Comments on: Rethinking deafness

By: Philippa

Philippa — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:18:59 +0000

Wow this is really good article, I am Deaf myself and I cannot describe how I feel about this, and am really proud that this article shows the positive of Deaf Community and international deaf events.
So i hope that you will continue to attend more international Deaf events.

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:18:43 +0000

An amazingly insightful article. Thank you, sincerely, for sharing your experiences with us Charlotte and thank you Fintan for bringing this to the attention of the BSL Learners Group.

By: steven

steven — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:09:24 +0000

Thanks Chloe, this is a really interesting read, and some of it quite surprising (although somewhat obvious, now that you’ve made it clear). Keep writing

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:34:35 +0000

Great article, many thanks for sharing your views.

I am hearing, I’ve worked as a CSW for Deaf students. It has always amazed me the number of parents of Deaf children who have never bothered learn to sign.

Fintan, interesting to hear your views of the charities.

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By: jen

jen — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:00:33 +0000

Wow, excellent post! Was very interesting to read. Thank you for that. I will pass it on to my own sister!

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By: Rob Wilks

Rob Wilks — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 22:56:50 +0000

I just wanted to say thank you for such an illuminating and succinct post. Coming from a hearing person gives it an altogether stronger impact.

What you have just said makes me rather proud to be Deaf

By: Fintan

Fintan — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 22:37:54 +0000

Reading this from a hearing persons view was refreshing indeed

9 out 10 Deaf people are born to hearing parents and we are spread everywhere no Deaf equivalents of a Chinatown hence your isolation bit! that is why we tend use events like that like a social club and why not
Its too much an effort for family to learn sign language to say a wheel chair user where they are more than happy to move house build a ramp to accommodate wheel chair.

As for the bit you wrote “Only hearing people would create such a system.”
Hearing Parents,doctors think they know what’s best for us and that “charity” called the RNID (Royal National Institute for Deaf People) is made up of Hearing people who thinks they know what’s best for us :::sigh::