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Audism

Audism as described by deaf activists is a form of discrimination directed against deaf people, which may include those diagnosed as deaf from birth, or otherwise. Tom L. Humphries coined the term in an unpublished manuscript in 1975, which he later reiterated in his doctoral project in 1977, but it did not start to catch on until Harlan Lane used it in…

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Types of audism

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Audism in the educational system

Audism in the legal system

Audism in linguistics

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Advocates for audist ideology

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Audism

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Audism

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related to history · 22
Audism → Amy Rowley, As Humphries, Audiocentric Privilege, Benevolence, Communities, David, Exploring, H-Dirksen Bauman, Harlan Lane, Harlan Lane's Mask, Humphries, It, Mask, Metaphysics, Oppression, Practice, Richard Eckert, Since, The, Theory
related to Origins of audism · 9
Audism → America, Aristotle's Poetics, During, However, In New England, Limited, Renaissance, Richard Eckert, The
related to Types of audism · 7
Audism → Dysconscious, In, It, Linguistic, Many, Milan, This
related to Additional resources pertaining to audism · 6
Audism → Audism Unveiled, His, Other, Personal, Peter Hauser, TedTalk
related to Audism in linguistics · 4
Audism → Additionally, However, Linguicism, Linguistic
related to External links · 4
Audism → Canadian Association, The, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2, WiktionaryAudism
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Audism → term used to define deaf people and their culture as inferior to hearing culture

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deaf people language hearing individuals languages culture term sign community also education audist signed deafness society humphries activists idea linguistic

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Audismis aterm used to define deaf people and their culture as inferior to hearing culture0.90text
audiologyinstance ofbut can also be applied to practices0.80text
speech therapyinstance ofbut can also be applied to practices0.80text
medicine psychologyinstance ofbut can also be applied to practices0.80text
social workinstance ofbut can also be applied to practices0.80text
other fieldsinstance ofbut can also be applied to practices0.80text
telephonesinstance ofBahan notes inventions0.80text
radiosinstance ofBahan notes inventions0.80text
or a lunch bell can be considered audist because they are sound-based technologies.Additionallyinstance ofBahan notes inventions0.80text
deaf people can practice forms of discrimination against members of their own communityinstance ofBahan notes inventions0.80text
based on what they believe is acceptable behaviorinstance ofBahan notes inventions0.80text
use of languageinstance ofBahan notes inventions0.80text

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