Two stories of Deaf people who are victims of this very language deprivation that had a huge impact on their lives. A Deaf person didn’t know what her name was, not till she turned 11 years old and finally learned her language. Another Deaf young person, she is struggling to relay-based cooperative communication or even responding back with her full structure ASL sentence.

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I wanted to share one story that is really touched my heart
I recently met this Deaf person who shared her experience of language deprivation
It had a huge impact on her childhood as a Deaf person
She doesn’t know how to spell her name or even know what her name is, not till she turned 11 years old
Then she finally learned what her name is and was able to spell it
At 11 years old
That truly breaks my heart
Because many Deaf children are victims of language deprivation
Not just in North America but all over the world
Just too many Deaf children are language-deprived for many reasons why
Like cultural perception of Deafness, regions, lack of knowledge of the Deaf community, and much more
There is another story I wanted to share, there was a young Deaf student with who I worked at the school
She can’t relay-based cooperative communication with others
She would just stand there and not able to relay or answer questions
Even communicating in a full sentence of ASL structure
That is because of language deprivation in the first place
I know she has so much ability and it just going to take a long time for her to reach its point where she finally can interact & relay-based cooperation in communication
Just wow because those two Deaf people had so many abilities to achieve but language deprivation took them away

video ID: A white woman wears a blue baseball cap “NY”, white crop shirt with black & gold belt

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