audism

The answer to all these questions is simply: audism.

Dysconscious audism favors what is normal for the hearing community.

Audism can be seen in two general aspects.

This type of audism limits deaf culture and pride.

Phonocentrisim in the context of deafness is referred to as audism.

The person knows the effects of audism, yet still engages in this behavior and has an audist attitude.

Many Deaf individuals faced audism, a new term meaning to discriminate based on the inability to hear.

Audism is a form of ableism, discrimination on the basis of disability.

Although it stems predominantly from hearing people, audism can manifest itself in anyone, intentionally or unintentionally.

People who practice audism are called audists.

Active audism is when a person is knowingly engaging in audist behavior.

Passive audism is when a person is engaging in audist behavior, yet does not have knowledge about the Deaf community.

Phonocentrism, the belief that speech and sounds are inherently superior to written language, has been described as being the root of audism.

Audism may also be found in deaf education and in other corporate institutions and groups that deal with deafness.

Like racism or sexism, audism assigns labels, judges and limits individuals based on whether they can hear or speak.

Humphries originally applied audism to individual attitudes and practices; whereas Lane broadened the term to include oppression of deaf people.

"Mr. Yeh is not only deaf, but Asian American, and so he has had to deal with both audism and racism.

Dr. Genie Gertz explored examples of such audism in American society in her published dissertation.

CAD's position Audism is as unacceptable as sexism, racism, ageism, and other forms of bigotry.

Audism Unveiled is a documentary film about Deaf oppression and how it has influenced people to develop a sense of Deaf community and identity.

Bahan also co-wrote and co-directed the film Audism Unveiled (2008) with his colleague Dirksen Bauman.

While balancing school, jobs, and their unconventional family, the girls, along with their friends and family, experience deaf culture, relationships, classism, racism, audism, and other social issues.

Their assumptions about Deaf drivers, versus their facts about non-Deaf drivers, are a blatant example of attitudinal and factual discrimination -- in other words, audism.

Fernandes also attracted opposition due to a perception that she was insufficiently committed to addressing the problem of audism (discrimination against or persecution of anyone based on hearing status).

Such an approach had varying effects where audism lead to lower literacy rates as well as lower rates of language acquisition seen in children sent to residential schools at an early age.