Schema Definition
A perceptual framework that is based upon their personal experiences and background
How do we organize our schema?
Physical, roles, interactions, psychological, memberships
Did the pathological view of Deafness embrace the use of ASL?
No. Anything other than English was viewed as inferior
Define Oppression
the unjust or excessive exercise of power or position that hurts, maligns, or disempowers others
Define Marginalization
systematic exclusion of minority group members
Types of Oppression
individual, group, institutionalized oppression
Audism Definition
attitude based on pathological thinking causing negative stigma toward anyone who does not hear
Cultural view of Deaf people vs Pathological
Deaf people are regular capable humans living in a visual/non-hearing norms vs Deafness is an illness and view that Deaf people need to be “fixed”
list some of the Characteristics(by Pablo Freirer) of ‘benefactors’ of oppression
- Negative view of the minority group
- Reciprocity of perspectives
- Myth of the misguided child
- Paternalism and posessive consciousness
- Needfor approval from marginalized group members
- Resistance to attempts for liberation
Give two examples of how Audism affects Deaf people
- Institutionalized oppression: long term conditioning of the public to view the minority group as ‘less than’— (continues until the marginalization is normalized and accepted)
- “Benefactors are perfect”: Mistaking priviledge for perfection
