Growing up I didn’t have strong Deaf role models so I felt very lost through most of my childhood. I love that so many people echoed my reasoning for wanting to build a community center for Deaf children some day. We all need mature Deaf role models! We can't survive without them. Can’t wait for episode 2! I will definitely be sharing this series with family and friends since I don’t think they truly understand what my journey was like. Maybe this will help.
I'm a hearing high school student learning ASL and I absolutely love this video. It's giving me amazing insights about Deaf culture and what it means, and I'm surprised to see I relate to a lot of it as a transgender person. The thing you touched on about not having adult role models - especially the revelation that "wow i can grow up! we get older!" really hit me. I don't have many trans role models and the few I've met are very precious. This is a great video and it's giving me a much stronger understanding of Deaf culture. Thank you!
So refreshing to see something MADE BY DEAF FOR DEAF. This is the kind of content I wish I had while growing up, and I hope it can help other folks as we all navigate this journey of life & growth together.
Just outstanding - thank you for sharing this. As the mom of a deaf adult son it feels very authentic to me. Wish we had this when he was an infant - but even now, it's very validating for the decisions I had to make as a parent. Wow.
I like how this piece of work helps the hearing, especially parents that have a deaf child born to them, know more about what it is like to be a deaf person. And help them know more about deaf culture.
Great episode. I hope we can have a conversation about the survivors of language deprivation (adults like myself) and what are the remedies? Thousands of dollars spent in therapy 😢or even none as still facing challenges in life. Would love to see Dr Wyatt Hall share his insights on adults with language deprivation. Civil rights and justice needed in this type of cases.
I’m deaf and I’ve never known sign, or even had a deaf friend, but this is partly my fault due to internal ableism and not accepting my deafness as a child. It’s a weird experience when everyone around you is hearing and not physically disabled, it is a very isolating experience and they can be very misunderstanding and careless sometimes, but they can also do some of the most thoughtful, kind things to help me. And a lot of people have told me “wow you speak so well I didn’t know you were deaf”, and I’ve had people literally avoid me when I tell them I’m deaf, it’s a strange feeling. Thank you for this video it’s lovely to see deaf people being proudly deaf, and I hope I can be part of a deaf community one day :)
wow this was just incredible I'm deaf and hard of hearing, raised by a hearing family and school. I never learned sign language and was given a cochlear implant and hearing aid, because of this, I've never felt like I fit in anywhere. Being Chinese with white parents too and living in a predominatly white city, this feeling was only exacerbated. Lately, I've been trying to explore deafness and my deaf identity more since I never seriously thought about it when I was younger and this video was really incredible to watch, very insightful. I really do hope we expand the community but also preserve what makes it important, deaf cultures. I'm really looking forward to more videos of Deaf And... Keep up the amazing work!
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How interesting issue! Those Deaf families (the Deaf institutions) v.s. These deaf siblings/children with our hearing families (the most of them don’t use some Sign Languages and a few of them know some beginners and advanced Sign Languages) are absolutely different stereotypes. That’s it to accept who we are. Doesn’t matter what levels of our languages from the ASL to Oral to accept our Deaf Identity and BIPOC diversities. (PERIOD)
Such an amazing video! I recently started on my own journey: I took up ASL, am learning more and more about Deaf Culture and now finding community! I can definitely reflect on the moments throughout my childhood/teen years that were quietly telling me to explore Deaf culture and just kept getting more and more noticeable. Continually calling out to me every so often, and now im responding to it in university. Sometimes wished it happened sooner but hey im glad it finally happened
This was very encouraging to watch. As an educational interpreter for many years I felt the heavy burden of being responsible for the education of these children! And as support staff we were discounted as not knowing much. There were deaf Ed teachers who did not sign. We had to interpret between a student and their own child. That was heart breaking! We saw accommodations ignored. We were told/ordered to do errand running when the students had study time. The excuse was “the teacher is not talking so the students are fine”. We were rarely given information ahead of a unit and lesson to prep for. Then we were told “ don’t worry, the lesson isn’t hard”. Hard for who?! And we saw deaf students take advantage of their deafness and get away with cheating that hearing kids could not. I’ve had deaf students openly make fun of us and lie. I’ve had deaf students not like an interpreter so say that persons skills were bad. Ive e seen deaf students get left out and get a poor education. If an interpreter was out sick, their students were on their own in the classroom all day! We were expected to tutor AND teach a resource class with no training and no teaching background.
