Originally posted by DeafAlwAyZRawKs
well BANJO, it seems that you have a bad attitude about this, im speaking of GENERAL.... and i just heard that Drs. r using that new inventory, in use for newborn babies...
(banjo: im not speaking for MYSELF......)
Bad attitude?
In general?
FACT: The MAJORITY of deaf population are not "D"eaf, just "d"eaf.
Speak for yourself, don't speak for the others. I don't want you to speak for the deaf people when the majority of them don't agree with you.
The problem here is that people are so brainwashed by this so-called "D"eaf Culture.
We have a deaf community, but deaf culture?
Please, it's just another excuse for us to rub into the other people's faces about our needs.
In fact, there are "D"eaf people who support the ADA laws but they refuse to admit to being disabled.
If you truly believe that you are disabled, then you are not to use the ADA laws because it is for the disabled ones.
I believe in making laws to require corporations to make the public places more accessible to the disabled ones.
I believe in breaking down the barriers between the disabled ones and the society.
The society is improving, and it has made a lot of progression in the last 10 years in comparison to the rest of the 20th century.
We are getting more access to captioning at the theatres, mainly with the RWC (Rear-Window Captioning)... I'm happy that they are able to provide captioning instead of having to make it open-captioned which irks a lot of the others who aren't accustomed to it.
We are not to force the society to bow down to our needs, we have to make things even instead of uneven. Meaning the barriers are the ones we still have to work on in order to improve our lives.
Deafness is a disability, period!
If you actually think you aren't disabled.
Please do us a favour and don't use the interpreters, don't use TTYs, don't use the ADA laws and anything that is related in assisting us with our deafness.
Then you can come back and tell us what it is like to live without interpreters, TTYs, ADA laws and everything else that assists our needs.
You will truly feel disabled and disconnected from the society.