191:: Let's start with the big question: What is deaf culture? How does the condition of deafness lead to the creation of a culture? Carol, why don't you go first. Ms. Padden: Yes, I'll start with that. The concept of culture is a way to capture something that deaf people share – not only deaf people, but groups of deaf people that are all over the world. It describes what deaf people have in common, their common history, their sets of ideas, their common practices. Culture itself captures a sense of commonality within a group of people.
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Carol Padden has experienced Deaf
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My parents are both deaf, and I have an older deaf brother, so sign language was a natural part of my upbringing. When I was eight, I transferred from a special school for deaf children to my local public school and for the first time, I was among children and adults who did not sign. I often
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of six, but did not meet other Deaf people until he entered college. Together, they have participated in a new generation of research on sign language.
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