My research question to help me study the economic principle is “What is the best way to educate hearing people about deaf people and sign language?”
The article published in The ASL App, titled “FAQ on Deaf Culture” demonstrates this economic principle by showing the best ways to find classes to learn ASL , simple guidelines for the Deaf community, and ways to include yourself in the Deaf community.
First, the article shows different ways to learn sign. One way is to take a sign class taught by a teacher, or by reading books about how to sign, and finally, by using apps. The ASL app is helpful for learning signs and facts about Deaf culture. I think that this can be helpful but that it can be difficult to truly understand how to sign without practicing with other people.
Second, the article explains how to find ASL classes and what they do. When I took a sign class, it helped me to learn the proper way to do signs, and a lot about the inner ear, and Deaf culture. In the article, they explain the difference between baby sign and actual ASL by saying, “ASL is a complete language with its own complex grammatical system. "Baby signs" is actually a very simplified, cute version of ASL - it's basically borrowed from ASL for parents to communicate with their babies better as they are young and not yet forming the ability to speak.“. This shows that there are many differences in sign and that it can be helpful to learn from a teacher, things that you wouldn’t have learned online.
Third, and in my opinion, the most important part of the article, are the few ways that they explain “deaf etiquette”. They make sure to say what to do to get a deaf person's attention, not to crouch between two people signing, and what it means to be in the Deaf community. Deaf with the capitalized D represents people that are members of the Deaf Community, a linguistically unique community that used American Sign Language as their primary/prefered mode of communication. Deaf with the lower case d (deaf) refers to people with any degree of hearing loss. Identity is something that is decided by the individual”.
In my next blog post I will research the question: What is the Deaf community/ Deaf culture?
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