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Originally Posted by VamPyroX
How serious do you take the American Disabilities Act?
I don't take it seriously. I don't even think that everything should be done my way. I've seen people who are so completely anal about the ADA that they refuse to communicate unless an interpreter is present because they say that according to ADA, they have a right to request an interpreter. Come on, for god's sake! Just use a pen and paper! There are people out there who try their best to communicate with us and yet, some deaf people sit around being too damn stubborn and give those hearies a hard time!
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I heartily agree with you there. However, that is where a major draw back occur. Not many deaf people have good grammar when it comes to writing. Secondly, their writing style correspond to another deaf individual with deaf culture mind, however, when it is read by hearing world norms, it is often misunderstood. When I used to work for Kodak, I often was deaf employee's "advocate" where they used me to write their true intention when they were misunderstood by the hearing norms. That is where an interpreter comes in place, a person with multicultural perspectives (Ability to understand deaf's culture and hearing's culture) to be able to not only to interpret, but to interpret their true intention. Without interpreters, they are often misunderstood as to if their intention was otherwise, which could result into unnecessary disciplinary actions. As for (I dont mean to offend here) intellucal individuals (which is very rare in general deaf population) paper and pen should be the way to go instead of interpreter. That is where ADA fall in place, to provide the deaf culture with inability to write in a sense where the norms would understand, a way to succeed with their raw talents.
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