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i never thought of that. I've always seen the capitalization of "deaf" as a way to summarize a concept. when a person says they are Deaf, they are saying that they are a member of deaf culture and communicate using American Sign Language. saying "Deaf" instead of dragging out that full sentence is just more concise. there is no difference between "prime minister" and "Prime Minister" or "doctor" and "Doctor", but there are huge differences between "deaf" and "Deaf".  i suppose they could have invented a new word for it altogether?