Deaf do everything but hear.  There is varies of deaf view is because of their life are different.   All deaf who has deaf culture that been advocate with deaf.  Alot of people who are belated deaf does not know much of deaf culture.   For example, belated deaf adult say in basic of deaf culture and born as deaf knew alot of culture plus advocate. 

Basic is like english sign language and ASL.  They think english is better and ASL is slang plus expression.   I can understand but I listern to born as deaf speaks truth about ASL is better than english because of no expression in it.   Also they would say, deaf has little of disablity because of not hear.   Deaf ever will not agree with them because they CAN do everything but hear.   They would say deaf almost can drive, cook, and everything else.  Deaf ever will not agree with because they has history of famous deaf people in 1700’s and rest of years bare aware who they are now.

That give few good example of deaf and Deaf people. 

DW