THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF DEAF CULTURE *********************************************************  
1.  You should not put hearing culture above Deaf Culture;
2.  You shall not lose eye contact when communicating with a Deaf person;
3.  You shall communicate in sign language at all times;
4.  You shall not be the Deaf person's sign language instructor;
5.  You shall not be the Deaf person's English grammar teacher;
6.  You shall not be the Deaf person's speech therapist;
7.  You shall not be the Deaf person's comedian, tell non-Deaf jokes and  puns;
8.  You shall not be the Deaf person's "mother or father";
9.  You shall view Deaf people as an ethnic group, not as handicapped;
10. You shall believe Deaf people can do all things.
 
This set of commandments, geared toward the non-Deaf person while in the presence of a Deaf person, was published recently in several Deaf Community publications.
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