1. the movie "sound and fury' tells the story of a family comprised of both deaf and hearing individuals. when faced with a technological advancement that could restore their daughter's hearing the family
must decide if they will take advantage of the device and have their daughter grow up in the hearing world or decline the procedure and instead raise their daughter as part of the robust dear culture. if you
were faced with this decision, which would you choose and why?
2 imagine you are a hearing person who is fluent in sign language and that you and your sister are attending a party with only deaf and hard of hearing individuals this will be the first time your sister has
been to a deaf event in the car, she asks you what she should keep in mind when communicating with deaf people at the party. what are three things you would tell her?
3. so far, you have learned that deaf people are generally very proud of their condition and rather than viewing it is a disease or deficiency, they simply see it as another way of experiencing the world what is
something about you or your life circumstances that someone else might consider a setback but that you interpret as an advantage and something you are proud of? why do you think others may consider
this a setback and why are you proud of this aspect of your life? (for example, maybe you broke your arm and your art teacher thought it would impair your ability to finish anassonment however you
jamed to draw with your other hand instead and this brought you a great sense of accomplishment)
in this unit you learned that doctors are not always supportive of asl education and often tell parents that their children will never learn english if they learn sign language first to you agree that leaming
sign language could impede deaf children from learning english? why or why not?
5 things he doorbets and baby monitors understandably often need to be modified to produce a visual or tactile signal that is perceptible to deaf people. there are also concerns about how to let al
denen the case of an emergency like a fire or tomado as these are usually signaled via a fire alarm or tomado siren do some brief internet research on emergency notification methods for those in the
dato hard of hearing community and descrbe two methods that are currently available