This is a very important matter relating
to the deaf persons of the
country. These people are obviously
physically challenged.
We understand that all sides of the
House must have sympathy and
definitely have responsibility towards
them.
It also influences their feelings about
how to exist as a people. This
experience is often compared to living
in a all country. Think about it: How
would you feel if you were living in a
foreign land where the language,
customs, and culture weren't native to
you? You'd probably go through each
day with reluctance and uncertainty.
You'd want to say what's appropriate,
not something that would be viewed as
ignorant. You'd feel frustrated when you
wanted to state your opinion but
couldn't make yourself understood.
You'd feel isolated when everyone was
laughing at a joke, and you didn't
understand the punch line. Deaf people
often feel this way when they're
surrounded by hearing people.
Deaf people face some challenges that
the hearing world does not and may
find difficult to understand. The day to
day tasks that hearing people take for
granted can be more difficult for a deaf
person. The deaf community and
culture is one of the tools that can help
deal with these obstacles and provide
support from others who can
understand best.
? Facing the Challenges of the
Deaf Community
Through the years, Deaf people
have faced numerous challenges. Other
past challenges included little access to
education and almost no opportunity
for gainful employment. Although
things have improved over time, Deaf
people still face obstacles. This article
discusses challenges past and present
and looks at how the Deaf community
has made strides to overcome them.
a) You've come a long way
Although Deaf people aren't viewed as
being possessed by the devil anymore,
they still continue to face the challenges
presented to them by a hearing world.
Deaf people have fought for equal
opportunities in education and
employment and for cultural
recognition, just to name a few. Take a
look at how the Deaf community has
overcome modern obstacles.
b) Putting the past in the past
Sign language, like the Deaf people who
use it, has had to fight for survival.
Around the world, Sign language — as
well as those who communicate this
way — has been viewed as lesser than
that of the hearing world. Many hearing
people have dedicated themselves to
changing the Deaf and their language.
For centuries, Deaf people had to
undergo the treatment of being viewed
as incomplete because of their absence
of hearing. Some religious groups
wanted to save Deaf people, while other
groups wanted to teach them. Because
of a lack of speech, Deaf people were
viewed as deaf and dumb. This label,
which Aristotle invented, has been
attached to the Deaf people since
ancient Greece.
Deaf people have been associated with
being demon-possessed because some
of them can't speak. Due to numerous
biblical verses labeling them as “dumb”
or “mute”, the middle Ages — a
dogmatic religious time — wasn't kind
to Deaf people. Deaf individuals were
hidden by family members, locked in
asylums, or forced to try speaking, even
though they couldn't hear themselves.
During World War II, Adolf Hitler's
henchmen castrated Deaf men after
they were locked up in concentration
camps as part of various medical
experiments.
Contemporary religious leaders have
attempted to heal Deaf people of their
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"sickness" and accused them of lacking
faith when miraculous hearing didn't
happen.
Many Deaf people and Deaf advocates
have risen to challenge this oppression,
and they seem to have been successful
because Deaf people are still signing to
one another every day.
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