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Originally Posted by Ozzie
Fair enough!
The hearing change their tune very easily when one realizes the person is deaf … that what bugs me! Here is an example -
When my children were younger and at the start of a new school year every year till Year 4, I would take them to school to meet the new teacher as well as meeting the new mothers. Most times, when I say that I am hard of hearing (I’m oral, no sign), most of them would be sort of detached from me. (Only a couple of others became my friends). But at that time, there was one mother there starting talking to me when I stopped her to say I was hoh, she changed her tune very quickly & abruptly and turned her back on me … oooh, that hurt my feelings! I was like, what the heck happened?! How bloomin’ rude!
Yay, you go, Granny! with that type of attitude, I hope you will get that vital message across!  |
That is such a sad story. And it happens everyday. Some people act that way because they think they are superior, and some act that way because they are ignorant of how to communicate with Deaf people. They are afraid to offend by using pen and paper etc. But still, there is never an excuse for being unkind or rude, no matter. It makes me sick, but all I can do is pray for them, otherwise I would become just rotten as them if I let myself be consumed with hate. I apologize to you for the way we stupid hearing people have treated you over the years. I guess that sounds pretty pointless to try to appologize for a whole sect of people. It is like tryin to apologize to an Iraqi mother who has a dead child in her hand because your government invaded her country. The innocent always get hurt.
Will society ever learn... I can only hope....