Janet Baraclough said...

> The message >
> from Andy <q> contains these words:
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>> jmcquown said...
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>> > True, deafness is a handicap
>
>> Says you! Deafness is a benefit. I knew ASL! We could sign faster than
>> you can talk! Far more intelligent, except when they spoke out loud.
>
> An individual's intelligence doesn't vary according to which language
> they are using.
>
>> So they need vibration bed alarm clocks and light-blinking door bells!
>> They're not disabled!!!
>
> Crossing a busy car park can be a safety hazard for people who can't
> distinguish if or where or how fast traffic is moving outside their
> field of vision. Hearing drivers rarely anticipate that pedestrians
> close by can't hear their engine, horn, door opening ,etc.
>
> Janet.


Janet,

Have you ever been inside an acoustic chamber?!? You know what that sounds
like?

Visual acuity amongst deaf people is greater than hearing people, evidenced
by playing foosball with them in college. Sound is a distraction they don't
deal with.

I'm not deaf but they're NOT handicapped! A fortunate feature, if you ask
me!!!

Think about it the next time you're in your car with an iPod in your ears
or the radio on and talking on your cellphone!!!

You haven't lived with deaf people, obviously!

Silence is golden.

Tell me who can see better!!!!!!

Andy