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Deaf…
Deaf people who prefer the capitalisation of D in Deaf, see themselves as a part of the signing Deaf culture of their country. In Australia, that is the Auslan Deaf community. There is a strong sense of a cultural or personal Deaf identity which is rooted in Auslan sign language. This includes both people with partial and complete deafness.
… and deaf.
deaf people who don’t identify with deafness as an cultural or personal identity, opt for lowercase d in deaf. This includes both people with partial and complete deafness. The Deaf community also tends to put people who are not Auslan signers in this category as well as people who are hearing impaired later in life and do not have a lifetime’s experience of being deaf. However! There are plenty of deaf people who do sign and use different communication methods, who consider themselves deaf, just not with a capital D.