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Originally Posted by Deaf Mortgage
Interesting...
Hearing coming half way? Only handful has came half way while rest of them expect us to be "perfect" as oralism, ability to hear, speeches... When we are already perfect as way we are.
Hearing people need to learn to accept and learn the language. Willing to go extra mile to learn. It another new unexplored world for the Hearing to explore of ASL. It rocks their world if they once learned.
My own quote, "ASL is music to our eyes".
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That is a most beautiful quote.. I sometimes call ASL like a beautiful painting made on a canvas of air.
So, how can we reach the hearing world and get them to come half way if they are stuck in ignorance that was handed down through the generations? They are not all bad, but stupid. If they had been taught ASL in preschool etc. it would have been natural to accept Deaf people. There would have communication. There would have been sharing of talents and ideas and LOVE> I am so convinced that it is probably a Deaf child that is holding the keys to the cures for AIDS and cancer in their minds, but they will need to cooperate and communicate with hearies to be able to see their full potential. If hearies came half way, wouldn't that be beautiful? It may not be possible in this generation, but if it had seeds planted now, maybe the next generation would reap the fruit of a non biased and loving communication. Isolation is not a necessary evil!!!