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  2. Deaf-mute - Wikipedia

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    Deaf-mute is a term which was used historically to identify a person who was either deaf and used sign language or both deaf and could not speak.The term continues to be used to refer to deaf people who cannot speak an oral language or have some degree of speaking ability, but choose not to speak because of the negative or unwanted attention atypical voices sometimes attract.

  3. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [1] However identity-first language, as in "autistic person" or "deaf person", is preferred by many people and organizations. [2] Language can influence individuals' perception of disabled people and disability. [3]

  4. Muteness - Wikipedia

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    In human development, muteness or mutism [1] is defined as an absence of speech, with or without an ability to hear the speech of others. [2] Mutism is typically understood as a person's inability to speak, and commonly observed by their family members, caregivers, teachers, doctors or speech and language pathologists.

  5. Sign language - Wikipedia

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    Sign language among North American Indians compared with that among other peoples and deaf-mutes. A first annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Project Gutenberg. signlangtv.org, a project documenting sign language television shows for the deaf around the world

  6. Deafblindness - Wikipedia

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    For example, someone who grew up deaf and experienced vision loss later in life is likely to use a sign language (in a visually modified or tactile form). Others who grew up blind and later became deaf are more likely to use a tactile mode of spoken/written language. Methods of communication include:

  7. 6YO Deaf Girl’s Neighbors Learn Sign Language To Make Her ...

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    The neighbors of a deaf girl learned sign language so she could go trick-or-treating on Halloween this year. Image credits: Freepik (Not the actual photo) It all started with Ada’s mother.

  8. South Africa's recognition of sign language signals new hope ...

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    Bongumusa Manana, a 19-year-old deaf student who studies in a township in Johannesburg, sees South Africa's move to recognise sign as an official language as a huge breakthrough that will help him ...

  9. Netizens Are In Tears As These School Kids Learn Sign ...

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    Smiling deaf therapy dog on grass, celebrating a birthday with school kids learning sign language. Image credits: Cole the Deaf Dog- The Team Cole Project / Facebook Cole’s therapy sessions ...