...Ryan Lane Ryan Thomas Lane was born on November 23, 1987 to parents William and Jill Lane. Ryan was born deaf and when he was only 2 weeks old he was diagnosed with congenital nerve deafness. Congenital nerve deafness is a defect on the auditory nerve in the cochlea which may be present at birth or acquired during or soon after birth. Usually both inner ears are effected to the same extent. In Ryan’s case congenital nerve deafness was either caused by kernicterus (a lack of oxygen during a prolonged pregnancy, where the baby becomes jaundiced,) or was inherited from failure of the cochlea to develop properly. His sisters Hayley and Kristen both knew sign language, and tried to teach their parents and Ryan also. Though they knew ASL, they knew nothing about the background and culture of the Deaf Community. When Ryan was 6 years old he started learning ASL. He soon realized that he did not like ASL and decided to use SEE (signed exact English). Ryan’s father, William, was hard-of-hearing but his mother and sisters were both hearing. Ryan Lane won the worlds heart by communicating through SEE, his recurring role in ABC’s hit drama “Switched at Birth,” and by participating in the charity “Dogs for the Deaf” Ryan Lane knew American Sign Language but preferred to use SEE. When he was younger his parents wanted him to learn to read lips, so they sent him through speech auditory training. It was hard for him to learn anything because he could not focus, and he did not understand...
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...about the reasons why we should have Pit Bulls as pets. In this paragraph, I’ll be talking about why PitBulls should be allowed as pets. The reason why is because they can protect their owners or anyone. They can protect you when you're in danger. For example, in Source 4 it talks about how they attack if there's a problem. One of the quotes is. Other breeds of dogs can attack people, these incidents go unmentioned in the news, even at the local level. They can also protect you by their barking. Their loud barking can intimidate other people or predators and scare them away. Another reason why they can protect you is because they are one of the “ Breeds” that are one of the strongest and buffest pets ever. Their strongest and buffness can already tell the other person or predator to not mess with them because they will know to not mess with you. For the most part, this is the reason why we should allow Pit Bulls as pets....
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...Disability Etiquette: Engaging People with Disabilities Don’t let fear and uncertainty keep you from getting to know people with disabilities. Fear of the unknown and lack of knowledge about interacting can lead to uneasiness when meeting a person who has a disability. Remember: a person with a disability is a person with feelings. Treat him or her as you would want to be treated, and then let common sense and friendship break down any barriers you may encounter. Meeting a person with a disability 1. A handshake is NOT a standard greeting for everyone. When in doubt, ASK the person whether he or she would like to shake hands with you. A smile along with a spoken greeting is always appropriate. 2. Speak directly to the person with a disability, not just to persons who may be accompanying him or her. 3. Don’t mention the person’s disability, unless he or she talks about it or it is relevant to the conversation. 4. Treat adults as adults. Don’t patronize or talk down to people with disabilities. Likewise, don’t lavish praise on a person with a disability for having the “courage” to overcome a disability. 5. Be patient and give your undivided attention, especially with someone who speaks slowly or with great effort. 6. Never pretend to understand what a person is saying. Ask the person to repeat or rephrase. 7. It is okay to use common expressions like “see you soon” or “I’d better be running along.” 8. Relax. We all make mistakes. Offer...
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...Kellie Hintz 15 May 2010 Writing 1200 The Human-Animal Bond: How animals enrich our lives The year 2003 started out the same as any other year. It was my second year in the Army and I was just beginning to get used to the demands of military life, when, all of a sudden, my unit got orders to go to Iraq. I felt as if my world had been turned upside down, and I had no idea how I was going to get through the deployment and still keep my sanity. About three months into the deployment, I was taking the trash out after dinner when it happened. As I was about to launch the bag into the trash trailer, I could have sworn I heard a cat meow. I thought, “I must be crazy!” I hadn’t seen a cat since I left the United States, but sure enough when I bent down to look under the trailer, there he was. Staring back at me was a cat that could have passed for my childhood cat. I doubted that he would come to me if I called him, but I decided to give it a try anyway, and to my surprise he came! This was the beginning of a three month relationship. I started calling him Marvin since he reminded me so much of the cat I had when I was young. For the three months I spent about 30 minutes a day with Marvin. He would usually show up right around dinner time. He always knew where he could find me, and when he did, he would come over and jump into my lap and lay down. He would sit with me for a while and I would pet him and talk to him about my day. Some of the people I worked with would come by and...
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...Mariners d. Camping with family e. Growing up in school 3. What were your educational experiences? a. Started 3 years old at UW to get a head start because of Deafness b. Went to North West School for the Hearing Impaired Children – could have gotten a cochlear implant c. Mainstreamed at Kings d. Went to Olympic View Junior high (Met current husband) e. Mariner High School then Kamiak High School (Sno-Isle) f. Scholarship to Edmonds Community College then went to Bellevue College g. 9 years later back to Edmonds Community College h. Now Ashford 4. What were you like as a teenager? a. I was a good kid until I went to public schools b. Got my name in the newspaper often for sports c. The only Deaf kid in school and people knew who I was d. Very involved in sports e. Ran away from home when I was 16 5. What did you do after you left school? a. I moved out as soon as I turned 18 b. Moved in with an older boyfriend c. Died in a car accident d. worked 2 jobs went to Bellevue College e. lived in my car for 3 months with a friend f. moved around a lot g. hit rock bottom with an abusive boyfriend and drugs h. met first husband, he saved me i. played for the...
