Should we establish a deaf village, town, or city?

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Please don't be offended!! This question is my topic for a reaction paper I have to write for college in my "Orientation to Deafness" class. It is not intended to offend!! Your reactions will be very insightful to me in writing my reaction paper. Thanks! :werd:
 
snoflkz said:
Please don't be offended!! This question is my topic for a reaction paper I have to write for college in my "Orientation to Deafness" class. It is not intended to offend!! Your reactions will be very insightful to me in writing my reaction paper. Thanks! :werd:
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There's a Deaf town being established already in one of the Dakota states.. I am going to post a link when I find it.
 
there shall be a deaf universe that takes over the entire universe! :twisted:
 
Steel said:
there shall be a deaf universe that takes over the entire universe! :twisted:
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Hey, steel, you can have it, just stay the hell away from earth :nana:
 
Interesting article and yet it is idealistic. I'll applaud them if that actually does happen.

However, I would not buy into the scheme as I like my privacy way too much for it to be invaded. Also I don't wish to be subject of any gossips that is bound to happen. And I think it is more healthier to maintain an balance between the deaf and hearing world.

Instead, they could have a deaf club and meet there every week or two. That'd be better as it's only for few hours on friday or sat night instead of living in the deaf community 24 hours a day. That'd be too much, methinks.

That is my personal opinion.
 
In my opinion, I think it would be nice, but I don't think it would be a good idea. I prefer to have my own privacy and space. For example: I live in this town where there's no deaf community around here. I am the only ONE deaf livinin' in this town. :mrgreen: This will make hearin' people to LEARN signings! :thumb:
 
CyberRed said:
In my opinion, I think it would be nice, but I don't think it would be a good idea. I prefer to have my own privacy and space. For example: I live in this town where there's no deaf community around here. I am the only ONE deaf livinin' in this town. :mrgreen: This will make hearin' people to LEARN signings! :thumb:
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haha, your assuming they want to talk to you! :D
 
Miss-Delectable said:
Interesting article and yet it is idealistic. I'll applaud them if that actually does happen.

However, I would not buy into the scheme as I like my privacy way too much for it to be invaded. Also I don't wish to be subject of any gossips that is bound to happen. And I think it is more healthier to maintain an balance between the deaf and hearing world.

Instead, they could have a deaf club and meet there every week or two. That'd be better as it's only for few hours on friday or sat night instead of living in the deaf community 24 hours a day. That'd be too much, methinks.

That is my personal opinion.
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I agree with you. If you're in a town where everyone is "the same", you're very likely to end up having no privacy cuz everyone will know you. They do have small hick towns where everyone is all white or everyone is all black. Those towns are the towns where word gets around quicker than you can drive across town. Secondly, towns like this will eventually lead people to get defensive when they see others that are not of their own kind. Imagine living there for years not seeing hearing people. As hearing people drive through, they will suddenly feel unwelcome because the deaf people are giving them cold stares. :(
 
Initially I would think of a deaf town something
like a heaven or paraside... but then some others
just mentioned about "losing their privacy" it look
like both positives and negatives.

i was thinking of Martha Vineyard years ago it used
to be a Deaf Island where many deafies lived there
with sign languages everywhere in the island
which seem like a heaven or paraside/dream...
But, I could not find anything in their history
about "losing privacy" ...
 
Martha's Vineyard interests me very much. I wonder if it would succeed today with CIs and new hearing appliances. And also, with the deaf community these days interwined with the hearing one.
 
it's an intresting thought but i think that kind of SMALL town i doubt would be in the successful running BUT then again i could be mistaken at least they made a good effort but i think it should balance out and not JUST be for the deaf!
 
Y said:
Initially I would think of a deaf town something
like a heaven or paraside... but then some others
just mentioned about "losing their privacy" it look
like both positives and negatives.

i was thinking of Martha Vineyard years ago it used
to be a Deaf Island where many deafies lived there
with sign languages everywhere in the island
which seem like a heaven or paraside/dream...
But, I could not find anything in their history
about "losing privacy" ...
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Yeah that's what I feel about martha vineyard. You have good point about couldn't find any about losing privacy. Obviously they don't mind at all.
 
Frisky Feline said:
Yeah that's what I feel about martha vineyard. You have good point about couldn't find any about losing privacy. Obviously they don't mind at all.
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There actually was such a place once. It was an isolated island off the Massachusetts coast - Martha's Vineyard. Some early Vineyard settlers carried a gene for deafness (the first known deaf one was Jonathan Lambert, 1694), and over years of marriage, generation after generation was born with hearing loss. At one point, one in four children was born deaf! There were so many deaf people on the Vineyard (most deaf lived in Chilmark) that residents developed a sign language, Martha's Vineyard Sign Language (MVSL). MVSL later merged with mainland signs to form American Sign Language.

It is interesting about the history.


Here are link:

http://www.marthasdirect.com/deafness/community.html

http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/lessons/old_pdf/Martha's_Vineyard 2 10.pdf
 
Sabrina said:
There actually was such a place once. It was an isolated island off the Massachusetts coast - Martha's Vineyard. Some early Vineyard settlers carried a gene for deafness (the first known deaf one was Jonathan Lambert, 1694), and over years of marriage, generation after generation was born with hearing loss. At one point, one in four children was born deaf! There were so many deaf people on the Vineyard (most deaf lived in Chilmark) that residents developed a sign language, Martha's Vineyard Sign Language (MVSL). MVSL later merged with mainland signs to form American Sign Language.

It is interesting about the history.


Here are link:

http://www.marthasdirect.com/deafness/community.html

http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/lessons/old_pdf/Martha's_Vineyard 2 10.pdf
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Thank you, i will look it up.. I have read it before. I dont know if you are referring me to read their history or read about losing their privacy? ;) Thanks for the LINKs again. ;)
 
Laurent, SD in the middle of semi-tornado alley :-o I hope that city won't be destroyed by tornadoes in the future, they get plenty of tornadoes in that county, if they're lucky. No big deal though cuz west coast get plenty of earthquakes.
 
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