Stories about language deprivation
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Two stories of Deaf people who are victims of this very language deprivation that had a huge impact on their lives. A Deaf person didn’t know what her name was, not till she turned 11 years old and finally learned her language. Another Deaf young person, she is struggling to relay-based cooperative communication or even responding back with her full structure ASL sentence.
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I wanted to share one story that is really touched my heart
I recently met this Deaf person who shared her experience of language deprivation
It had a huge impact on her childhood as a Deaf person
She doesn’t know how to spell her name or even know what her name is, not till she turned 11 years old
Then she finally learned what her name is and was able to spell it
At 11 years old
That truly breaks my heart
Because many Deaf children are victims of language deprivation
Not just in North America but all over the world
Just too many Deaf children are language-deprived for many reasons why
Like cultural perception of Deafness, regions, lack of knowledge of the Deaf community, and much more
There is another story I wanted to share, there was a young Deaf student with who I worked at the school
She can’t relay-based cooperative communication with others
She would just stand there and not able to relay or answer questions
Even communicating in a full sentence of ASL structure
That is because of language deprivation in the first place
I know she has so much ability and it just going to take a long time for her to reach its point where she finally can interact & relay-based cooperation in communication
Just wow because those two Deaf people had so many abilities to achieve but language deprivation took them away
video ID: A white woman wears a blue baseball cap “NY”, white crop shirt with black & gold belt
This definitely made me emotional. And I'll tell you, we STILL have medical doctors and allied health professionals advising parents to not teach their kids sign because it will "delay their speech" which is flat out WRONG. It's so upsetting!!
It is so sad that it's such a widespread issue in the deaf community, and there are areas where sign language is so difficult to find. I live in a semi-rural area, but by no means remote, and all of the deaf education and resources for parents are still speech based and discourage the use of sign. It hurts my heart for those kids and people growing up without the ability to connect with the people around them.
I once saw a documentary about people with disabilities around the world. One person featured was 14 deaf african boy. His father saws if he point to the plow the son will plow. He points sheep the boy will take them out tp grase. The only communicated by pointing. They held a sign language class for the village ans him and his family went. The boy was smilling for the first time in the video. Just cheesing the whole time he was copying the instructor. I cried.
hi! how are you? could you to share the name of that documentary, please. I'm interesting. (Sorry for some mistakes in my writing, I'm still learning English)
@@luiguajardonunez8640 I got you! ua-cam.com/video/5f31_UbCPq4/v-deo.htmlsi=hBfZbZ3Cmy46f5yW
At the beginning of my teaching career, I worked in a D/HH classroom, using ASL to support my students’ learning; only one of my students had parents who used ASL at home, the rest only spoke to their Deaf kids. I have also worked with many students who are hearing and are missing a complete first language as well. Lack of a foundational language has far-reaching repercussions for all students, but the fact that Deaf students are disproportionately impacted makes me rage. ASL is actually a very beneficial language for ALL babies to use; I used it with my daughter and it helps so much with the first forays into communication. You are able to sign way before you are able to talk. Language acquisition at such an early stage helps with ALL language acquisition. Education for medical professionals and parents is key. I think parents feel overwhelmed when they have a Deaf child and don’t really understand the needs because of that lack of education. Activation within the Deaf community to push for more education and more access to Deaf schools or even appropriate supports in mainstream schools is what is needed, in my opinion. And don’t even get me started on the programming to become a Teacher of the Deaf…the fact that Teachers of the Deaf don’t have to be fluent in ASL really burns my biscuits as well as the fact that these programs aren’t offered outside of the GTA! Cheyenna, thank you so much for keeping at this topic on your channel.
Thank you for sharing Cheyenne!
I worked in a school. A deaf child was placed in a mainstream school in the UK who had come from Mexico, and his parents could only speak Punjabi. At 6 years old, he knew nothing. He was still in nappies (diapers) and had a set of hearing aids bought from Amazon. This child was placed with me as a a one to one because I knew basic BSL. Mainstream school and my skills weren’t good enough, and I fought hard to get him a place in a specialised deaf school. Such a bright boy not having a language map breaks my heart. My 5 month old knows her name, and he was deprived of that 💔
From Mexico but only spoke Punjabi? You sure he wasn't from India?
