What is it like to be DEAF Question & Answer Sheet
Write the following questions on a sheet of paper.
Leave a space between questions for your answers. Answer the questions as the YouTube clip plays. 1. What is the purpose of this vlog? 2. What was missing between Def Familia (the signer) and his adopted family? 3. What was his reasons for saying that was missing between him and his adopted family? 4. Why did Def Familia move to the dorm? 5. What was the first thing he did when he entered the dorm? Why did he feel this way? 6. He tells parents of Deaf children that they need to ___________________________. 7. He learns that he is very behind on the news in the Deaf community. What made him feel this way? (Hint - technology be specific). 8. Why were his friends at school puzzled that Def Familia didnt pick up the phone? 9. He explains that being Deaf is tough because ______________________________. 10. What action by other people does Def Familia (and other Deaf people) find really offensive, and why? 11. Instead of criticizing other people, Def Familia seeks to _________ them ___________. 12. What does he recommend parents of newborn Deaf babies to do?