Culturally deaf means people raised by, with, or around deaf people in a largely ASL-speaking/signing society. Similar to how a Spanish-speaking culture looks at the world differently, those who are culturally deaf do not view their difference as a disability. THAT is "deaf" to them, whether they can hear or not. It really is a separate culture.
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asenathwaite
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Date: 2009-04-09 10:24 pm (UTC)