Hi!
I'm new to this site. I just stumbled across it yesterday as I was browsing the net....
basically, I'm a social work student at the university of Leeds (UK). I've been asked to give a presentation on anything I'd like to do with communication (with an more detailed write-up to follow). I have decided to do it on communicating with Deaf people, and it is going to be given to other social work students, all of whom are hearing (including myself).
As a hearing person, and with minimal personal experience meeting anyone who is deaf or HoH, this website has been a real eye-opener for me. I was mostly interested by the stereotypes thread - do people really think a deaf person cannot drive?!?! or uses braille?!?! I was quite surprised by this!
Anyway, if anyone feels they would like to give me any pointers or suggestions, that would be great. My focus is primarily on stereotypes and the medical perspective of deafness and how this influences peoples communication. However, any input on your experiences/thoughts on communication would also be great - especially "professionals" like social workers.
thanks!
Julia
I'm new to this site. I just stumbled across it yesterday as I was browsing the net....
basically, I'm a social work student at the university of Leeds (UK). I've been asked to give a presentation on anything I'd like to do with communication (with an more detailed write-up to follow). I have decided to do it on communicating with Deaf people, and it is going to be given to other social work students, all of whom are hearing (including myself).
As a hearing person, and with minimal personal experience meeting anyone who is deaf or HoH, this website has been a real eye-opener for me. I was mostly interested by the stereotypes thread - do people really think a deaf person cannot drive?!?! or uses braille?!?! I was quite surprised by this!
Anyway, if anyone feels they would like to give me any pointers or suggestions, that would be great. My focus is primarily on stereotypes and the medical perspective of deafness and how this influences peoples communication. However, any input on your experiences/thoughts on communication would also be great - especially "professionals" like social workers.
thanks!
Julia