Maybe they have fallen in the street and need help.
Maybe they have been hit by a car and need urgent attention.
Maybe they have been mugged.
Maybe their car will not work.
Imagine all the times you have helped someone a complete stranger out of pure kindness, now imagine they had been deaf, what would you have done?
2007-08-20 09:21:42 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
reach out and touch and calm them and then find out how we can help
2007-08-20 09:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by ~*tigger*~ ** 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't get the question? Is it a trick question and you're going to reveal some fantastic handshake that is a world wide signal of peace to all deaf people?
I dont know sign language and I have managed to inform every deaf customer Ive dealt with, purely on the basis that they are not idiots, they simply do not have the use of their hearing. For complicated explanations, I typed into one of the display computers because my handwriting can be pretty awful but generally we communicated through any means available at the time. This would be same in any situation where I cannot verbally communicate with someone!
I'm wondering if you thought that there are people who might approach a wounded person, realise they are deaf and then walk away? So you must have the same question for tourists who cant speak English as they have less ability to communicate due to cultural references and such. I'm not being weird, I just wonder if you were asking for advice or if perhaps you've seen an awful situation where some was treated wrongly because they are deaf?
2007-08-20 09:36:57 · answer #2 · answered by Fiona F 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Initially I would react exactly the same - doing whatever was necessary. Once I knew the person was deaf I would probably make a conscious effort to ensure that they could see my face when I'm talking, and if they could lip read then hopefully they'd understand what was happening. If they couldn't lip read I'd hope the person would take reassurance from my facial expressions and actions. Otherwise we could find a pen and paper and communcate in that way if appropriate.
2007-08-20 09:29:20 · answer #3 · answered by goldfishvase 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Luckily, most modern day deaf folks can read lips. So communication is relatively easy in this case. Otherwise, I can spell in sign language, so I could communicate that way, albeit slowly. But here is the thing about humans, regardless of what language you speak, your race, religion, disability, etc.... kindness is universal. A handshake, pat on the back, a look of empathy, can go a long way to calm someone.
2007-08-20 09:26:26 · answer #4 · answered by emmalinesweets 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would help anyone in distress, why would a deaf person be any different? EDIT Most deaf people can read lips, I'm sure that would help us to communicate. I've been around a few deaf people before, and I can't sign, yet we had very little difficulty communicating.
2007-08-20 09:24:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
1. Help them up.
2. Call 911 for an ambulance. Stay with the person until help arrives.
3. Call 911 for police. Stay with person until help arrives. Write a note so the deaf person can see what you did.
4. Write a note and ask if they want their battery jump-started. Or offer to call AAA for them.
2007-08-20 09:26:48 · answer #6 · answered by Lepke 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have any sense you'll listen to MiriahLeadMe. He knows what he's taking about. Completely deaf would qualify you for a service dog. Legally deaf in one ear doesn't. You have to be mentally disabled (or elderly) or have a mental condition that makes you disabled (same thing) PLUS be under the care if a mental health professional to qualify for an ESA - if THEY recommend it. How do I know? I'm the one who gathers evidence for Federal Fraud charges to be pressed against people who have them without being qualified. All the questions about ESA's recently have given me a massive migraine. Plus I got a pee pee smack for hoping Satan would curse a certain lying starlet's soul for having a fake one. :)
2016-05-18 01:37:46 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If looking back on any situation in the past, and that person would happened to have been deaf, I think I'd have done everything the same except maybe shouted louder.
2007-08-20 09:29:45 · answer #8 · answered by hello_its_only_me 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good thing I know ASL... so I could sign to communicate with them in THEIR language. Most hearing people don't, though. I often see hearing people refusing to accomodate the communication needs of Deaf people (sign language, note-writing, etc.)... hopefully that will be changing over time and hearing people will be more accepting and accomodating.
2007-08-20 14:45:51 · answer #9 · answered by Rosanna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would help them the same way I would anyone else. As I know sign language I would try my best to make sure they were aware of what I was doing.
2007-08-20 09:26:57 · answer #10 · answered by waggy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
pencil and paper.. i do my best to understand what it was that was happening. and deal with it in my job i meet a lot of people and some of them have been deaf and with a little work you can understand what they want and you can help them.. you just have to try.
2007-08-20 09:47:31 · answer #11 · answered by jackie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