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What is your percievement of Deaf People? For example do you know more about animal rights than DEAF rights? Do you recognize audism enough to aid DEAF people when their Rights are abused by local authorities just like you know enough laws to rescue animals from abuses? Or you feel since you don't know, you assume it's none of your business and leave it to the government and DEAF people's HEARING petitioning relatives to take care of DEAF people and go about your way, forgetting what you just witnessed already?

2007-01-18 14:40:23 · 16 answers · asked by wandadax 1 in Society & Culture Mythology & Folklore

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I am losing my hearing due to an explosion two years ago. I cannot hear most of conversations, and I can hear very little of my own voice. What I do hear is very confusing, often. So, I would like to answer this question from my own perspective. I have been informed that I will be completely deaf in time.

Fortunately, I am good at understanding a person if I am facing that person and I can see the person speaking. People who do not know I don't hear them probably don't suspect the difficulty I have--unless they turn aside as they speak or put a hand up to their mouths as they speak. When I simply cannot make out an important word by lip-reading, then I ask the person to kindly spell the word for me. That always works. I don't do this often, as I know it could be annoying to people.

My friends know the problem I am facing, and they do make sure they are facing me when they speak. I feel a great support from friends, and I know they will be supportive even when they have to go out of their way to include me in their conversations. I am so grateful for this.

Treat deaf people as you would anyone else--respectfully.

By law, in most enlightened countries, deaf people have all the same rights and obligations as anybody else. Deaf people do not want to be shunned or to be made uncomfortable by other people's discomfort in meeting a deaf person. I am completely able to take care of myself, and I live a full and rich life. Also, fortunately, I have always had a passion for reading and the search for truth--wherever that search may lead--and this doesn't really require being able to hear. What I have lost, though, is the ability to appreciate music.

Some deaf people can be very demanding--and that's probably because they have been hurt time and again by fully-hearing people. But they are the minority. Most deaf people are thoughtful and considerate of others, and simply want to be treated like anybody else.

I will say that deaf people would really appreciate a few considerations--such as television stations that also can broadcast captions for the hearing impaired. But from friends and family, deaf people would deeply appreciate understanding and patience. Sympathy is not required. In fact, the deaf people I know don't want sympathy, as that is an emotion that creates an atmosphere of discomfort on both sides. Treat a deaf person just as you would yourself like to be treated. That always works.

2007-01-19 03:33:17 · answer #1 · answered by Marion111 3 · 1 0

It sounds like you may have had a recent personal experience with this happening. If your rights have been violated, I suggest you contact NAD or consult a lawyer specializing in Deaf rights being violated. From a personal note, I would speak up if I understood the situation to be a negative one. Nobody, deaf or hearing should be abused for any reason. Unfortunately, this does happen in our world but it shouldn't. Sometimes people DO care more about saving an animals life than a humans. It doesn't make the decision a correct one. It just shows the stupidity of our fellow man. Godspeed.

2007-01-18 22:56:27 · answer #2 · answered by T's CRM SCNE 3 · 0 0

My general knowledge of deaf people was that they are in fact just normal people with hearing problems. They are in no way worse or better than anyone else. However; after reading your question I'm getting the impression that some deaf people don't like animals very much. This of course is not true, but my point is that by attacking something else (like abused animals) your not really addressing your issues at all and your argument loses weight. If someone is bullying or abusing you or a friend directly, then they should be named and shamed and dealt with directly.

2007-01-19 14:18:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I don't know any deaf people; it's not as though they go around wearing a sign saying "I'm deaf." I don't care if a person is deaf or hearing - if I am given to understand that someone's rights are being abused, then I will do my best to help. If I don't know about it, there's not much I can do.

2007-01-18 22:43:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Well, for a time, I worked with deal people who were hospitalized for mental illness and some of the other workers were also deaf people. So I learned to finger-spell and also learned a bit of ASL.

I don't see how deaf people are any different from hearing people at all. It in fact wouldn't be a "disability" if nobody could hear. And in some ways, deaf people are more attuned to other people than hearing people are.

2007-01-18 22:51:41 · answer #5 · answered by sonyack 6 · 0 0

I don't really know about their rights, but I assume they have the same rights as anyone else... I definitely do not think it is none of my business, I have known deaf people before and although I don't know sign language I always make the effort to write if they prefer that to lip reading, Same sort of thing with the blind, I was at a phone shop and there was this bind guy standing there, the line had moved around him so that he was no longer in it, I nearly lost it with the people, and the sales staff, didn't do anything I let the guy in front of me and we got talking, He said it happens to him all the time, I nearly cried, he was such a nice guy

2007-01-18 22:51:02 · answer #6 · answered by TC 2 · 0 0

a) They are people before they are deaf
b) I find it strange you compare people rights to animal rights and not deaf rights to say paraplegic rights, but to answer that I know quite a bit about both.
c) Where I work we have several people who sign myself as one and the work place is symbol ed too. When anyones rights are abused I would try to help.

The deaf people I know fiercely defend there own rights and have a network of support that is quite solid.

2007-01-19 06:13:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Not sure what you mean by deaf people as 'people'...but blind, deaf, no sense of smell, whatever...they're all people with rights and freedoms and as Americans we should always do our part to protect our rights as well as the rights of other 'people'...some of my dearest friends are deaf and often they do feel slighted when they are on their own but when there's a hearing person with them they are less likely to be treated differently...people do look at me funny when I sign to them and then interpret what they want at the library, resteraunt, store or wherever but there's not really any different, unkind or unethical treatment...

2007-01-18 22:54:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

I have several friends who are deaf and two who are blind and I am so glad that I can turn to them if I need a little TLC and I am there should they need help in any way. I also love animals and would do all that is possible to help them and Heaven help the person that I should catch mistreating any animal .

2007-01-20 16:11:28 · answer #9 · answered by Learner 4 · 0 0

i am deaf myself so know quite a bit about my rights as a deaf person. unfortunately, even though we have the same rights as everyone else, alot of the time people do not care about this and often try to push us away as if its not important..shame but true i'm afraid!

2007-01-20 16:47:38 · answer #10 · answered by yummy_mummy 3 · 0 0

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