Within the cultural model of deafness, Deaf people see themselves as a linguistic and cultural minority community rather than a "disability group". Advocates of Deaf culture use a capital "D" to distinguish cultural … See more

• Deaf culture
• Gallaudet University – school for advanced education of the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Hard-of-hearing See more

• Educating Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Inclusion. ERIC Digest
• ESL Literacy for a Linguistic Minority: The Deaf Experience. ERIC Digest. See more

The social model of deafness stems from the social model of disability. The concept of social disability was created by people who are disabled … See more

The medical model of deafness originates from medical, social welfare and majority cultural notions of the absence of the ability to hear as being an illness or a physical See more

• Bienvenu MJ, Colonomos B (1989). An Introduction to American Deaf Culture. videotape series. Sign Media, Inc.
• D'Andrade R … See more