experience underlying their sense of community.
		The Deaf community is a cultural group, sharing common experience, concerns, and language.
		The degree of insensitivity toward deafness and deaf people displayed by the nurse and doctor is unfortunately very high and mainly due to ignorance rather than malice.
	www.culturediversity.org /deaf.htm (673 words)

	Deaf News
		A DEAF man kicked a pregnant woman in the stomach because she couldn't understand him, a court heard yesterday.
		The Deaf Education Student Association (DESA) is putting on their winter movie and workshops this weekend to promote deaf awareness and exposure to the deaf...
		The spot is based on a popular joke in the deaf community that involves a quiet street and loud horn honking.
	www.ohsoez.com /deafnews.htm (2441 words)

	Deaf Community at Transfiguration Catholic Community - A Catholic church in San Jose, California (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The National Catholic Office for the Deaf is dedicated to promoting pastoral ministry with persons who are deaf or hard of hearing through pastoral workers, bishops and pastors, catechists and families with deaf children.
		Many deaf and hard of hearing persons depend on a sign language or oral interpreter to enable them to be fully involved in whatever is going on around them.
		To exclude members of the parish from these celebrations of the life of the church, even by omission, is to deny the reality of that community.
	www.transfigcath.org /deaf (391 words)

	Deaf, Deaf people, Deaf Single, ASL, Deaf Chat, Deaf culture, Deaf community
		Deafness is not a disability but rather a different way of being.
		Many deaf couples wish for a deaf child so that they may pass on their heritage and Culture, it is not just the language but the values, the same values that hearing parents want to instill in their children.
		Deaf people is forming a strong community to use sign language, enjoy the same rights, responsibilities, opportunities to contribute to society as equal citizens.
	www.deafs.com /culture (159 words)

	Amazon.com: The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community: Books: Harlan L. Lane (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lane short-changes his opponents by not really addressing their arguments on the benefits of mainstreaming Deaf children, but the purpose of this book is not to present both sides of the issues; the purpose is to demonstrate the oppression of the Deaf language and therefore their culture.
		It provides strong evidence that the Deaf child is a minority, not an invalid, and that the tendency of hearing parents to see mainstreaming as the only option is a dangerous mistake.
		The oral-deaf education community recognizes that ASL may still be the choice of many, and has no wish to damage or eliminate deaf culture.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1581210094?v=glance (1478 words)

	Deaf Culture: Suggested Readings - Info to Go, Gallaudet University
		The articles, representing the diversity in the deaf community, share views, experiences, and perspectives which may appear to be conflicting, inconsistent, or contradictory.
		This volume presents a portrait of the deaf community as a complex social network spanning the nation, including the history and culture of the deaf community, its structural underpinnings, intricacies of family life, issues in education and rehabilitation, economic factors, and interaction with the medical and legal professions.
		The authors argue that deafness is a psychological variable that consistently causes the life experiences of deaf and hard of hearing people to differ from those of hearing people.
	clerccenter.gallaudet.edu /InfoToGo/547.html (4571 words)

	American Deaf Culture
		To view American Deaf Culture books and videotapes, go to our on-line catalog and choose "Deaf Culture" from the menu on the left.
		Recently this way of dealing with Deaf people, of treating them as incapable of self-determination, has been called "audism" to emphasize the fact that this view shares much with other paternalistic perspectives such as racism, sexism, and anti-semitism.
		Deciding which view of Deaf people you hold is crucial for it will, in large measure, determine the relationship you have to, and with, the Deaf Community.
	www.signmedia.com /info/adc.htm (510 words)

	CBS News \| The Cochlear Implant Controversy \| September 4, 2001 16:49:22
		For some in the deaf community, CIs are an affront to their culture, which as they view it, is a minority threatened by the hearing majority.
		The deaf community feels that its way of life is fully functional, and that using American Sign Language instead of oral English gives them no disadvantage in society.
		Sigrid Cerf became deaf at the age of three, but grew up outside the deaf community, speaking English and lipreading.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/1998/06/02/sunday/main10794.shtml (457 words)

	Deaf community
		It is Auslan that is at the core of the Deaf community and is its most important unifying and identifying characteristic.
		Each year AAD hosts a National Week of Deaf People to celebrate the achievements of the community and its people, and to promote them to the wider community.
		This community section of the AAD website is where you will find information about AAD’s activities that are aimed at developing our Deaf community, keeping it strong, and promoting it to the wider community.
	www.deafau.org.au /community/index.php (261 words)

	Amazon.com: A Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America: Books: John Vickrey Van Cleve,Barry A. Crouch (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Those involved in this culture will tell you that deafness is not a disease or a problem, but part of a human being, and Van Cleve fails to recognize this point, and therefore fails in any attempt to empower the Deaf Community.
		They dont want their deafness "treated" or "cured" becuase it can't be - it is as much a part of them as your eye color.
		However, deafness, sickness, and disease came into the world as the result of the first man (Adam's) sin, and not due to Gods creation of the affliction.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0930323491?v=glance (1803 words)

