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Being deaf has made me the person I'm today and I’m proud of who I am. No doubt about it!

According to a 1991 report by the National Center for Health Statistics of the US Health and Human Services (NCHS), about 20 million persons above three years of age, or 9% in the total United States population, have hearing loss. Hearing loss is generally classified as mild,moderate, moderately severe, severe, and profound

What is Deaf Culture?

• Shared goals
• Beliefs
• Experiences
• Accomplishments
• Leadership opportunities
• Folklore in storytelling
• ASL humor, sign play
• Poetry, funny stories
• Legends, and myths

What is sign language?

"As long as we have deaf people on earth, we will have sign language." George W. Veldts

• Accessibility
• Sign language interpretation
• Bilingual education

Deaf Communities in the USA:

• Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses
• Deaf Scientists Organization
• U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama and the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (WPSD)
• Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs)
• FBI Agents
• Athletes
• Lifeguards
• Musicians
• Artists
• Poets and writers
• Businesses
• Deaf Lawyers

The Law of Justice

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

• Equal rights to deaf and hearing people

Deaf Theatre

Purpose :

• deaf culture entertainment for deaf audience
• education about deafness
• sign language for hearing people

Acting speaks louder than words

Popular American theatres for the deaf

Deaf West Theatre

Cleveland SignStage Theatre

The National Theatre of the Deaf

Deaf actors

Andrew Foster

Linda Bove

Marlee Matlin

Monique Holt

Shanny Mow

CJ Jones

Work of a theatre interpreter

• ‘ placed’, where interpreters are located outside the acting space and do not move
• ‘ zoned’, where interpreters are within the acting space, but usually move only during a change of scene or act
• ‘ shadowed’, where interpreters move freely within the acting space, shadowing the movement of the actors for whom they are interpreting

Questionnaire

1.How do you treat to the disabled?

• With understanding
• With sympathy
• Indifferently
• With contempt

2. Do you know about theatres for the Deaf?

• Yes
• No

3. Would you like to watch an interpreter for the Deaf while seeing a play (at the theatres)?

• Yes
• No

4. Should the theatres for the Deaf exist?

• Yes
• No

5. Are you interested to be an interpreter in a play for the Deaf?

• Yes
• No
• I am doubt about it

6. Do you think that an interpreter should be

• A professional who often works with the deaf
• A volunteer among young people
• Both variants

Let us be tolerant and understanding

"To accept the culture of Deaf people as valid is to expand and enrich our understanding of human creativity and courage in the context of social adversity" (Betty Colonomous)