Deaf Rave Research Paper

This was the first deaf event that I attended this quarter. I was even more excited about it than I was before. I always had fun before, even though it always started with a little bit of embarrassing. Because compared to people who really sign in their daily lives, I knew very little signs, so I always feel like I cannot communicate with them that much. After last

Edmund Booth was born on a farm near Springfield, Massachusetts in 1810. Some of the

Have you ever felt like there was nothing that you can do for your child? In this book, Deaf Like Me, by Thomas S. Spradley and James P. Spradley, I can see the journey that Lynn’s parents took to get her help. (Spradley & Spradley, 1978). This book was an excellent read. I really liked the way that they described the ways they tried to help Lynn to understand the world around her. The book, is a great asset for any family that might be unexpectedly put into a situation that they know nothing about such as a deaf child.

Young DeafBlind Adults in Action was a one-week summer course that was occupied by six DeafBlind young adults. These six lucky individuals had opportunities to meet with legislators in Washington, D.C., as well as the current U.S president, Barack Obama. The participants learned about policy issues, communication / technology concerns, and leadership skills; then they applied this knowledge in the legislative field. Through the advocacy process, each young adult who participated learned how to identify and utilize their personal strengths as advocates and experienced the importance that teamwork plays in successful advocacy. Since this class focused on civic engagement and advocacy, it provided a focus for a participatory action research

Both Humphries and Padden work together to create a pathway into the cultural life of deaf people. This is portrayed through a collection of personal stories, cultural and historical events, and artistic compilations that authors provide from an insider perspective. Throughout the reading I was engaged to readjust my understanding of the Deaf experience, evoking reactions and inspiration that I will share throughout this paper.

It should be mentioned before anything else that I thought the California School for the Deaf in Riverside was a college of some kind and that I would be communicating and learning from adults throughout the night. So, when I saw mostly grade school level children, with maybe a few high school level kids scattered throughout, manning the tables, I was, in one word, surprised. I wasn’t intimidated by being taught by someone so much younger than me, in fact, I was actually put at ease. The California School for the Deaf created such an excellent atmosphere and had a majority of the tables manned by such patient children that a ball of anxiousness and stress, such as myself, was able to feel calm in a room full of over at least a hundred strangers.

The American Deaf Culture quiz that I partook in last Thursday was a wonderful and enormous paradigm shift of insight into, proper mannerisms, as well as the origin and complexity of the language.

The deaf culture can be seen from the perspective of one's own viewing, it makes you think about what is actually defining as “normal” and the decision of what is right and what is wrong. Deaf culture is a community in which the people share the same attitudes, and they share similar values and beliefs. As people of the hearing world, it's harder for us to see, and understand the deaf culture. As a hearing community, we take for granted being able to hear, and hearing and speaking is a big part in how we communicate with each other. For the deaf culture its the same but not as how others view it, the deaf culture uses symbols of the hand in order to communicate with others.

Noted Deaf educator Tom Holcomb, in his 2010 paper, Deaf Epistemology: the deaf way of knowing, posits that the flow of knowledge is fundamentally different in hearing and Deaf cultures. That is, Deaf learners tend to collect information from direct experience or from the secondhand experiences reported to them by other Deaf persons. Hearing learners accumulate information through oral transmission, mostly in formal educational settings but also via casual social contacts. (Holcomb, 2010). Indeed one study has suggested that because formal educational settings are biased toward oral instruction. Deaf learners acquire only about 12% of the information that is available to the hearing. (DHHS, 2015)

This artifact is a collection of twenty hours of observations within a School for the Deaf. I was able to observer student completing academic task, social opportunities and any other experience that the students had during the days of the observation. By completing these observations, it provided me with more information about teaching strategies for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, based off what I have observer teachers of the Deaf using successfully. This artifact fits under standard #9: professional learning and ethical practice, since it demonstrates my willingness to learn more information on how to properly teach based on the knowledge I obtained during these observations. This observation is a representation of my best work since

“How do deaf people feel when a hearing person approaches them in public using sign language?” Chapter 21

The one of the first Deaf event this semester happened last Friday, March 16th, and frankly I didn’t want to go. I detest talking to people without reason, thus, the fact I had to have conversation as a part of the assignment was torture to prepare for. Even on the drive to Starbucks I was giving myself reasons not to go, but if I didn’t go to this event it would just be more stressful to go to the next event. I arrived at Starbucks and started to look for where I needed to be and the moment I saw them huddled in a group it increased apprehension and I decided to focus on getting a drink first. Conquer one issue at a time. I met saw my classmates, Karin and Lauren, and we plotted on how to integrate into the circle we slowly started signing

In my opinion, Miller is trying to make a utopia society for the deaf since this will be isolated from the rest of the communities and it will have accommodations for the deaf. According to the text, people did say that this will be the town that is perfect for the deaf since the accommodations in place help assist the deaf in navigating around the utopia (2). And trying to do various activities that would otherwise be challenging to a deaf person. I think that this utopian society may not work since there will be many challenges in building and managing this community and although the concept is great, it just will not work out.

Thursday July 30 2015 was a good day for National Center for Deaf. The campers from all over world (one from Holland) came to attend first-ever Health Care Careers Exploration Camp for Deaf and Hard of Hearing at National Technology Institute of Deaf. Some campers only spoke and some campers could sign. The program started on Sunday July 26th and lasted a week till Friday July 31st. Talented staff worked to provide different activities for a week like for example Human Anatomy class or First Aid /CPR class. Dr. Scott, a doctor, arranged a special visit to University of Rochester on this day, Thursday.

However, over the years, you may not know that a series of innovative methods have been put in place to play music to deaf people in unique ways.

In 2009, the first ever 'concert for the deaf' was staged in Toronto, where the audience sat in vibrating chairs to experience the sensation of the music played to enjoy a fuller effect. The project, led by Ryerson University's Centre of Learning Technology and the Science of Music, paved the path for a number of new ways to stage concerts.