2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
| Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Deaf Gain in Children’s Books
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Deaf Gain in Children’s Books
One strategy to promote diversity, equity and inclusion for deaf and hard of hearing children is for the EHDI community to read children’s books with deaf and hard of hearing characters that celebrate being deaf and hard of hearing. However, when investigating how children’s books portray deaf and hard of hearing characters, studies show that deaf culture is often not represented (Bailes, 2002; Golos et al., 2012). Identifying Deaf Gain perspectives in children’s books with deaf and hard of hearing characters is one way to celebrate being culturally deaf. This presentation describes research about children’s books with deaf and hard of hearing characters, discusses Deaf Gain contributions, and shares ways to identify Deaf Gain in children’s books.
- Describe research about children’s books with deaf characters
- List Deaf Gain contributions
- Identify Deaf Gain in children’s books
Presentation:
3478265_16411ElaineGale.pdf
Handouts:
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Transcripts:
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Presenters/Authors
Elaine Gale
(Primary Presenter), Hunter College, CUNY, egale@hunter.cuny.edu;
Elaine Gale is an associate professor and program leader of the deaf and hard of hearing teacher preparation program at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY). She is currently the chair of the Deaf Leadership International Alliance (DLIA), an organization established to advocate deaf adults collaborating with professionals and connecting with young deaf children and their families. Her research experiences include joint attention, theory of mind, and sign language development. At present, she is the Lead Investigator for the Hunter College consortium on a research project titled Family ASL: Bimodal Bilingual Acquisition by Deaf Children of Hearing Parents supported by the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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• Receives Grants for Other activities from PI.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
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Financial relationship with .
Nature: National Institute on Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health under award number 1R01DC016901.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Luci Gale
(Co-Presenter), Rocky Mountain Deaf School, Lucigale9@gmail.com;
When Luci is a physical education teacher at Rocky Mountain Deaf School. During her free time she enjoys exploring nature with her partner, daughters and furry friends.
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Patrice Creamer
(Co-Presenter), Hunter College, pcreamer20s@huntersoe.org;
Patrice Creamer is currently an ASL Specialist for the Hunter College consortium on a research project titled Family ASL: Bimodal Bilingual Acquisition by Deaf Children of Hearing Parents. The research project is supported by the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
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Financial relationship with .
Nature: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health under award number 1R01DC016901
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Suzanne Best
(Co-Presenter), Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind -Deaf Mentor Program, suzybest88@gmail.com;
Born deaf (by skipping generation) in hearing family who knows American Sign Language. Become fascinating with arts since age 2 in illustration. Now as a true artist with ATA degree in Welding of Washington state, BA in Art Practices of Oregon, muralist, cartoonist, woodworker and now as an illustrator of “Deaf Gain, What?” story. Currently working as Deaf Mentor with Arizona State School for the Deaf/ Blind.
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Zivia Gale
(Co-Presenter), Rochester Institute of Technology Student, zivia04@gmail.com;
Hi! I am an undergraduate student at RIT aka Rochester Institute of Technology and majoring in Criminal Justice. I was born and raised in Colorado and I am deaf. I use fluently ASL and my family is deaf as well. I love acting and being in nature.
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