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...an order late age? I didn’t learn any language since I moved to America in New York City. There are a lot occur during Kosovo school. Their education system was awful for deaf people because there is barrier communicate. My parent decides to send me to a deaf school, there is a new method for me to learn a language is America sign language. The teacher and family are the most important of my life because they influence me to become a better person and, improve education. If those are not existing in my life. I will be gone forever. In 1995, a doctor said that I was a perfectly healthy condition. When I became 1 and half years old, I was sick with high fever for almost 2 weeks, it leads to my hearing...
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...American Sign Language, or ASL has long been associated with the deaf community, and for good reason, as it was created for those who are deaf, hard of hearing and hearing impaired. After officially being recognized as a language in 1817, it has been the standard used in most of the United States of America, as well as most of Canada. In recent years, however it has been used to teach infants how to speak, and as a tool for nonverbal autistic people to communicate. There are major differences between the ways ASL is used in these situations. Because it is now being used differently, like any language it is evolving to fit the needs and culture of different people groups. Nonverbal people and deaf people experience different challenges in their day to day life they use Sign Language Differently Because most nonverbal people can hear, the function of ASL in their daily life is much different than that of a deaf person. The three most important differences between sign languages in the deaf community and the nonverbal community are the...
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...shapes, loan signs * Joyce strongly dislikes the ABC cards because it is not the proper way to learn how to fingerspell. * Her method is to unlearn the ABC’s and relearn them as whole units and not individual letters * Children with deaf parents learn fingerspelling as units not letters. They later learn the individual signs in school. * We have to change, and establish a new habit of reading fingerspelling as whole words based on the shape. The three C’s * Children go through phases- see as whole units, omit letters when fingerspelling, after learning to read and write they can then spell correctly. * Word shape= configuration * Closure filling in the gaps by making educated guessed * Context- anticipated or predicts what might be coming in a finger spelled word that idea of expectation or anticipation is very much like using what you know of the English language or what you know of the situation or topic of conversation to provide a context. Lesson Two * Research shows most deaf people look in the area of the thought to keep up with the whole conversation.to pick up the facial, body expression fingerspelling, and the overall space. * Practice sentence!!! “ The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs” * Stop or pause in between words to show separation. * Must concentrate to see the slight pause * Practice, practice, practice Guidelines to follow * Pam faces out towards the person * Helpful to learn to read fingerspelling...
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... To use “real world orientation” you need to: 1 learning where different cities and areas of cities are located from where you are at the time 2. Point in the direction of what is is you're discussing 3. look in the direction you are pointing 3. When giving commands involving a location, follow the sequence below: 1. name the location (raise brows) 2. name the object (raise brows) 3. indicate who (point to the person) 4. give the command (to put the object in a specific place) 4. Douglas Tilden is called the Michelangelo of the American West. 5. True or False (circle one). Douglas Tilden was voted Vice President of the International Congress of the Deaf at its first convention in Paris. 6. True or False (circle one). To ask a “which” question, use contrastive structure. 7. Diana the popular royal Princess of Wales, acquired fluency in British Sign Language and raised awareness of BSL and Deaf People. 8. True or False (circle one). Ordinal numbers begin with the palm facing up followed by a twist. 9. To indicate that a location is far away, do the following: 1. tilt your head 2. squint your eyes 3. open your mouth slightly 4. tell where: point with your arm fully extended 10. To indicate moderate distance, do the following: 1. tilt your head 2. purse your lips slightly 3. tell where: point with your arm moderately extended 11. To indicate that a location is very near, do the following: 1. told your head 2. clench teeth, turn head to dominant side, with cheek almost touching shoulder 3....
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...the horses, dogs, and chickens. She began speaking at 6 monthes old and by the time she was a little over a year old, Helen was walking. In 1882, she was stricken by an illness. She was running a high fever with headaches for several days. This illness left her blind and deaf. Today it is believed she had brain congestion or scarlet fever. Helen became a very wild, unruly child throwing tantrums, kicking, hitting and seemed very frustrated. Her parents new something had to be done to help their daughter. In 1887, they contacted the Perkins Institute for...
