Are You a CODA?

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Are you a CODA? A CODA is a child of a Deaf adult. Most of the time, when that term is used, it is referring to children who also grew up in Deaf culture.

If you are not a CODA, do you know anyone who uses a signed language or who is D/deaf?

If you don't know anything about any signed languages, Deaf culture, or Deaf people, then feel free to elaborate on your own culture. I don't understand the idiosyncrasies of many of your cultures, though it is something that I may need to know in order to become a great interpreter.
 
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im not deaf but i know sign language but because i just wanted to learn and help young deaf kids in our community
 
i can carry a conversation but we teach low income kids how to sign how understand what everything means build thier self-esteam the age is 7-15
 
augie8787 said:
i can carry a conversation but we teach low income kids how to sign how understand what everything means build thier self-esteam the age is 7-15
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Which signed language do you use? American Sign Language, "Signed English", or another one?

I don't quite understand the program. You are teaching Deaf low income kids how to sign at that age? Are you also working with kids with developmental disabilities?
 
its like a after school program theres a department there with kid who have down syndrome and things like that. but yeah thats how it works we teach the kids how to signs it privatley owed we sign American Sign language not a lot of public schools af sign language courses i mean when i graduated from high school they got rid of ours the next year
 
My mother became completely deaf in her right ear, as a result of a rare virus, which only render 1% of those that get it, deaf.

She's a wily woman, so, she never let it hinder her, so there wasn't too much change in the household. I just have to remember to speak to her left side, and to try to keep her out of noisy places.

She gets frustrated in places like bars and other loud restaurants.

That's really the only changes that came up.
 
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My mother became completely deaf in her right ear, as a result of a rare virus, which only render 1% of those that get it, deaf.

She's a wily woman, so, she never let it hinder her, so there wasn't too much change in the household. I just have to remember to speak to her left side, and to try to keep her out of noisy places.

She gets frustrated in places like bars and other loud restaurants.

That's really the only changes that came up.
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My mom is deaf by one ear too by the same thing it happen to her when she was tyounger shes 50 now and its funny when i tell he some thing in her lright and shes like " uh uh uh the left one"
 
I suppose it would be difficult for a hearing person to lose their hearing. Many hearing people would have trouble adjusting since they view deafness as a "disability".

Many Deaf people in the country I live in have a distinct language. Since Deaf people have language and are able to function like anyone else, they are more of a cultural minority than a group of "disabled" people. Typically the issue lies more in hearing people's inability to understand the language or the concept that Deaf people have a language than the Deaf person's percieved "disability".

That being said, I would like to share a joke from the Deaf community. It's an old joke... it's almost as common as the "why did the chicken cross the road?" joke among a lot of hearing people.

BTW, there is no volume in this video.
 
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