This is why I’m a strong advocate for deaf kids to be placed in deaf schools where equity is practiced. If no deaf school nearby, set up the center based programs with deaf teachers (role models) and large # of deaf students (critical mass) It is very important to recognize the special education system (IDEA) has failed deaf kids and is enabling language deprivation syndrome. What does it take to put an end to this? 🤔
We're just as excited as you are for the next episodes! We are a very small team at Morpheyes and we will be announcing the episodes and dates across our social media as we confirm them. Stay tuned!
We have already filmed the interviews that will be in the final series and don't plan to film new interviews for this project specifically, but our 18 participants interviewed do include some folks who identify as having an additional disability!
So Awesome! I love this discussion ❤ I am not new to hearing loss, but I am new to hearing aids. I want to embrace more of myself and I want to learn more about the Deaf community, but I know I am new so it's a process of self acceptance and acceptance at large. I am a writer and I'm writing about my identity in many ways. HOH is the first part and this discussion gave me so much clarity about culture! Trust we are super diverse!
Great documentary. I grew up with Auditory Processing Disorder. I never learnt to sign, I spent my childhood in the hearing world, attended mainstream schools & colleges too in the UK.
😭 Thank you for this film. I am what I call displaced Deaf. I was fitted with hearing aids when I was 7. I was mainstreamed, and met my first other Deaf person when I was 18. We are still dear friends today, but she lives in Western Australia, I am in Washington State. I do not have any Deaf connections. I grew up being told I was not Deaf enough, so I never felt accepted by the Deaf community. Of course, I have never been accepted by the hearing community, either. I have tried to learn ASL over the years (I am 52), but it's extremely difficult when no one else uses the language. My first fully accessible language was probably written English. I have never had, nor ever will, full access to spoken English. I speak fairly well; most hearing people do not know I am Deaf until I say so. I have have many, many years of practice in passing as hearing. I have been yearning to find my community, to claim my culture, to build connections. I am rural, and it feels like the few Deaf community members I find tend to be in their own little worlds, and not particularly eager to connect with others. Sometimes I feel like they don't want to connect with ME, because I may not be Deaf enough. I am surrounded by people I love (all hearing) and who love me, but I feel So. Alone. And at my age, like I've lost so much. I no longer struggle with my identity. I know who I am, and I am quite content with who I am. But, I do not feel like I belong anywhere, and am really struggling with that.
My daughter was born in 1994. As far as I know, she was never tested for deafness. My son was born in 2000, and I distinctly remember taking him for the hearing screening as a new born. I remember the doctor giving me the "good news" that he was hearing, and I felt horribly guilty for feeling disappointed. I still do in a way. I understand more why I felt that way, but I do not think he would, nor anyone else in my hearing family would.
Why can't they categorize it as a positive, weather your baby is hearing or deaf, by saying congratulations your baby is hearing gain. Or congratulations your baby is deaf gain. It's 2024 why are they still teaching audiologist and ent's to have negative outlooks on things like hearing loss? Why aren't medical schools teaching the medical care providers to look for the positive in everything, instead of being a Debbie Downer when someone is not what they consider as normal? We need more positive medical care personnel.
Lgbtq+ has a flag to identify their culture, within the culture of Americanism. So why doesnt the Deaf culture, within the culture of Americanism, create a flag that they can fly to show their culture. So like Dr Joseph Hill said, " we don't have a flag ceremony to identify our culture, with in the American culture as a whole. So my question is why don't you create a flag that represents the Deaf/HoH culture in America? The lgbtq+ has one you need one too!
We need to change deaf awareness month to DEAF GAIN month, for I Believe it represents deafness in all its different forms as something to be proud of. And places deafness in a positive light, unlike how doctors see it as a negative thing. And how they, when they giv you the test results bad and your child has no hearing, they say I'm sorry to inform you hut your child failed their hearing test making them deaf. What does the deaf culture that sees this film and reads the comments think of this idea. And the deaf culture needs a flag to represent.
@@gotobassmsn Arnaud Balard, a DeafBlind French artist, created a Sign Union flag several years ago! seektheworld.com/arnaud-balard-the-sign-union-flag-for-deaf-people/ It is still relatively unfamiliar in the wider Deaf world, but gaining popularity.
Growing up I didn’t have strong Deaf role models so I felt very lost through most of my childhood. I love that so many people echoed my reasoning for wanting to build a community center for Deaf children some day. We all need mature Deaf role models! We can't survive without them. Can’t wait for episode 2! I will definitely be sharing this series with family and friends since I don’t think they truly understand what my journey was like. Maybe this will help.
I'm a hearing high school student learning ASL and I absolutely love this video. It's giving me amazing insights about Deaf culture and what it means, and I'm surprised to see I relate to a lot of it as a transgender person. The thing you touched on about not having adult role models - especially the revelation that "wow i can grow up! we get older!" really hit me. I don't have many trans role models and the few I've met are very precious. This is a great video and it's giving me a much stronger understanding of Deaf culture. Thank you!
