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Apple QuickTime movie  |  2002-08-15  |  19.1 MB  |  320x240  |  15fps  |  3 minutes, 50 seconds
Transcription: Well, capital D refers to somebody who has an identity as a deaf person. Well, there is a difference between big D, little d deaf. I would say big D deaf refers to an individual or a group of people who identify themselves with the deaf community and as a deaf person who share the language. And by that I mean ASL. Where small d deaf would refer, you know, small d deaf would refer to an individual who is coming from a medical pathological viewpoint, meaning they see the person as someone who just can't hear. So if you're talking about children who are born deaf, they may not identify as big D, ...