Essays on Deaf

Work has been viewed as essential to inclusion in our life, not only necessary for economic survival but also influential in meeting a myriad of social needs. Employment plays a vital role in life as it enables social inclusion and provides the financial resources necessary...

In American society, we pride ourselves on being a melting pot of ethnicity, culture, and languages. Other nations bring food, spices, and dialects to our homeland which we use to enrich our own culture. Millions of Americans fluently speak languages other than English and can...

The deaf community is one of the largely understated groups when it comes to oppression. Hearing is something that most people take for granted, not giving a second thought to what it would be like to live without it. Being that the majority of the...

Over the years, the advancements in media have been noticeably changing to accommodate to new lifestyles, disabilities, genders, etc. Disability has become normalized and a staple in different forms of public platforms that include television series, movies, advertisements for clothing companies, etc. However, despite there...

Defined over and over, intersectionality is ultimately stripped down to layers of uniqueness with which we identify ourselves with. Initially this word was utilized to describe an individual’s lifetime experiences, such as oppression and privilege. Taken at face value, Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing (HoH)...