So refreshing to see something MADE BY DEAF FOR DEAF. This is the kind of content I wish I had while growing up, and I hope it can help other folks as we all navigate this journey of life & growth together.
Champ! Thank you for this. I hope to see more episodes!
Just outstanding - thank you for sharing this. As the mom of a deaf adult son it feels very authentic to me. Wish we had this when he was an infant - but even now, it's very validating for the decisions I had to make as a parent. Wow.
SO excellent. I cannot wait for more episodes.
Thank you so much for everything you taught me.
This is fantastic! I can't wait to see the next episode!
I like how this piece of work helps the hearing, especially parents that have a deaf child born to them, know more about what it is like to be a deaf person. And help them know more about deaf culture.
Great episode. I hope we can have a conversation about the survivors of language deprivation (adults like myself) and what are the remedies? Thousands of dollars spent in therapy 😢or even none as still facing challenges in life. Would love to see Dr Wyatt Hall share his insights on adults with language deprivation. Civil rights and justice needed in this type of cases.
Yes, this, so much this.
I love this video. As a newly deafened person it touches on so many concerns and issues that I have. So complete; so thorough; so much joy.
Thank you for making this video. Very well done and looking forward to more!
This was lovely. Such power and important perspective(s)!
I’m deaf and I’ve never known sign, or even had a deaf friend, but this is partly my fault due to internal ableism and not accepting my deafness as a child. It’s a weird experience when everyone around you is hearing and not physically disabled, it is a very isolating experience and they can be very misunderstanding and careless sometimes, but they can also do some of the most thoughtful, kind things to help me. And a lot of people have told me “wow you speak so well I didn’t know you were deaf”, and I’ve had people literally avoid me when I tell them I’m deaf, it’s a strange feeling. Thank you for this video it’s lovely to see deaf people being proudly deaf, and I hope I can be part of a deaf community one day :)
Thank you so much for making this available and accessible!!
I’m not deaf, but this is extremely wholesome to see.
wow this was just incredible
I'm deaf and hard of hearing, raised by a hearing family and school. I never learned sign language and was given a cochlear implant and hearing aid, because of this, I've never felt like I fit in anywhere. Being Chinese with white parents too and living in a predominatly white city, this feeling was only exacerbated.
Lately, I've been trying to explore deafness and my deaf identity more since I never seriously thought about it when I was younger and this video was really incredible to watch, very insightful.
I really do hope we expand the community but also preserve what makes it important, deaf cultures. I'm really looking forward to more videos of Deaf And...
Keep up the amazing work!
Thats a very great video, I found myself nodding along with everything that was said! Thank you very much
Beautiful!
This educational video is about a group of people deeply interested in making a difference in the lives of others. We can positively impact the world and the lives of those around us, including our families. We support this channel and its media platforms to inform you that we can see how it is not always easy to find a solution. However, with the right support, we can make a difference.
How interesting issue! Those Deaf families (the Deaf institutions) v.s. These deaf siblings/children with our hearing families (the most of them don’t use some Sign Languages and a few of them know some beginners and advanced Sign Languages) are absolutely different stereotypes. That’s it to accept who we are. Doesn’t matter what levels of our languages from the ASL to Oral to accept our Deaf Identity and BIPOC diversities. (PERIOD)
This is awesome, thank you!!! Looking forward to more episodes!!
Such an amazing video! I recently started on my own journey: I took up ASL, am learning more and more about Deaf Culture and now finding community! I can definitely reflect on the moments throughout my childhood/teen years that were quietly telling me to explore Deaf culture and just kept getting more and more noticeable. Continually calling out to me every so often, and now im responding to it in university. Sometimes wished it happened sooner but hey im glad it finally happened
It is truly inspiring and informative, with a mesmerizing visual representation of the era.
This was very encouraging to watch. As an educational interpreter for many years I felt the heavy burden of being responsible for the education of these children! And as support staff we were discounted as not knowing much. There were deaf Ed teachers who did not sign. We had to interpret between a student and their own child. That was heart breaking! We saw accommodations ignored. We were told/ordered to do errand running when the students had study time. The excuse was “the teacher is not talking so the students are fine”. We were rarely given information ahead of a unit and lesson to prep for. Then we were told “ don’t worry, the lesson isn’t hard”. Hard for who?! And we saw deaf students take advantage of their deafness and get away with cheating that hearing kids could not. I’ve had deaf students openly make fun of us and lie. I’ve had deaf students not like an interpreter so say that persons skills were bad. Ive e seen deaf students get left out and get a poor education. If an interpreter was out sick, their students were on their own in the classroom all day! We were expected to tutor AND teach a resource class with no training and no teaching background.
