The Predicament of d/Deaf: Towards an Anthropology of Not-Disability

Park, Julie; Fitzgerald, Ruth; Legge, Michael

doi:10.17730/0018-7259-74.2.154

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“…Furthermore, deafness exists in an ambiguous zone of disability and ‘not disability’ (Park et al, 2015), and there are many ways to be deaf as contemporary contributions to deaf anthropology demonstrate (Friedner and Kusters, 2020; Monaghan et al, 2003):Disability is a profoundly relational category, always created as a distinction from cultural ideas of normality . .…”

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Cochlear Implants: Young Adults’ Embodied Experiences of Deafness and Hearing through Implanted Technology

2023

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This article ethnographically considers the experiences of Australian young people who were born deaf and who hear and listen through cochlear implants to explore the intersection between the sensory body, lived experience and technology. The article draws on phenomenology to examine how experiences of deafness are productive in analysing articulations of embodiment and the meanings embedded in a body that is valued as both deaf and hearing. Leaving aside binary conceptions of deaf versus hearing, and understandings of the cochlear implant as a remedy for sensory deficits, we instead make a case for nuanced understandings of the device and embodied experiences through technology. This analysis identifies how a cochlear implanted body navigates connections to the world and to others in turning on and off engagement. We contend that the device has an intrinsic value for recipients through enabling their access to hearing while not removing their experiences of deafness.

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Cochlear Implants: Young Adults’ Embodied Experiences of Deafness and Hearing through Implanted Technology

2023

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“…For signing deaf people, there is some apprehension that the NDIS could reframe their experience: moving from a primarily cultural-linguistic framing of deafness to one that acknowledges disablement. It has been reported that this could lead to cognitive dissonance for signing deaf people (Park, Fitzgerald, and Legge 2015) and create the situation of 'Deaf dilemma' , as described by Lane (2005), where signing deaf people might adopt a specific label so they can be included in the provision of services. Calder-Dawe, Witten, and Carroll (2020) caution that tensions can arise if there is a lack of alignment between disabled people's views about their lives and the wider cultural representations of their disability.…”

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“…While many signing deaf people might consider that they are disabled through a lack of access to their wider community, they may also consider that they belong to a distinct cultural-linguistic group, which functions as a necessary source and facilitator of their wellbeing (Batterbury, Ladd, and Gulliver 2007;Deaf Australia 2021). Signing deaf people seek access to the solutions that are suited to their particular predicament to enable full participation (Park, Fitzgerald, and Legge 2015;T. Shakespeare 2008): access through their language and through their understandings of their particular ways of doing things.…”

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Accessing the NDIS: signing deaf people’s experiences

Treloar

2021

Disability & Society

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In Australia, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) seeks to ensure that disabled people can access the support they need to live an independent life. There is limited knowledge around the NDIS client experience of signing deaf people-people who use Auslan as their primary language. This article reports on a pilot study that explored signing deaf people's experiences when accessing the NDIS to obtain a service package. Signing deaf people were invited to join a focus group and share their experiences. While all participants indicated that their initial contact with the NDIS and its provision of essential information through Auslan was adequate, they believed that access was difficult when they needed more detail. Also, all participants noted that NDIS staff members' knowledge of signing deaf people's life experience was an area for development. Overall, signing deaf people's consumer experience of the NDIS did not appear to meet their expectations. Points of interest• In Australia, signing deaf people can choose to be part of the new support system for disabled people -the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). • Signing deaf people in this study liked the way the NDIS gave them information through their sign language, Auslan, however, when they wanted to get more detailed information -they could not find it. • NDIS staff could develop their knowledge of signing deaf people's life experience. Better staff knowledge can improve signing deaf people's NDIS experience. • The research shares signing deaf people's experiences of the NDIS and adds to future research and better knowledge.

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2022

A Companion to Medical Anthropology

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The Predicament of d/Deaf: Towards an Anthropology of Not-Disability

Cited by 9 publications

References 14 publications

Cochlear Implants: Young Adults’ Embodied Experiences of Deafness and Hearing through Implanted Technology

Cochlear Implants: Young Adults’ Embodied Experiences of Deafness and Hearing through Implanted Technology

Accessing the NDIS: signing deaf people’s experiences

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