Aarron Loggins or what he is better known as the “Deaf King,” is a Chicago, Illinois native musician. Born premature and deaf, Aarron learned American Sign Language at the age of three. Now he speaks English, Spanish, as well as Jamaican Patois. His passion for music and theater started when he was a teenager so he decided to Washington, D.C. where he attend Gallaudet University in 2004. Since then Aarron has performed for numerous companies, such as the National Theatre for the Deaf. He created several ASL music videos, and won numerous awards such as the National Theatre for Youth Service Award and the National Black Deaf Advocate Youth Leadership Award. Aarron Loggins, has become a major entertainer and advocate for the deaf and hard of
It doesn’t require any special measures to change them. The Journey into the Deaf- World offers a comprehensive absorbing study into the Deaf- World. The first two chapters brought insight into the Deaf culture, as well as benefits and struggles the Deaf face. The first chapter was an introduction into the Deaf World, showing the Deaf’s experiences
Justin Osmond Justin Osmond was born into a musical family with profound hearing loss. After 12 years of intense speech and listening therapy, he can now speak with passion and through modern-day technology, hear with conviction. Justin never allowed his hearing loss to stop him; even as a child, Justin found himself intrigued by sports, part of the Eagle Scouts, and living and learning music. Today, Justin is the speaker for his organization, the Olive Osmond Hearing Fund, raising awareness for the deaf and hard of hearing.
The Lessons in Laughter is an autobiography by deaf actor Bernard Bragg. The book goes over Bragg’s life starting when he was a young boy and describes everything that he seen and learned over the years. Starting from the deaf school he went to and the teachers that he encountered. His best friend Silver later stated how he wanted to kill him and Bragg fear him even later when he went to Gallaudet. The book follows Braggs when he gets into acting just as father was into also.
He, along with Thomas Gallaudet, is considered as two pioneers that would help bring deaf people together by learning about sign language in the United
Bernard Bragg Bernard Bragg is a well-known performer, also a teacher. He is also a writer, poet, director/playwright, and artist. He has won many hearts by his performance, also has won many awards and honors. Bragg has made an amazing career, to show that Deaf can do anything. He has made friendships with deaf and hearing people who have succeed in the arts.
Through the deaf eyes is a film about what is like to be deaf; it also tells us about the history, as well as challenges deaf culture has faced. It speaks about Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc the creators of the first school for the deaf, also deaf clubs, and people today who have changed perspectives of the deaf community. Gallaudet University was the first environment where deaf community can come together and begin their history and culture teaching deaf children how to speak would benefit them more in the future; however that was not the case, and many thought it was a waste out time as they got older. They feel that they should have focused on sign language, so that they can learn more instead of spending years on learn to
“The Selma of the Deaf:” A Historical Analysis In the words of Maya Angelou, “history, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” This statement is rich, as it discusses an emotional of experience, which cannot be emulated by ‘textbook-history’, but also mentions one of the most commonly perceived purposes of ‘textbook-history’: that history ought to be studied and preserved for the benefit of mankind in order to avoid repeating past mistakes. This is a valid reason; however, history is also a valuable format for teaching about the human condition, cultivating an appreciation and understanding of the present, and analyzing patterns to better predict the future. Essentially, history
For a Deaf Son is a documentary about Thomas Thranchin, who was born deaf to hearing family. His father, a filmmaker, produced this documentary to offer an intimate look at how parents of a deaf child make decisions. The documentary is compiled together with interviews from audiologist, families of children with hearing loss, other expert in the field, as well as home videos of Thomas. Thomas was discovered to be profoundly deaf at the age of one and could only hear high frequency sound. This meant that with hearing aids on him, he could acquire speech and language with therapy.
Growing up in a small-town I was literally in a culture bubble. There were almost no deaf people. I just never had the opportunity to converse with someone who is deaf. As I was reading this book I noticed my internal motivation for learning ASL was changing. I now want to learn as much ASL as I possibly can, so I can chat with those I come in contact with that are deaf or hard of hearing.
Inside Deaf Culture Inside deaf culture is a very strong book written by carol Padden and tom Humphries in this book authors have tried to give a tour of the most important moments that has shaped the Deaf culture. Book starts by showing how much power hearing people have had over the deaf population in the past and how they saw death people almost the same as criminals and also how they tried to get rid of them by placing them into asylums and intuitions and how this was a beginning of first schools for the deaf and how much power and control they had over the children under their care also there was a lot of rumors of how children were molested in these schools and because they
He became a “smooth signer” by having a tutor before he tried enrolling in school.. He applied to Maryland School for the Deaf in Federick, where he was hired as a secretary and a bookkeeper. When Veditz was 17 years old, he really wanted to apply to Gallaudet but could not afford tuition.
Visual art is a very significant aspect of Deaf culture, because everything experienced by the Deaf population is visual, even their language. Art in this culture, like any other, is used to express connectedness, emotion, and the hardships these people have experienced throughout their history. In this paper I will be discussing two very famous artists in the Deaf community, Chuck Baird and Betty G. Miller, and their greatest accomplishment for art in the Deaf community that makes them now inspirations to past/future/present Deaf artists. First, I will discuss a little background on our two artists and some interesting things they have done.
What was your experience and feelings about watching it? Throughout the documentary film Through Deaf Eyes, I felt amazed by deaf culture. The deaf culture is a versatile, rich, and unique community that more people need to be aware of. When the film was covering the transition of ASL schools to oral only I mostly felt ashamed of my own culture.
In the Deaf community there have been countless famous and influential people. These people have helped strengthen the Deaf community and bring the culture, struggles and importance of it to the rest of the world. Among these people is Chuck Baird. He was and is one of the most influential Deaf people who has lived. Through his work in the arts, he helped create a movement that brought the Deaf experience in a hearing world to the mainstream.
and he travelled from South Africa to China working to change attitudes towards deaf people. his remarkable journey in 2005 to meet the Pope in Rom and his story about how he has come to terms with losing his sight is so remarkable, he is an inspiration to deaf and hearing people. We should learn from his example. Fr. Cyril Axelrod, world’s only deaf-blind priest speaks