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From: Jack.O'keeffe@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jack O'keeffe)
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Subject: Re: Hearing
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Date: 4 Jan 90 21:29:58 GMT
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 PG> I have a deafie friend who has helped me with sign a little
 PG> bit. He recently told me that deafies do not respond well to
 PG> people who try to use sign language but are not very good at
 PG> it. I find that rather disgusting. Being accepted is a two-way
 PG> street, folks! Comments?   Pat

That is a generalization, Pat, and I don't believe one can make such
broad statements about "deafies" and more than they can about hearing
people.  I have encountered Deaf who were quite patient with me and
my attempts to sign, which go only a bit past fingerspelling.  On the
other hand, I've encountered Deaf Culture zealots who regard anyone
not fluent in ASL as some kind of extraterrestrial cretin.  People
are people - it takes all kinds.

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