Marlee Matlin

of most common misconceptions are: Deaf can not talk, laugh, have good jobs, can not drive, all deaf sign, and so many more. Marlee Matlin, is a deaf actress who is very popular and successful. She has starred in many movies, and shows over the years, playing a deaf role in each part. Her success shows that Deaf are capable of great achievement. In an article about Matlin winning a Ruderman prize, they said “The $100,000 award will be given to the Oscar winner on behalf of the Ruderman Family Foundation

In society, we have 2 different groups of people-those who are hearing and those who are deaf. Those in the hearing community have created the principle of Audism. Audism is the idea that hearing people are better then and have an advantage of those who are deaf and hard of hearing. Within this idea, it is obvious that the hearing community doesn’t quite understand the deaf community and the culture within it. As a matter of fact, out of the 325 people who live in the United States 29 million are

There are many historical events concerning the Deaf community that hearing people should know about, but I think the most important one is the Deaf President Now movement. The Deaf President Now movement was a very big deal in the Deaf community and impacted many different people, including hearing people. The Deaf President Now movement is the most important event for hearing people to know about because it is kind of where it all began to come together. The Deaf President Now movement opened

Everything that is real is a lie except your thoughts. If someone approached you with this statement you would assume they are insane and you would try to convince them that you are real and the world is real. As you begin to try to prove reality you begin to question yourself, under what circumstances do we understand reality? As we acknowledge what we believe to be realities, we form conclusions and assurances about our own existence and the existence of everything around us. Because our existence

Finally, TV characters have seen a rise in portrayals of those with mental disability. For the purpose of this paper, it can include obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), Down Syndrome, schizophrenia, Asperger’s, or a learning disability. Criminal Minds follows the BAU task force as it follows criminals over the years. Dr. Spencer Reid, a main character, and his mother suffer from mental disabilities. Dr. Reid, is a “genius,” and his mother has schizophrenia. As a title character, schizophrenia is

To achieve Inclusion, Community, and Freedom for people with disabilities, we must use People First Language A commentary by Kathie Snow The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lighting and the lightning bug. Mark Twain ________________________________________ The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. - Old Chinese Proverb - Who are "the handicapped"... the "disabled"? Society's

“In the Company of Men” is a play written by Neil LaBute set in the 1990’s. The three main characters are Howard, Christine, and Chad. It is revealed in the beginning of the play that Chad and Howard have been friends since college, and that they work in the same office building. While Chad and Howard are outside of the office, Chad reveals that one day, he came home from work to find that the house had been packed up, and his wife left him. While on the topic, Howard reveals that he recently

Imagine trying to learn a new language, making the correct tongue movements, controlling the airflow through your mouth, and voicing the correct sound and tone. Now imagine doing this while not knowing what the word you are saying sounds like. This is what many deaf and hard of hearing people must do to learn how to speak. The technique of teaching deaf people how to speak and read lips is referred to as oralism. It is a hard and laborious method and in the past often had extreme measures, that

Imagine if you were a proud Native-American, or Hispanic and someone said that your culture is not real, that the way you were born is just a disability, and you should change to be more like everyone else. You would probably be quite offended. That is what the Deaf community has had to deal with constantly for the past 40 years because of the social unawareness of much of the hearing community. 90% of all deaf children are born to hearing parents who never thought much about the deaf community

As mentioned in the book, “Signing the Body Poetic Essays on American Sign Language Literate” by H-Dirksen L. Bauman, Jennifer L. Nelson it specifically mentions visual scream on chapter 10 it states that “visual scream is the visible gesture of a person, an animal, or a thing which could be a combination of images making a loud screeching sound without the sound accompaniment. Visual scream is a form of silent shouting it could be done when someone is fearful, anxious, desperate, erotic or find