MEDIA BRIEF

MEDIA BRIEF
DLS-CSB School for Deaf Education and Applied Studies

We prefer that the students be referred to as: DEAF with the capital D, not hearing impaired (which doctors use and pertains more to a “damaged ear”).

We are called Hearing.

Some Deaf people have residual hearing (they are also referred to as Hard of Hearing). A lot are profoundly deaf thus hearing aid is not an option.

Please work with the interpreter to be more inclusive of the Deaf audience; best if there is an interpreter or English captions. Majority of the Deaf’s second language is English and not Tagalog. Their first language is Filipino Sign language.

Please refer to the college as De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, or DLS-CSB not DLSU-CSB. Our school is called School for Deaf Education and Applied Studies (SDEAS- pronounced -S-de-as.)

The School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies (SDEAS) is one of the six Schools of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde. Taking inspiration from its students who are mostly full or partial scholars of the College, SDEAS envisions itself as a leading learner-centered educational institution in Deaf education that promotes equal access to opportunities and addresses the diverse needs of its students and professionals.

SDEAS offers a Bachelor in Applied Deaf Studies with special training in either Multimedia Arts or Business Entrepreneurship.

Most of our students are scholars. We currently have 205 students and we offer 60 scholarships a year.

The Deaf can dance to the music by feeling the vibrations of the music, counting and special cues.

SDEAS continues to seek partners in working with us in the areas of internship, business training, Deaf advocacy resource generation, or any other enriching activities for the partner organization and the Deaf. Please contact Giselle Montero /Joyce Dalawampu, SDEAS Center for Partnership and Development, 526 7441 loc 239 or sdeas.opd@gmail.com

DLS-CSB offers sign language courses; just get in touch with us. balizaj@dls-csb.edu.ph Tel: 526 7441 loc 131

For additional information, you may visit www.deaf-e-news.blogspot.com or add us in Facebook (sdeas1@gmail.com).

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