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...personal property, 3-year old German Shepherd for safe-keeping of the club’s property in the apt. • There are signs on the exterior and on a bldg directory in the lobby. • No notices that the 5th fl is used as a residence and not for commercial or business purposes. • Automatic elevator for all the floors accessible as one entered the bldg from Madison Street and walking through bldg lobby passing bldg office(left side). • June 12, 1961, P (deaf mute) entered bldg about 2 pm for the purpose of selling printed cards depicting the deaf and dumb alphabet. Her first time at the bldg. P passed the bldg’s office where a woman was sitting, took the elevator to the 5th fl. The door of the elevator opened automatically at 5th fl but she had open (swung outward) a second door (said heavy). P turned left toward the apt door. At that point, D’s dog ran out of the door and jumped on the P. P testified, "... the dog bit me on the leg, and he bit me on the body, and he bit me on the arm, and I tried to cover my face. And the dog was big, and the dog was bigger than I was, and he was on top of me, and three times he bit me." • The plaintiff stated that she finally managed to get back to the elevator and to ride down to the lobby where she told the woman at the switchboard what had happened. • P’s exhibit #1: a...
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...I said Proudly. “Cool.” Allie replied, hitting the acting cool but still sounding like you care line. “This is SOOOOO important.” Allie said dead serious. “Yeah?” I asked out of curiosity. “I LOVE to sing!” She exclaimed dramatically. “Wow, all that i’ve learned from you so far you remind me a lot of my sister Ellee, because she also LOVES to sing, and she is really weird! In a good way.” I added. “A little random, but do you have any pets?” I asked out of nowhere. “For one yeah, that was really random, for two, yeah I do have a dog, his name is Toby. If you ever meet him, he is a little protective, and, well, nice I guess, in his own way.” She replied with a loss of words. “Okaay.” I said cautiously. “My dog is named Cody, he is blind, going deaf, and he is thirteen years old.” I said sadly. “Woah.” Allie said with a voice that is like she is trying to see what that’s like to have a thirteen year old dog that is blind and going deaf. “This is the my first year in this district.” Allie muttered. “Really?” I challenged. “Really!” she insisted. “Cause it’s my first year too!” I marveled at the thought. “Hey this is our stop, want to chat in the school with me?” Allie asked with a little hope in her voice. “Sure! And you can show me some of your builds for Minecraft.”I replied. Today I think I’ve found a good friend....
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...senses become impaired or is extinguished? We all love to feel the rain on our skin, smell the fresh forest air, taste great home cooking, and see the newborn baby first open their eyes. But, what if you’re crossing the street and you can’t hear the drunk driver and the sirens turning the corner behind you? What do you do when you’re struggling to hear your teacher’s very important review about your final? What happens if you were living in New York City, sitting in your apartment, and you couldn’t hear the bombs collide with the World Trade Center? People who are deaf or hearing impaired are very unfortunate in these situations and have to exert more effort to cope with their everyday life. Hearing loss makes even routine communication difficult. (“Slowik”) Students, especially, notice the difficulties. Medically, Hearing Impairment is considered a disability. As a hearing impaired student and speaking as a deaf community member, it is not a disability it is a difference. While on campus attending your classes you face a variety of problems. You can’t ever really ask other students for help or information about assignments unless you have a pen and paper or a...
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... Name Institutional Affiliation Service animals are animals that have been specially trained to carry out activities for people with various disabilities. Dogs have been known to be main service animals even though monkeys, birds and horses have been documented. Laws about service dogs are provided by various state laws such as housing act, air carrier act ADA etc. .With proper training, Such animals can assist mitigate various disabilities by performing tasks such as directing a wheelchair, guiding the blind, guiding the deaf, alerting people with seizures, reminding mentally sick people to take their drugs, pick objects that are out of their person’s reach, opening and closing doors, turning light switches off and on, barking to indicate that help is needed and the tasks are endless. Allen, K., & Blascovich. J. (1996).Service animals are dogs on duty and not pets. Service dogs get trained on specific tasks relating to the person with disability. Dogs playing other roles such giving comfort and company are not service dogs according to IDA definition. Where Service Animals Are Allowed According to ADA, any institution that serves the public must give access to service animals to give assistance to disabled people. For example, in a school, it’s wrong to deny access to a service animal in areas such as examination rooms, library...
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...was home-schooled till the age of 11, soon after he attended Edinburgh’s Royal High School for four years(A&E Networks Television, 1). Bell, enjoyed science, but did not do well academically but still had a very active mind. When Bell’s father had gone to Canada when Bell and his younger brother was in poor health had increased dramatically. He now decided that what was left of his family should move to Canada, and by late 1870, they were living in Brentford, Ontario(A&E Networks Television, 1). While Bell was moving jobs and locations around the UK and North America, Bell had developed an overriding desire to invent a machine that could reproduce human speech. Speech had become his life: his mother had gone deaf, and Bell’s father had developed a method of teaching deaf people to speak, which Bell taught. His research into mechanizing human speech had become a relentless obsession: in the UK it had driven him almost to collapse. Still young, Bell had reviewed Hermann von Helmholtz (German scientist) notes and by just revising the pictures and diagrams he had constructed the first telecommunication device(A&E Networks Television, 1). With his mistakes of reading the information in German he was able to design the device. After the word had been released of his invention, western union tried to buy the patent twice but the second time Bell had told them he has now started the Bell® telephone company(A&E Networks Television, 1) . With the end of the century, no one could rest yet...
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