Ch 10 dDeaf & differently abled

Question 1

how many dDeaf are dDeaf plus

Answer 1

40%

Question 2

questions you can ask the dDeaf person

Answer 2

What kind of communication do you need?
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Do I need to be closer or further away from you when I sign?
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Shall I sign in a smaller space?
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What kind of lighting is best?

Question 3

are you allowed to hold the door open and hold crutches

Answer 3

yes

Question 4

what are the areas of intellectual disability (ID)

Answer 4

intellectual functioning (learning, problem solving), adaptive function (daily life communication…)

Question 5

how many people in the DB community have Usher Syndrome and what is it

Answer 5

50%, genetic conditions where person is born deaf/hoh or normal hearing and loses vision later in life

Question 6

congenitally DeafBlind

Answer 6

born DB, hearing and vision impairment happens before spoken, signed, other language develop

Question 7

acquired DB

Answer 7

born dhh sight loss later on or born vision impaired/blind + hearing loss later on

Question 8

Dual-Sensory Loss

Answer 8

DB, degree of loss in vision and hearing varies

Question 9

Tadoma

Answer 9

communication method where blind and deaf place hands on lips of speaker

Question 10

Tactile ASL

Answer 10

started 2006 by DB service center Seattle, WA to create more direct, tactile contact with environment and people

Question 11

ProTactile ASL philosophy to tree

Answer 11

branches are: philosophy, attitude, culture, language

Question 12

distantism

Answer 12

the high value sighted and hearing people put on seeing things from a distance

Question 13

intervenors

Answer 13

trained to work with DB, guide them through world