	Misrepresentation of Deaf Community's anti-CI views
		In reference to "organized attempts [which] are now underway [by the deaf community] to prevent the use of these devices in children...", let me quote directly the entire rest of the editorial, and then raise some issues.
		The culture of the deaf community, although little known to mainstream society, is rich and fulfilling, and its members are rightfully proud of their accomplishments and way of life.
		Second, I think Balkany inaccurately characterizes the Deaf community's stand against cochlear implantation as based ONLY on the fact that deaf children have hearing parents who are not aware of deaf culture and therefore unable to determine their best interests.
	www.zak.co.il /deaf-info/old/pollard-letter.html (1003 words)

	Deaf Blogs and Vlogs - DeafRead
		There is one problem affecting in every Deaf community...the Crab theory at work...when a Deaf person is successful, there is always a tendency for someone from within the Deaf Community who would backstab and pull that person down to their level.
		Show Me Deaf Community In response to several b/vlogs about how to deal with issues ranging from Deaf Bilingual Coaliton to the question about what deaf militancy is about.
		Show Me Deaf Community AG BELL IS INDEED PUBLIC ENEMY #1After years of reviewing historical documents regarding Bell and his so-called projects, I do agree that he is public enemy #1 for all the corruption, abuses, lies, and manipulation.
	www.deafread.com /blogger/163 (2580 words)

	NWI Deaf Community
		Interpeters are hearing or deaf people who translate and facilitate communication between the deaf person and the hearing person by signing the spoken word and speaking the signed word.
		Deaf and Hard of Hearing are related to the disability of hearing loss.
		This is a false statement because the ability to speak in itself is a communication skill, not a requirement of life.
	www.nwideaf.org (1284 words)

	Deaf - Deaf Community (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Deaf Infolink is an information service for people who are Deaf or hearing impaired, their families, friends, carers, and generic service providers. It also provides information and education to the wider community about the needs of Deaf and hearing impaired people.
		Kerry Deaf Resource Centre provide support and services for Deaf adults, children, and their families. Other related organisations in Kerry. All types of awareness training, social and political activities. Kerrydeaf is a website for the kerry deaf community in the region, join the Irish deaf directory, read features and reviews.
		National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA) is the official voice of Black deaf and hard of hearing Americans—a community that has historically been neglected in terms of provision of equal access to education, employment and social services.
	www.deafdirectory.com /deafcommunity (1636 words)

	Roving Reporter: Deaf Culture; Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
		Deaf Culture and sign language themed giftware and books/articles on issues related to the Deaf community.
		Deaf Homeschool Network is a nationwide group designed to support and unite families who homeschool their deaf or hard-of-hearing children.
		I-DEAF awards are given to Gallaudet students who are deaf or hard of hearing who can demonstrate financial need, are from a developing country, and are committed to returning home to help their local deaf community in some way.
	www.concentric.net /~tlshell/deaf.html (3556 words)

	Deaf Services Hard of Hearing Deaf News, Jobs, Events, Chat, Message Boards
		I can relate to the Deaf because when I was born, 8-hours after birth, I had a stroke.
		I have a passion for kids and think it is very special to be able to meet a variety of children and their families and to communicate with them through the use of American Sign Language.
		It is a gift from me to my friends in the Deaf community throughout the USA and around the world.
	www.togetherdeaf.com (579 words)

	Deaf Culture : A Pathfinder -- Gallaudet University Library
		Deaf culture has played an increasingly important role in helping to understand American Sign Language (ASL), as well as in giving insight as to how Deaf people interpret the world around them.
		Deaf culture has specific aspects, including history, values, jokes, language, education, rules, and social relations.
		This is a set of three tapes which discuss the different aspects of Deaf culture.
	library.gallaudet.edu /dr/guid-deaf-cult.html (775 words)

	UNAD - About the Deaf (Deaf COmmunity
		Schools for the Deaf form the foundation upon which the Deaf community, Deaf culture and Sign Language develop and thrive.
		It is at school where Deaf children meet others like themselves for the first time and learn to sign from peers and Sign Language becomes their first language.
		Because of the bonding among Deaf people which starts in schools of the Deaf, Deaf adults gather in certain places and engage in social events involving Deaf people and hearing friends who have a certain degree of fluency in Uganda Sign Language.
	www.unadug.net /general/deafcommunity.php (360 words)

	]/\|\[ Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center, Inc. - Oranges In The Deaf Community - For The Latest Deaf And Disability ...
		"The stereotyping in the recent episode of Cold Case is a reflection of what the cultrally deaf community has been seen doing to people and organizations who made themselves free from the grips of deaf culture.
		If the culturally deaf so wish to be embraced by society, they have to start embracing themselves and not pick fights over how they should live and communicate."...
		Signs of community helpers like interpreters, soldiers, doctors, and teachers and their related signs are on the calendars!
	deafadvocacy.org (800 words)

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