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Originally Posted by Cheri
I know what it means, I have run into capital "D" as in Deaf in real life.
Capital "D" do not associate much with hearing people, prefer deaf schools, their own language, and their culture, have a strong deaf identity, prefer to marry deaf person, not hearing person.
Lowercase as in "deaf" do associate with the hearing people, raised and mainstreamed in public schools, prefers all key mode of communication tools.
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I consider myself to be capital D and so do many of my friends but many of us are married or dating to hearing spouses who know little or no sign language. Just letting you know. Maybe it is different in your area?
My brother is probably the one of the strongest "D"eaf person I have ever known but he has worked in hearing environment, was engaged to a hearing girl and not any fault of his own was unable to develop oral skills no matter how hard he tried.