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- From: Daniel.Laflin@f98.n374.z1.fidonet.org (Daniel Laflin)
- Newsgroups: misc.handicap
- Subject: Ttds
- Message-ID: <25711@handicap.news>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 21:23:26 GMT
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- Index Number: 25711
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- [This is from the Silent Talk Conference]
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- SC>yourself as disabled! DEAFNESS IS CULTURE NOT DISABILITY TO HEALTHY THINKING
- SC>DEAF PPL they do not care for the value of sound and do not need it to have
- SC>a sucessful life. So please be more open to other ppls cultures! ASL IS A
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- This is PURE rubbish.... Anyone who has any hearing impairment has a Dis
- ability, In this world there is still much that depends on the heard
- word, Dont tell me im Not disabled, it is a disability, without sound,
- you cannot get a job as a telemarketer or any job that REQUIRES use of a
- phone.
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- Im Deaf, been such since 7, i Grew up in 60s when mainstreaming was
- still unheard of, had to fight to get back into public school, went thu
- public school, vs hearing prople, I lipread and I consider anyone Deaf
- who can ONLY communicate via sign DOUBLE Disabled.
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- Just how many as a pct of population do you think know Sign?
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- I consider sign as needed for those born deaf or deaf too early for
- speech development, then sign is a good start, however once mastered,
- the point should be to get aaway from sign and into lipreading.
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- As to this Culture Thing... Deaf is a Disability, NOT a culture, im sure
- a number here will jump omn me, however, I would not classify Deaf as a
- culture, etc...
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- I dont hear <g>... Of Blind Culture, Paraplagic Culture, Amputee
- Culture... I could go on... Deafness is a DEFECT in a Normal persons
- body, and therefore a DISABLITY... your hearings shot, its same as if a
- cars Battery was shot...
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- So spare me from the culture etc thing... I think its a attempt to Hide
- from the REAL World.
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