Deaf Sports Research Paper

Deaf people have always existed, as did discrimination towards deaf people. As far back as 384-322 BCE, people had been saying that deaf people could not learn. Due to Deaf people being seen as inferior, we hardly have any documented history on them before the early 1500’s. Patient parents of Deaf children needed to have a way to communicate with their young, through this need the rise of Deaf education began. Geronimo Cardano, a mathematician, created

All throughout the entire "Deaf President Now" movement, the message was clear that deaf people have the self-determination and capability as any other hearing person. To watch hundreds of deaf students and supports protest from Gallaudet University to our nation's capital, using American Sign Language as their only medium of communication. Only shows the effect of the "power and intelligence" (Van Cleve p. 173) behind sign language. "With similar unity in the future, they may move into a

In mainstream American society, we tend to approach deafness as a defect. Helen Keller is alleged to have said, "Blindness cuts people off from things; deafness cuts people off from people." (rnib.org) This seems a very accurate description of what Keller's world must have been. We as hearing people tend to pity deaf people, or, if they succeed in the hearing world, admire them for overcoming a severe handicap. We tend to look at signing as an inferior substitute for "real" communication. We assume that all deaf people will try to lip-read and we applaud deaf people who use their voices to show us how far they have come from the grips of their disability. Given this climate, many hearing people are surprised, as I was at

Heather Whitestone has contributed so much to deaf history. In 1995 Heather made history by being crowned the first deaf Miss America. She has raised awareness for Deaf and hard of hearing people all over the United States. She has written three books, been part of the National Council on Disability, promoted awareness for deaf issues, and ,of course, been the first deaf woman to win the Miss America title.

Deaf Sports Australia is an organisation affiliated with the Australian Sports Commission which advocates the policies in the Disability Discrimination Act by ‘facilitating and supporting the participation of deaf and hard-of-hearing children into sport’ (Deaf Sports Australia, 2014). To learn more, email: active@deafsports.org.au

deaf: working for the rights of all deaf people in this country, including education of deaf children.

During the late 1800’s a fundamental movement towards deaf people had begun. The world started to become more understanding of deaf people. Instead, of treating them as if they were lower beings, they were now seen as equals. New Jersey founded its first deaf school in 1882, called New Jersey's State Institution for the Deaf and Dump. Later in 1965 the school had changed its name to Marie H. Katzenbach school for the deaf and has kept the same name. From the moment it first opened the school became a second home to many deaf people. A home that raised incredible athletes, writers and articles. The school being one of New Jersey historical monuments, parts of the school had been converted into a museum to show the hearing world what deaf people have accomplished.

At the age of three, Derrick Coleman started using hearing aids. His deafness is due to a genetic, incurable hearing impairment (Friend par. 9). His dream has always been to play American football, despite growing up with people telling him that he would not achieve his dream.

Which was a big jab at the Olympics in Moscow. However, the nations that did participate had won 71 percent of all medals, and similarly 71 percent of the gold medals available, at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. This was because of state-run doping programs that had been developed in the Eastern Bloc countries. As a way to protest against the Soviet action in Afghanistan, fifteen countries marched in the Opening Ceremony with the Olympic Flag instead of their own nation’s flags, and the Olympic Flag as well as the Olympic Hymn were used at the award ceremonies when athletes from these countries won. Competitors from three countries, including New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain all competed under the flags of their own National Olympic Committees. Some of these teams that marched under flags other than their national flags were removed by boycotts by individual athletes, while a few athletes did not participate in the

The beginning of deaf schools is part of my interest in deaf schools. The first permanent school for deaf children in America was opened in Hartford, Connecticut in 1817. In the beginning he started out with only seven students and head teacher from France named Laurent Clerc. Laurent Clerc was also the one who brought French sign language.

Nyle Dimarco, what an inspirational video and individual, not only because of his deafness, but he chased his dream and succeeded! He went on the Tyra Banks’ modeling show, America’s Next Top Model, and won! He mentioned in the video that he had a strategy to win before going on the show and then a friend told him everyone already loves you-just be you. I think this applies to everyone in the Deaf community, as he mentioned in the video. If Deaf people have confidence and are themselves, they can go places and do things that they have never done before.

Deaf people have influenced our lives and the lives of our deaf people because they show us that anything is possible. Just because you are different from the rest of the world doesn't make you different in a bad way. Many deaf Actors and stars show us that it isn’t impossible to follow your dreams do something that can change the world.

From the beginning, Deaf theatre has been a prominent influence in molding the public’s understanding of Deaf culture, instituting ASL, and providing opportunities for Deaf performers. In 1884, the first formal theatre production was performed at Gallaudet University, the world’s most prominent center for deaf and visual performing arts. According to Harlan Lane, Gallaudet University began offering formal drama classes in 1940 (145). This was the kickstart for the rising popularity of Deaf theatre and the numerous amount of shows performed around the world. In the United States alone, we have seen many Deaf performing artists win Tony’s, Emmy’s and Oscar’s

In 1880 there was an international conference of deaf educators. There were 164 members (142 of which were either British or Italian) representing eight different countries and were champions of both oral and manual methods. On one side was Alexander Graham Bell and his colleagues from around Europe supporting the oral methods and on the other side was Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

According to an online journal by Carla A. Halpern, in 1817, a Connecticut clergyman named Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, opened the first permanent school for the deaf in Hartford (Halpern, C., 1996). This deaf school was for American children which only had seven students and a head teacher by the name of Laurent Clerc. Clec was from the Paris Institution for the Deaf and had been deaf since infancy. He bought to the United States a nonverbal form of communication known as French sign language (Halpern, C., 1996).