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Originally Posted by JennyB
I am not even sure where to start...are you deaf? do you have a disability? are you a parent of a deaf child?
I have a disability and I want adaptations. I want to be able to understand what is going on and be able to communicate. The only way I can do that is with ASL.
I don't see how me needing ASL supports for communication is any different than me needing to take an elevator instead of stairs because of my CP (which isn't super noticeable but it does cause me pain when walking up and down stairs).
I have disabilities and my deafness is one of them. I can't hear and therefore I am lacking the ability to hear, and therefore I have a hearing disability or deafness. It's pretty simpler really.
I encourage parents to use sign with their children because of the language delays I see in my profession (as a PSW). It is easier to give all the tools early than try to clean up the mess of no-little aquired language later on in life.
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FIRST OF ALL , Disability is NOT impairments , neither are they interchangable !!
SECOND of ALL, DONT bloody use abbreviations, ie, PSW, what is the hell is that?
and lastly what has 'being deaf' or being as hearing impaired got to do with whether i experience deafness as disability first-hand or second hand really matter?!
why is so important to ask me that? that is irrelevant for your response to my 'post'. FYI, I'm deaf
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Last edited by Grummer; 09-03-2008 at 03:38 AM.
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