Deaf people, like hearing people have their own culture. Not only d they have there own language but a separate culture then hearing people. The deaf culture is very important to the deaf community in this paper I will tell you some examples of this amazing culture.
             Many people of the hearing community might think of a deaf person as "handicapped" but if you called a deaf person this, they would be offended. Deaf people do not think of them self as disabled or handicapped. They prefer to call them self's by this only for social, political, or economical needs. Many hearing people think that deaf people should learn to lip-read and learn how to speak so hearing people can understand them. Deaf people like to think of them selfs as having nothing more then a language barrier, such as we would think for someone who spoke Spanish instead of English. Also phrases such as "deaf and dumb" and "deaf and mute" and "hearing impaired" are considered offensive to many people in the deaf community. Hard of hearing or just Deaf are preferred by most deaf people.
             There are a few different types of sign language that a deaf person might use. The most common is ASL (American sign language) when signing in ASL you uses a different grammatical structure. Also In ASL you do not sign every word, words like it, the, is, a, an, etc. are not signed. Another language used is Pidgin signing. With Pidgin you leave out the small words and articles but you use the exact word order. Another is exact English; with this you sign every word, and in the same order as you would in spoken English.
             ASL has existed since late 1700's. French sign language and British sign language existed in Europe before ASL began. A lot of ASL comes from French sign language. When Europeans came here to settle they brought their deaf culture.
             When speaking to a deaf person, no matter what type of sig...