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From: Stu.Turk@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Stu Turk)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: deaf snobs
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Date: 28 Jun 90 16:56:59 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 > am not h/i? I have signed with some h/i folks around
 > here and as soon as they find out I'm not deaf, they
 > get angry. They tell me I don't know what it's like,
 > I will never know, and basically "you're an outsider, get away
 > from me" type attitude.
 >
 > I'm making an effort to communicate and understand;
 > do you have any advice?
   =
   You will find people like that in every disabled group.  Some people 
in wheelchairs think blind people should get out of their way; some 
blind people look down their noses at deaf people (and even deaf/blind 
people); some deaf people won't talk (or sign) to people who have 
hearing, even if they are hard of hearing.
   My personal opinion is that such people are jagoffs and should be 
ignored.  I sure wouldn't go out of my way to communicate with someone 
who thinks I'm "not deaf enough".  I wonder if they are the same people 
who complain they can't get interpreters?

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