Recent content by BatChick98

"The person who recommends a cochlear implant is an Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor (otolaryngologist) or ENT. Their job is to deal with illness, injury and dysfunction of the ear nose and throat. Why would they not recommend a treatment that has been medically proven to improve a person's ability...

I am hearing. Would someone be willing to explain what PSE and SEE are? I learned some ASL so that is most of what I know about signing and deaf culture.

May I ask how you became deaf, that is if you were not born deaf? And also, that isn't true. I know very little about Native American culture but I can respect it and the individuals that identify with it. You can respect without knowing. And I do not mean those words to be offensive, I mean...

I am not deaf so I cannot say I really understand Deaf culture but of course I respect it. I think it is great. I am going into a medical profession so I personally view all disabilities pathologically, because they are not things that are supposed to happen, nor are they healthy development...

I guess my question is more pertaining to a physician recommending CIs, not the companies that manufacture them, because of course they'll try to get your to buy it whether it is right for you or not. Also, to a person who is not deaf, being hearing seems easier. We do not have the knowledge or...

I don't know anything about the difficulties of relationships when you are D/deaf or HoH but I want to point out that you shouldn't rush into any relationship just to start a family. There are tons of kids waiting to be adopted everyday, so if your biological clock is up, rescue a kid. Also, the...

I'm from WA in the beautiful PNW. If you're going to Eastern Washington University hit me up! My ASL skills are getting rusty :/

I am not deaf, but I chose to learn sign language because I want to eventually work with children who have autism as an Occupational Therapist, and I want to include ASL in my lessons and therapy, especially because many children with autism are non-verbal. As a hearing person, if I had started...

As a hearie, I would say choose what you feel you identify with most. I've learned from this site that HoH and Deaf culture seem to go hand in hand (although I could be wrong). My thoughts are though, if you choose to identify as deaf, no one can tell you that you aren't because for one that's...

Would you be able to include some forums on Deaf discrimination? In my opinion a lot of what I have learned to be considered discrimination is just hearing people like me trying to be kind, so I was hoping someone would elaborate on that and some other topics surrounding discrimination.

Mostly what I have found is whether or not people like them, and whether or not they work. I'm looking more to see if they are viewed as discrimination towards Deaf and HOH people. I'd also be interested in learning any other views held on Deaf discrimination

I am taking a disability studies class for a diversity credit at my university. I got to EWU (Eastern Washington University) by the way. If any of you go there hit me up! I'd love to meet you and put my signing skills to use. In my class we discuss the medical model and my instructor basically...

I saw this yesterday. I thought that the whole incident could have been avoided in the first place. If people took better care of their kids and actually watched them, crap like this wouldnt happen. The article said that using tranquilizers would have put the child at risk... but a gun doesnt?

Sup Paige