Recent content by DeafRaptor

:wave: I haven't posted in awhile, but I have been around reading threads now and then. But now I was wondering if I can plead with you and ask for your help (oh, and if this is the wrong location, please move to the appropriate forum within AllDeaf). Due to a spinal cord injury in my lower...

I don't like the term "deafie." I also hate for anyone to say I am "hard-of-hearing" *or "hearing impaired" versus deaf or Deaf if the person is aware of why I have given up on using those terms to identify myself (I don't mind if people use them to identify themselves). "Deafie" reminds me of...

I always like to introduce my family and hearing friends and deaf friends to each other. They are always interested in meeting new people and don't care if the other is hearing or deaf. That's just short-sighted to assume you won't like someone because they are different even though one of...

Ugh! Just ugh!

:giggle: Okay, stop that, too silly. :giggle: About your post, I thought it was a little odd, but only because it's the opposite of what I have heard from people. I have met, befriended, and had good political discussions with a lot people from both democratic and republican political...

Don't worry, I don't mind. :cool2: I always prefer to give someone an opportunity to learn and grow; if they take it to mind or heart, that is always their choice. It is better to "waste" breath trying to educate then "waste" breath complaining about ignorance; only one way can result in...

I attended a Christian elementary and high school with some leftists views and I attended a very liberal college. *Some of the things I learned there speak about exercising caution when using evidence and data and about the assumptions you can safely make. *While I don't doubt the study's...

Yes, mixups happen or "emergencies" happen, but who ends up paying the price? The deaf who doesn't have A notetaker or AN interpreter when they need them. On a different note: I have been learning sign language, first at college for a couple years then on my own a few years later. I...

I love this list! Since I have been unable to rely on my hearing or mediocre lip-reading skills, I have been using interpreters more and more over the last seven months. I have had "I" and "VIII" done. I've seen them addressing the interpreter (and the interpreter signed to me what they said...

No cell phones allowed at my work - only their computers and their landline phones, so when at work but not at my desk, I use a small portable white board.

I graduated from University of Michigan, as had my sister, and as had my brother twice (bachelor's then master's) and they have always had an interpreter. I took the liberty of getting information for you for the upcoming spring graduation (regarding tickets & interpreters): Tickets for Guests...

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Ugh, inexcusable (the fire drill is a great example of where they clearly AREN'T accessible to the deaf/hh)! Like you I have thought about changing careers (I've also thought about going into Deaf Advocacy- I still am considering it!) or abandoning the fight, since the effort needed to work in...

What bothers me are the times that I struggle to speak and I end up pronouning things incorrectly (which I've noticed has been getting worse and worse) and I either get a correction as if I learned to speak improperly (brain-learning issue) versus struggling to hear myself to speak correctly...

I had two office parties already in VA before I left and a party with relatives on my mother's side in MI. Then for Christmas itself I'm staying in MI with my parents with my sister and my older brother (oldest brother is staying in TX with his fiancee since they just recently moved from MI to...