Deaf culture is the set of social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values, and shared institutions of communities that are influenced...

an act of Congress. The deafblind community has its own culture, comparable to those of the deaf community. Members of the deafblind community have diverse...

Deafness has varying definitions in cultural and medical contexts. In medical contexts, the meaning of deafness is hearing loss that precludes a person...

The history of deaf people and deaf culture make up deaf history. The Deaf culture is a culture that is centered on sign language and relationships among...

community for children of deaf adults as an oral and a sign language, and bicultural, identifying with both deaf and hearing cultures. CODAs often navigate...

Deaf-mute is a term which was used historically to identify a person who was either deaf and used sign language or both deaf and could not speak. The term...

Journal: A Journal of Media and Cultures, said that films featuring deaf and hard of hearing characters rarely focus on deafness itself but rather use it to...

The Deaf rights movement encompasses a series of social movements within the disability rights and cultural diversity movements that encourages deaf and...

learning about deaf culture and sign language. During the development process, the casting department cast students who had strong Deaf identities. DiMarco...

communities of deaf people exist, sign languages have developed as useful means of communication and form the core of local deaf cultures. Although signing...