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- From: Margaret.Overath@f14.n279.z1.fidonet.org (Margaret Overath)
- Newsgroups: misc.handicap
- Subject: Thanks jack!
- Message-ID: <25735@handicap.news>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 21:26:54 GMT
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- [This is from the Silent Talk Conference]
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- Reading your message makes me feel good! You are right about the
- general population not fully understanding the subuties (sorry can't
- spell today, and never well haha) of terms related to deafness. As a
- psychologist, I had a hard time writing the labels on some of the deaf
- and hard of hearing kids. The deaf community is adamant about the term
- "Hearing Impaired" but these kids in the public schools view themselves
- as HI instead of "Deaf" or whatever other term they feel comfortable
- with. I always though "Hard Of Hearing" is a odd term even though I
- called myself that when I was growing up, I never meet other deaf people
- until I went to Gally, where I learn more about what is Deaf culture and
- all that Jazz.
-
- I wonder how Blind people handle it, I mean those who have usable sight
- even though they are legally blind, do they call themselves partially
- sighted? What? Why give more terms to the general public to make it more
- confusing? Why be just simple, Blind or DEAF?!
-
- Referring back to psychological reports, I been trying to be creative in
- writing terms regarding the student's abilities and so on. I been
- saying "this so so is hearing impaired, wears hearing aids to assist in
- communicatining...." I just don't feel comfortable saying that, I
- rather say Deaf but some of these kids don't view themselves that, so
- recently I decided to just say the child has a hearing loss in whatever
- range ...say for example ...has a bilateral sensineural hearing loss in
- the severe to profound range. I don't bother put in numbers usually
- people have no idea what that really means.
-
- Anyway, My hat of to you Jack O'Keefe! :-)
-
- Margie O!
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