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I refuse to believe I don't have the right to refuse to speak. I often do even though I can hear fully. I am autistic and I hold a philosophy that we autistic people should be entitled to ASL accommodations under the ADA regardless of which autism spectrum disorder we have & whether we can hear, speak, both, or neither. I have commented about this on WrongPlanet, an Asperger's Syndrome/Autism forum, and here on AD. Here on AD I was verbally attacked about my belief on the very night I joined right after my first post. I don't care about nobody else's opinion of my philosophy. In Cincinnati, OH, there just aren't enough service providers who know ASL...that's why I ever made any comments about having an interpreter. But...no matter who knows ASL & who doesn't...I am NEVER willing to speak to them cuz demonstrating that I can speak at all, even with an impediment as if I am Deaf, they deny me accommodations and aren't flexible with communication. I demand that EVERYONE be flexible with communication if they dunno ASL. If they DO know ASL, I demand that they use it with me...both expressively and receptively. Some people respond spoken when I sign to them and they need NEVER to do so.
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