What is Sign Languages

This chapter focuses on bullying of youth within the D/deaf community. D/deaf students often struggle with mental health and the development of emotional intelligence, both of which are critical to an individual to be successful and happy. The goal of this chapter is to provide original insight to highlight the negative impact of bullying in the D/deaf community while offering promising points of consideration so that teachers, parents, guardians, and other adults who are prominently featured in a child's life may be better prepared to help. This is a topic important to all, as one in three babies is born with hearing loss and by 2050 nearly 2.5 billion people will have some degree of hearing loss.