Explain how being labeled “disabled” is both a good thing and a bad thing for the Deaf community:

In 1991 the American with Disabilities Act was implemented across the United States. Deaf individuals do not consider themselves disabled; however, they benefit from legislations created to end discrimination against disabled people. Discuss in detail how these conflicting beliefs can lead to feelings of empowerment and equality among the American Deaf community, while at the same time further imbed within mainstream society attitudes of paternalism and audism towards the American Deaf community?

Write a 4 page (1,000 word) MLA style paper.

In your paper you should talk about each of the following issues as you try to explain how being labeled “disabled” is both a good thing and a bad thing for the Deaf community:

What the ADA is?

How the American Deaf community benefits from the ADA?

Explain empowerment as it applies to the American Deaf Community.

Explain “audism” and how it effects Deaf.

Explain the conflicts that rise within the American Deaf Community of being seen as both a distinct culture/a linguistic minority and a disabled group.