Presentation #3 at the Transform EHDI Now Conference 2018 in Colorado Convention Center on March 18, 2018. Please go to https://transformehdi.wixsite.com/transformehdi/program for more information. To view YouTube presentation in ASL, go to https://youtu.be/NYu0xKNxYOg.

1. S =
K
C
O
L
B
Building
Arlene Garcia
Regan Thibodeau
xEHDI to EHDI 2018
Deaf
Capital

2. Paradigm of Truths
- Personally Accumulated Knowledge:
Personal Scope- Lived Experiences
- Informed Decision Making:
Etic Expertise vs. Emic Expertise

3. A Back Story
Arlene: Deaf of Deaf
Regan: Deaf of Hearing
=======>>> Common Theme?
See next slide...

4. A Common Theme
Deaf Insight
Deaf Space
Deaf Weltanschauung
==> > > Lived Experiences [DEAFHOOD]
==> > > DEAF CAPITAL: Exposure & understanding
Deafness as a human experience, as complete
beings

5. Whose Knowledge
Counts
vs.
Whose Knowledge
is Discounted
Deaf Community
Cultural Wealth
DCCW
= Deaf Capital
Our Approaches & Methodologies
Transform that
Medical Theorizing
Space
Our Knowledges, Skills, Abilities &
Contacts Possessed & Utilized by
Deaf People to Survive &
Resist Marco & Micro-Forms
of Oppression

7. Doable Actions
A Rich Deaf Capital Requires:
Learning about Healthy Deaf People and Diversity by
interacting with:
“The Deaf Community
&
The Network”

8. A Rich Deaf Capital Requires:
● Trainings to include parents of Deaf children &
staff/professionals working with Deaf
children/adults to better understand:
“ASL & Deaf Education & Resources”
“The New World of Using Eyes & Hands”
Doable Actions

9. A Rich Deaf Capital Requires:
● Commitment to what full accommodations
means by understanding your and your Deaf
child’s role in:
“Communication & Accessibility “
“Advocacy & Systematic Oppression “
Doable Actions

10. A Rich Deaf Capital Requires:
“Options vs. Opportunities”
“Research Findings on Brain Studies &
The Visual Language” [xPhonocentricism]
Doable Actions

11. A Rich Deaf Capital Requires:
● A village of peers and mentors surrounding the
Deaf child as a means to support:
“The Development of a Healthy Identity
as Complete Human Beings”
Doable Actions

12. ...this means
WE NEED
...your presence in these spaces to
develop a RICHER
Deaf Capital for all. ASK ASK ASK.
xEHDI to EHDI

13. Deaf Capital
Begins before the Birth of Deaf Babies- it
begins with you & their parents

14. Veditz’s ‘Doable Action’
Preservation of Sign Language via Film...
What will
yours be?
OUR FUTURE