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Haven't been here for a while...but saw this thread and had to respond...so much of what I am thinking has already been said, but I do have to say I have yet to see anyone ever sign SEE at a NORMAL conversational speed. I asked terp friend of mine who is just a brilliant wonderful terp to do...

How ridiculous!! Do they think that Deaf people will *insert sarcasm* stop buying all the CDs they currently listen to because of her??? Seriously???? :hmm:

How is being searched a "custom"? :hmm:

I'm sorry... she was beautiful!

In BC, a doctor has the following guidelines: What are the criteria for recommending a parking permit? Based on a medical doctor’s recommendation, anyone with a permanent or temporary mobility impairment is eligible for a permit. Doctors' efforts to ensure that only individuals with a...

Crazy.

I think there are a lot of kids who are also apathetic towards learning because they HAVEN'T been held back when they should have been. I don't know about other school systems, but here kids don't fail until high school. So if they can't read in grade one or two, they don't get kept back a year...

ok...tried to NOT get mad... but just have to respond. I've snipped everything but those two things that really jumped out at me. This one REALLY got my back up: "and you see yourself as normal. That is fine with me." First of all, my son IS "normal". He just happens to have a physical...

Well...I haven't been slapped upside the head yet... but I am okay with it if I say the wrong thing!:lol:

:jaw: :laugh2::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2:

He is evil.

oh, good Lord... we don't want the crazies here!!!!:shock:

How heartbreaking :(

I think it's a shame if any hearing people who want to understand/ learn more about Deaf culture leave because someone tells them they are wrong. I know that the ONLY way I can truly understand is to be corrected when I make a mistake...and if that "correction" looks like a slap upside the head...

I have had people ask me why the Deafblind kids I work with need my support... "How can she be Deafblind? She can see (or hear)..." They DON'T get that she has enough of a visual loss, and enough hearing loss that she misses out on vital information, because she can't fill in any gaps with the...

LOL I wouldn't live in Alberta if I was paid to...ok...well, maybe if I got paid. BC is my favourite province and it is the only place I can imagine living! It is just such a beautiful place.. the mountains, the oceans, lakes, forests...I'll put up with our weather! :D

I am on the "Wet Coast" and we have had major rain-and-wind storms the last four nights... cold and wet and windy... yuck!

wow...I am so sad reading these stories. Makes it look like all hearing people are assholes... and we're not. The bad ones just make us all look so awful :(

You know, I wish the general population would get what you just said, about having EQUAL ACCESS... so many people think that it's "special" access/ accommodations and they resent it, think it's not fair, etc. they don't seem to get that accessibility should be for everyone, not just able-bodied...

In my teens, hung out with two Deaf guys who I met through other friends (they all went to same high school)... as an adult, I've had a Deaf co-worker, and met a few Deaf people at conferences...but overall, don't meet a lot of Deaf adults.