This is why I’m a strong advocate for deaf kids to be placed in deaf schools where equity is practiced. If no deaf school nearby, set up the center based programs with deaf teachers (role models) and large # of deaf students (critical mass) It is very important to recognize the special education system (IDEA) has failed deaf kids and is enabling language deprivation syndrome. What does it take to put an end to this? 🤔
Great episode! Looking forward to the series. Do you have dates as to when the next episodes will be released!
We're just as excited as you are for the next episodes! We are a very small team at Morpheyes and we will be announcing the episodes and dates across our social media as we confirm them. Stay tuned!
Awesome episode! Looking forward to seeing more episodes. I'm wondering if your future episodes would include some Deaf Plus people?
We have already filmed the interviews that will be in the final series and don't plan to film new interviews for this project specifically, but our 18 participants interviewed do include some folks who identify as having an additional disability!
So Awesome! I love this discussion ❤ I am not new to hearing loss, but I am new to hearing aids. I want to embrace more of myself and I want to learn more about the Deaf community, but I know I am new so it's a process of self acceptance and acceptance at large. I am a writer and I'm writing about my identity in many ways. HOH is the first part and this discussion gave me so much clarity about culture! Trust we are super diverse!
Great documentary. I grew up with Auditory Processing Disorder. I never learnt to sign, I spent my childhood in the hearing world, attended mainstream schools & colleges too in the UK.
I loved this. I hope you guys make more of these.💙💙💙
😭 Thank you for this film. I am what I call displaced Deaf. I was fitted with hearing aids when I was 7. I was mainstreamed, and met my first other Deaf person when I was 18. We are still dear friends today, but she lives in Western Australia, I am in Washington State. I do not have any Deaf connections. I grew up being told I was not Deaf enough, so I never felt accepted by the Deaf community. Of course, I have never been accepted by the hearing community, either.
I have tried to learn ASL over the years (I am 52), but it's extremely difficult when no one else uses the language. My first fully accessible language was probably written English. I have never had, nor ever will, full access to spoken English. I speak fairly well; most hearing people do not know I am Deaf until I say so. I have have many, many years of practice in passing as hearing.
I have been yearning to find my community, to claim my culture, to build connections. I am rural, and it feels like the few Deaf community members I find tend to be in their own little worlds, and not particularly eager to connect with others. Sometimes I feel like they don't want to connect with ME, because I may not be Deaf enough. I am surrounded by people I love (all hearing) and who love me, but I feel So. Alone. And at my age, like I've lost so much.
I no longer struggle with my identity. I know who I am, and I am quite content with who I am. But, I do not feel like I belong anywhere, and am really struggling with that.
My daughter was born in 1994. As far as I know, she was never tested for deafness. My son was born in 2000, and I distinctly remember taking him for the hearing screening as a new born. I remember the doctor giving me the "good news" that he was hearing, and I felt horribly guilty for feeling disappointed. I still do in a way. I understand more why I felt that way, but I do not think he would, nor anyone else in my hearing family would.
Interpret between a parent and their own child
Why can't they categorize it as a positive, weather your baby is hearing or deaf, by saying congratulations your baby is hearing gain. Or congratulations your baby is deaf gain. It's 2024 why are they still teaching audiologist and ent's to have negative outlooks on things like hearing loss? Why aren't medical schools teaching the medical care providers to look for the positive in everything, instead of being a Debbie Downer when someone is not what they consider as normal? We need more positive medical care personnel.
Lgbtq+ has a flag to identify their culture, within the culture of Americanism. So why doesnt the Deaf culture, within the culture of Americanism, create a flag that they can fly to show their culture. So like Dr Joseph Hill said, " we don't have a flag ceremony to identify our culture, with in the American culture as a whole. So my question is why don't you create a flag that represents the Deaf/HoH culture in America? The lgbtq+ has one you need one too!
We need to change deaf awareness month to DEAF GAIN month, for I Believe it represents deafness in all its different forms as something to be proud of. And places deafness in a positive light, unlike how doctors see it as a negative thing. And how they, when they giv you the test results bad and your child has no hearing, they say I'm sorry to inform you hut your child failed their hearing test making them deaf. What does the deaf culture that sees this film and reads the comments think of this idea. And the deaf culture needs a flag to represent.
@@gotobassmsn Arnaud Balard, a DeafBlind French artist, created a Sign Union flag several years ago! seektheworld.com/arnaud-balard-the-sign-union-flag-for-deaf-people/ It is still relatively unfamiliar in the wider Deaf world, but gaining popularity.