Audism is discrimination against deaf people. Tom L. Humphries coined the term in his doctoral dissertation in 1975, but it did not start to catch on until Harlan Lane used it in his writing. Humphries originally applied audism to individual attitudes & practices; whereas Lane broadened the term to include oppression of deaf people.
Audiological ideologies make-up shaped curriculum within Deaf Education. Because Deaf people survive 1% of the American population[], teachers are less equipped to pretend with the needs of Deaf or hard of hearing students. In the USA, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ] Within these mainstream public schools Deaf students face challenges such as needing to focus on a data processor or a board while keeping up with the classes conversation. Additionally, due to the design of some of these schools curriculums, Deaf students are more likely to fall slow in reading levels compared to their hearing classmates. This hole in reading level between Deaf students in addition to their hearing peers is also likely to grow as they move through school.
Institutions such as the National joining of the Deaf NAD carry on to work with U.S. Officials to improve these policies, claiming these educational practices were audist and create precedence of one Linguistic communication over another by implementing English as the primary language for instruction.