Research Paper Topic

[Bottesini]

Thanks everyone. You've really opened my eyes!

Question, do deaf people capitalize the D in deaf? I've always learned I'm supposed to. But do you?

Depends on context. The big "D" deaf refers to people culturally deaf. So it is not appropriate for the medical concept of deafness. Or a person describing their hearing ie.. "I was always hard of hearing, but one morning I woke up deaf!"

That is they woke up unable to hear. They didn't wake up a part of Deaf culture, which is where the Deaf way of writing deaf belongs.

 

[Jiro]

I'm writing a similar paper.

I can think of a spin-off of what mine will be about--what about Deaf services during disasters and major events? I know sometimes during political speeches, the interpreter is cut off on TV and you can only see half of them, etc.

my friend produced and directed the movie about it. It's about deaf people during 9/11 - Deaf Today v3.0: 9/11 FEAR IN SILENCE: THE FORGOTTEN UNDERDOGS Now Available on DVD

 

[x{Kaye}x]

Thanks so much Bottesini. Next time I capitalize deaf it will be for Deaf culture relations.

 

[Bottesini]

Thanks so much Bottesini. Next time I capitalize deaf it will be for Deaf culture relations.

You are welcome.