Deaf Gain

Time

1 hour

Format & Materials

Video/ Group discussion

• Flipchart
• Video:

(Captions as a gain)

(ASL)

(Marilyn Matlee)

http://www.sdr.org/dokumentarkiv/sdr/361-deaf-gain-how-deaf-people-change-humanity/file (Powerpoint by Joe Murray)

and/or similar videos/documents in the national sign language of the participants.

Background reading for trainers (English texts):

• Don Grushkin, What is Deaf Gain?
• David Evans, Hearing loss versus Deaf Gain
• Dirksen Bauman, PhD and Joseph J. Murray, Ph.D.,  Deaf Gain: Why the world needs deaf people.

PowerPoint Slides used at the ISLA Workshop

PowerPoint Slides for the Deaf Gain Group Activity at the ISLA Workshop

Content

The trainers and participants watch the videos, together.

Afterwards, they discuss the videos / Deaf Gain.

Together, they make a list of ‘Deaf Gain’ examples on a flip chart.

The trainers summarize why Deaf Gain is important/how it can be used to good effect in interviews/on CVs/Application Forms/Business plans.