If I read this correctly she wants a discount for being deaf but doesn't want it called a handicap or disability.
You can't have your cake and eat it too!!!!
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I received this email from deaf friend:-
Hello everybody,
I do not know if you all will agree with me or not. But there's this opinion that I have right now that I would like to share with you all. I am planning to send a letter to government or to the president to give one idea where it would be easier for us who are hard of hearing and deaf. You can pass along to your friends who are hearing or deaf/hard of hearing. They may agree as well. I am not embarrassed that I will be writing this to you. Because sometimes it's good to take a risk and share your idea. You never know if they will agree with you unless you do it. One of my very good friend, Amanda, agree with me that there should be some kind of discount for us who cannot communicate as well as hearing people do. There are few examples:
1. Pagers: Most of us can not talk on the phone so we reply on pager to communicate with deaf/hard of hearing and hearing people. That is only way that we can really reply on because if there is any emergency, car broken down while driving, hearing people trying to get ahold of you, or people who are looking for jobs, people with jobs and so on; then there is pager for us to use. Getting pagers isn't affordable. It can be quietly expensive for who cannot afford that much of money. It would be fair if we got some kind of discount because we DO have a good reason. Hearing people use cell phone or pager with phone and can communicate. I was thinking about that because especially if you are living in Canada, it can be very expensive, maybe more than America.
2. Traveling (includes Amtrak, buses, transits, flying and so on): Most of us doesn't have a good hearing where we can understand well enough to hear what someone is saying on announce speaker. Sometimes we will miss something important or something that goes wrong. We should get discount because we aren't like hearing person who can hear everything what they are saying. That's not fair for us. That goes with flying. They don't have some kind of thing where there would be an interpreter or someone who work there aren't always nice enough to help us to understand what's going on. Sometimes we get really really lucky that we do find a nice person who is willing to help us, to make our traveling more comfortable and easy for all of us. In my experience, I took Amtrak one time. It was not a good experience because I would be honest and tell someone that I am deaf and need them to tell me what's going on if there is something happening or something you need to know. That person did not do that. And I could see some people's frustration. So finally I went up to one of them and asked "I'm sorry to disturb. But I'm deaf. Someone who work here was supposed to tell me what's going on if necarisally. But I could tell that something is wrong." He was nice enough to explain to me that there was some kind of problem and need to stop to double check to make sure everything was okay before we go ahead and go farther. I was very disappointed. We do deserve some kind of discount for that. And when we do ask for discount, we are called "handicapped or disability" Some of us doesn't like to be label as "handicap" or "disability" because we feel that we are same as hearing people where we can travel, drive a car, go to movies, listening to music (especially if it's really loud but who cares because some hearing people enjoy that ).
3. There should be a discount that can be only for deaf and hard of hearing, instead of using handicap or disability And if we get as many people as we can get (even if your hearing friends agree and want to sign then that'd be awesome). International and national are all welcome to sign their name and where they lives. If they want to write a message then they are also welcome to do that. Once we all do that, I will mail a letter to President or government. And hopefully we will get lucky that someone will listen to us and agree to make things easier for us. You can copy and paste and then add your name and (no message or message are welcome). If you want to add that you are deaf/hard of hearing or hearing you're welcome to. We have nothing to be ashamed of being who we are.
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You can't have your cake and eat it too!!!!
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I received this email from deaf friend:-
Hello everybody,
I do not know if you all will agree with me or not. But there's this opinion that I have right now that I would like to share with you all. I am planning to send a letter to government or to the president to give one idea where it would be easier for us who are hard of hearing and deaf. You can pass along to your friends who are hearing or deaf/hard of hearing. They may agree as well. I am not embarrassed that I will be writing this to you. Because sometimes it's good to take a risk and share your idea. You never know if they will agree with you unless you do it. One of my very good friend, Amanda, agree with me that there should be some kind of discount for us who cannot communicate as well as hearing people do. There are few examples:
1. Pagers: Most of us can not talk on the phone so we reply on pager to communicate with deaf/hard of hearing and hearing people. That is only way that we can really reply on because if there is any emergency, car broken down while driving, hearing people trying to get ahold of you, or people who are looking for jobs, people with jobs and so on; then there is pager for us to use. Getting pagers isn't affordable. It can be quietly expensive for who cannot afford that much of money. It would be fair if we got some kind of discount because we DO have a good reason. Hearing people use cell phone or pager with phone and can communicate. I was thinking about that because especially if you are living in Canada, it can be very expensive, maybe more than America.
2. Traveling (includes Amtrak, buses, transits, flying and so on): Most of us doesn't have a good hearing where we can understand well enough to hear what someone is saying on announce speaker. Sometimes we will miss something important or something that goes wrong. We should get discount because we aren't like hearing person who can hear everything what they are saying. That's not fair for us. That goes with flying. They don't have some kind of thing where there would be an interpreter or someone who work there aren't always nice enough to help us to understand what's going on. Sometimes we get really really lucky that we do find a nice person who is willing to help us, to make our traveling more comfortable and easy for all of us. In my experience, I took Amtrak one time. It was not a good experience because I would be honest and tell someone that I am deaf and need them to tell me what's going on if there is something happening or something you need to know. That person did not do that. And I could see some people's frustration. So finally I went up to one of them and asked "I'm sorry to disturb. But I'm deaf. Someone who work here was supposed to tell me what's going on if necarisally. But I could tell that something is wrong." He was nice enough to explain to me that there was some kind of problem and need to stop to double check to make sure everything was okay before we go ahead and go farther. I was very disappointed. We do deserve some kind of discount for that. And when we do ask for discount, we are called "handicapped or disability" Some of us doesn't like to be label as "handicap" or "disability" because we feel that we are same as hearing people where we can travel, drive a car, go to movies, listening to music (especially if it's really loud but who cares because some hearing people enjoy that ).
3. There should be a discount that can be only for deaf and hard of hearing, instead of using handicap or disability And if we get as many people as we can get (even if your hearing friends agree and want to sign then that'd be awesome). International and national are all welcome to sign their name and where they lives. If they want to write a message then they are also welcome to do that. Once we all do that, I will mail a letter to President or government. And hopefully we will get lucky that someone will listen to us and agree to make things easier for us. You can copy and paste and then add your name and (no message or message are welcome). If you want to add that you are deaf/hard of hearing or hearing you're welcome to. We have nothing to be ashamed of being who we are.
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