Comments on: AG Bell protest: Thinking back, looking ahead http://tomwillard.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/ag-bell-protest-thinking-back-looking-ahead/ Advocacy for deaf and hard-of-hearing people Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:27:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Paul Kiel http://tomwillard.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/ag-bell-protest-thinking-back-looking-ahead/#comment-1493 Paul Kiel Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:35:27 +0000 http://tomwillard.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/ag-bell-protest-thinking-back-looking-ahead/#comment-1493 hearing are arguing about our lives becuz they have "white father syndrome". It is plain and simple. It has been going on since the dawn of mankind and how Jewish group factored in "charity" role to control deaf culture as well as others, too resulting in infamous Milan conference that influenced the loss of ASL... hearing are arguing about our lives becuz they have “white father syndrome”. It is plain and simple. It has been going on since the dawn of mankind and how Jewish group factored in “charity” role to control deaf culture as well as others, too resulting in infamous Milan conference that influenced the loss of ASL…

]]> By: Mina http://tomwillard.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/ag-bell-protest-thinking-back-looking-ahead/#comment-1432 Mina Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:56:53 +0000 http://tomwillard.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/ag-bell-protest-thinking-back-looking-ahead/#comment-1432 It may be a losing battle, but we must keep fighting on. Knowledge is our sword, wisdom is our shield. We can regain ASL. I, nor my future children, will never get cochlear implants. We should embrace our differences. Our Deafness. Why should we sink to please the hearing so they don't have to accommodate for us? They certainly aren't arguing with white canes and guide dogs for the blind. They aren't arguing with hearing aids for the deaf, though all it does is amplify the dysfunctional sounds.We don't want computerised prosthetics. We want the right and the freedom to use our own language. To sign. There are writing systems for the Deaf that have been coming out. I don't know if I'd learn them, but they look interesting. Our frontier has been ongoing for centuries...it doesn't have to end now just because of pushy hearies. Sure, some Deaf may disagree with me. But it feels good to get this stuff off my chest so others enjoy the benefit of knowing how a Deaf someone feels. It may be a losing battle, but we must keep fighting on. Knowledge is our sword, wisdom is our shield. We can regain ASL. I, nor my future children, will never get cochlear implants.

We should embrace our differences. Our Deafness. Why should we sink to please the hearing so they don’t have to accommodate for us? They certainly aren’t arguing with white canes and guide dogs for the blind. They aren’t arguing with hearing aids for the deaf, though all it does is amplify the dysfunctional sounds.We don’t want computerised prosthetics. We want the right and the freedom to use our own language. To sign.

There are writing systems for the Deaf that have been coming out. I don’t know if I’d learn them, but they look interesting. Our frontier has been ongoing for centuries…it doesn’t have to end now just because of pushy hearies.

Sure, some Deaf may disagree with me. But it feels good to get this stuff off my chest so others enjoy the benefit of knowing how a Deaf someone feels.

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