The Difficulty with Deafness Discourse and Disability Culture

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Tanis Doe

Keywords

Deaf, Disability, Culture

Abstract

This paper addresses why the Deaf Culture stance is to distance itself from disability and how this divides rather than unifies communities in common. From the perspective of a member of both the Deaf World and Disability Culture, current discourses are considered and presented for discussion.
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