What does being Deaf/hearing mean to you?
That's like my being asked "What does being a "hearie" mean to you?...
My answer: That I have no trouble getting others to understand me in the mainstream world. However, communicating with people who primarily use ASL is some times difficult...
I have worked with insensitive people before, also. I was the only employee who knew ASL in one of the larger book store chains. There was one family who came in, they were new in the area. I could hear one of the guys in the restaurant area talking about the family all the way to the other...