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What does Deaf Culture mean?
As a linguistic minority, deaf people share many similar life experiences, which manifests into the deaf culture. According to the World Federation of the Deaf, it includes “beliefs, attitudes, history, norms, values, literary traditions and art shared by those who are Deaf”. Also, probably the main aspect of deaf culture is the use of Sign Language as the main form of communication.
Events that impacted the Deaf Community
October 25th 2024 marked 1 year since the shooting in Lewiston, ME. The Deaf community lost 4 members. The Daily Moth's news anchor, Alex Abenchuchen, came to Maine to attend the commemoration in Lewiston and also the commemoration in Portland. Here is a news piece from the Daily Moth Deaf Maine marks one-year anniversary of Oct. 25 tragedy
News Center Maine piece about how the tragedy impacted the Deaf community at the time of the tragedy and now. Remembering and including Maine's Deaf community well beyond a crisis,
CBS 13 News also did a news piece called Lewiston tragedy highlights communication barriers for Maine's deaf community. This is a great one that also speaks to why providing captioning isn't always enough.
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