Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A U.S. state regulation from the Colorado Department of Human Services defines Deaf (uppercase) as "A group of people, with varying hearing acuity, whose primary mode of communication is a visual language (predominantly American Sign Language (ASL) in the United States) and have a shared heritage and culture," and has a separate definition for ...
According to many highly educated members of the ASL Deaf community, the number of fluent ASL native signers is closer to the tens of millions. Therefore, the statistics listed below, while taken from varying published sources, should be carefully vetted before being disseminated or cited elsewhere.
United States at the Deaflympics (2 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Deaf culture in the United States" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total.
Deaf culture in the United States (4 C, 62 P) U. ... Pages in category "Deafness in the United States" ... Statistics; Cookie statement ...
That’s OK for Kris, though, and for many other deaf people, because being deaf isn’t a disqualifier. Back in 1920 there were a few states that, for a short time, didn’t allow deaf people to ...
Schools of deaf education in the United States (3 P) Pages in category "Deafness organizations in the United States" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
In the United States multiple states operate specialized boarding and/or statewide schools for the deaf, along with the blind; in most states the two groups had separate statewide schools, though in some they are combined.
Incorrect figures are sometimes cited for the population of ASL users in the United States based on misunderstandings of known statistics. [25]: 20 Demographics of the deaf population have been confused with those of ASL use since adults who become deaf late in life rarely use ASL in the home.