@@GhastlyCretin no, the family moved to Mexico from India before he was born. The child was born in Mexico, lived there for 6 years then moved to the UK. The parents knew very very little Spanish, but no English.
Just to add, his parent knew Hello and goodbye in Spanish, that’s it
@@iamsocrazy13 Wow. Must have been isolating enough to be deaf but to have your parents not being able to understand the language of the country you're in too is crazy. Thanks for replying ✌️
Hello @CheyennaClearbrook ,
I wanted to share my story, my name is Tia Moors. I am deaf. This Digital Voyage is the name of UA-cam Channel.
But, when I was a child, I never learned how to spell my own name or any words until I was 5-6 years old due to the mainstream school. Becuase of interpreter teaching me how to do so. So, through foster care, I never knew how to communicate or relay-based cooperation or anything with foster parents or the foster family.
After mainstream school, I transferred to deaf school, I had hard time to transitioning from the English/SEE (Signed Exact English) into American Sign Language (ASL).
Being deaf, I experienced a lot of language being deprived due to that. I was fully raised by hearing parents who knew asl but not enough to chat with me or anything because of being deafness.
I do feel bad or feel sad for those deaf children out there, I was wondering how we as deaf communities can help them feel that they’re not feeling alone especially when they’re experiencing the language deprivation.
Tia, were you deaf since birth? Is it very difficult for those deaf since birth to learn spoken English except through vocal training because they have no idea how letters and words are supposed to sound like? Cheyenna makes smacking sounds with her lips sometimes and occasionally a noise. I think she is profoundly deaf, in that she can't hear her own voice well or at all but she hears some sounds but not enough to understand speech. How do deaf use a drive thru at fast food places? I suppose they could go up to the window in their car and hand the employee a written order. A Starbucks in Florida has a screen on the drive thru menu board and a deaf woman Rebecca King attempted to place an order at the menu and Katie appeared on the screen and started signing and Rebecca was able to place her drink order through sign language. There was someone else in her car making odd noises, maybe she had a deaf friend with her. It's kind of like how websites should make their sites more accessible to the blind. Blind people can't use a mouse on the computer, they will navigate the web with the tab key and have screen reading software that speaks everything to them. Deaf people need more access to the hearing world. When you were a child were you even aware of what your name was? If you did, you had no idea what Tia was supposed to sound like? it sounds like Tee-uh. That's a pretty name. It's short and cute. I wonder if Cheyenna knows how her name is pronounced? Isn't it Shay-en-uh? Or, is it Shy-en-uh?
@@robkrasinski6217 hello, yes I was deaf since the birth. It actually true that deaf people having hard time to speak but the speech therapy is the reason why I can speak especially with deaf accent.
I don’t know how to pronounce my own name until recently I have been seeing speech therapist to relearn how to speak, and using hearing aids to support me. It was able to improving as long as I practicing in and out of sessions.
For Cheyenna, I’m not sure but she might know about it as well but you can ask her directly. But just trying to figure out how you can help deaf community to understand.
For deaf people using drive thru, they tends to use their phone or ask the employee to write and pen. It’s possibly behind camera who’s deaf person or hearing person who filming it.
Absolutely devastating. ASL should be COMPULSORY!!! Why do they have us learning stupid things that we will never use IRL? ASL is beneficial for ALL people.
Well said that facts 👍
Yes I knew that and keep help children in language future
Language deprivation is no joke. At Gallaudet I've seen college students who are way behind in academics and don't understand basic social skills. It's so sad and frustrating. Don't listen to oralist doctors; deaf children need to acquire fluent sign language as early as possible.
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That is horrible.
THIS is real inclusion. Not what the woke leftists are referring to.
Sad, indeed! Get our language back! 🥲🥲🧐🧐