Umama noTata Ngaba zizithulu, Ngako-ke Ungokokazi kunye noMkhulu?
Xa ndisekholeji engenazithulu kwi-NTID naseGallaudet, ndafumanisa ukuba ndiba nomona nge-DODs (izithulu zezithulu, abafundi abayizithulu ababezalelwe iintsapho ezizithulu). Babonakala bekholose kwaye baxhomekeke ekubeni yienkokheli. Abanye abantu abayizithulu abaziwayo yi-DODs. Omnye umzekelo ngumdlali weBernard Bragg (ibali lobomi bakhe lichazwe kwincwadi ethi Lessons in Laughter).
Enyanisweni, abantwana abane-DOD baye bafunyaniswa nezifundo ezithile ukuba "ziphakamileyo zeelwimi." Umyalelo wabo we-ASL kunye nesiNgesi ngokuqhelekileyo idlulile kuneentanga ezingabalwanga ngabazali abayizithulu, kuba i-ASL ihlala ilwimi lwabo lokuqala ngolwimi lwesiNgesi.
Ukuba i-DOD ngumthombo woqhayisa kwizithulu zoluntu.
Kule minyaka, ndikunandipha ukufunda amanqaku amaninzi malunga neentsapho ezininzi ezizithulu ezizinzileyo. Enye into endiyikhumbulayo ivela kwiminyaka yama-1980, ebizwa ngokuba ndicinga ukuba "Abamnandi Abamans," eshicilelwe kwisivakalisi esisisithulu esingenakukhumbula. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba yayisidala saseMelika.
Akuqhelekanga ukuba nesinezizukulwana zesithathu, sesine, okanye sesithandathu. Abantu abaninzi abayizithulu bayashada nezinye i-peole zesithulu, kwaye ukuba abayizithulu bafumana ilifa, isiphumo sizo iintsapho ezizithulu ezizininzi. Ezi ntsapho maxa wambi zibizwa ngokuba "ziintlobo zentetho." Ngokomnye inkomfa yokuzithulu, kunokwenzeka ukuba kufumaneke isizukulwana sesibhozo iintsapho ezizithulu ezifikelela yonke indlela ukuya ngasekuqaleni kwekhulu le-19. Umdiliya kaMarta eMassachusetts wawuhlala ixesha elide ekhaya.
Ngokuqhelekileyo ii-DOD zifunyanwa zisebenza kwiindawo ezifana ne-Gallaudet University.
Ukhando lwewebhu luphendulele uFlavia Frazier, umqeqeshi kuGallaudet kwisebe loLwimi lwezandla lweMerika kunye noTeaf Studies. UFrazier wesine isizukulwana esisisithulu, kwaye umntwana wakhe uyisizukulwana sesihlanu.
Uphando kunye namanqaku malunga neentsapho ezininzi ezizithulu ezingaphantsi kweengcali zezesayensi, zibonakala zingqongqo.
Imithombo eshicilelweyo eyaziwayo:
- Garretson, MD (uMq.). (1996) Iintsikelelo: Iimbono zeembali: Isizwe esingenalwazi saseMelika. Silver Spring, MD: UMbutho weSizwe weZiThulu. Le nografi ibandakanya indlela yokuzalwa ngokobuhlanga kwiintsapho ezizithulu eziziintlobo ezininzi.
- URoss E. Mitchell noMichael A. Karchmer. Ukuxoshelwa kwePesentical Ten Percent: Abazali abavayo Ukuziphulaphula iziThulu kunye noLwazi olunzulu lokuLawula abafundi eUnited States. Umqulu Wezine, Iingxelo ezimbini zoLwimi lwezandla. Eli phepha lihlola ukusabalalisa kwezizithulu kubantu abangevayo kunye nemibuzo nokuba ngaba yinyaniso ukuba iipesenti ezilishumi zezizithulu zizalwe ngabazali abayizithulu. Eli phepha likhankanya amanqaku amaninzi.
- Kwinqaku ethi "I-Deafly Deaf" eyapapashwa kwiNew York Times, ngo-Agasti 28, 1994, isisulu sentsholongwane uJackie Roth sitsho ukuba abantwana abayizithulu abakhulayo kwiintsapho ezizithulu banokuqonda kakuhle ukuba kuthetha ukuthini isithulu.
Iindwendwe ezizithulu :
- Ndingathanda ukubonisa ukuba ukukhula ngomlomo, ndilahlekelwe kakhulu ...
Emva kokuba ndifudlulele kwiSikolo esiThulukileyo, ukufunda kwakungekho mzabalazo ... uninzi lwabafundi be-DOD bahleleke ngakumbi kuluntu, bezemfundo kwaye baye baba oogqirha abanomdla kunye namagqwetha okanye ootitshala beekholeji. Ukubuyela kwakhona kwi-HS yokuhlangana, uninzi lwabaontanga bam abazizithulu ezivela kwiintsapho zokuva bekho kwimisebenzi yamacollar blue. Abahlobo be-DOD, bebaninzi bafumana i-MA okanye i-PhD degrees!
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- "Andivumelani nanoma yiyiphi" ingcali "echaza ukuba i-DOD yimixholo engcono kunabantwana abayizithulu abazalwe kwaye bakhuliswa ngabazali abavayo.
Ndine-2 izithulu (izithulu ezizalwe) intombi zenyathelo, ama-4 yecala kunye nabazali abafanayo. Unalo udade nomzalwana ovela kumama kunye nami ngokwam.
Inqaku lam kukuba bahamba okanye baya kwiWestern Pennsylvania School kwiZiThulu. Phantse yonke i-DOD apho uthetha isiNgesi esingacacanga. Iintombi zam ziya khona kwaye ziqondwa ngabani na kunini na ... IWalmart, McDonalds, njl. Sibakhuthaza ukuba bathethe. Ndabona ukuba ezininzi iintsapho zeDOD zithembela kwi-100% ngolwimi lwezandla.
Ngaphezu koko, kwintsapho nabazali abazivayo abantwana abangevayo bayakwazi ukuqhuba ukuthetha ngaphandle kokuhlekwa ngcikivo. "
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- "Nabani na othumele izimvo kwiCandelo leNtsifo, lungekho ngokupheleleyo." I-DOD inokuthetha njengabanye. Ndiyi-DOD kwaye ndiyakwazi ukunxibelelana nelizwe lokuva, ixesha elininzi, lingcono kunabanye abazizithulu. Ndinekratshi ukuba ndizalwe ngabazali abayizithulu kwaye ndiyabulela ukuba bayamxhasa. Umama wam wenza isigqibo xa ndimntwana ukuba ndiye kwiprogram yokuthetha, kodwa njengoko ndakhula kwaye ndangena esikolweni esiphakeme, andifuni ukufumana unyango lwentetho Abazali bam bayamkela loo nto.Iyisigqibo sam sokuyeka ukufunda indlela, kodwa abantu abavayo bayakwazi ukundiqonda ngokucacileyo. Ndiyazixhasa ngokucacileyo abantu abangaziThulu kwaye bandichukumisa ukuba umntu uthe i-DOD ayithethi kakuhle, Ngoko ndandifuna ukuxelela wonke umntu ukuba kukho iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zabantu emhlabeni. "