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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.
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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.
Deaflympic competitors for the United States (2 C) Pages in category "American deaf people" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 226 total.
The deaf/Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) population is underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math fields (STEM), despite a history of excellence in these fields. The lack of standard American Sign Language (ASL) vocabulary, engaging hands-on learning environments, and DHH mentors seems to contribute largely to the discrepancy.
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.
Deaf culture in the United States (4 C, 62 P) ... About Wikipedia; Disclaimers; Contact Wikipedia; Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics; Cookie statement;