"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> Janet Baraclough said...
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>>> jmcquown said...
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>>> > Neither was your comment that being deaf is a benefit, Andy.
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>>> > Jill
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>>> You're not correct.
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>>> If you can ASL from 200 feet away, how is that a disadvantage?
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>> If it's dark, or the person you want to address is round the corner,
>> facing the other way, not wearing their glasses, or reading the paper,
>> the disadvantage is obvious.
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>> Janet
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> You don't know ASL do you?
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> Andy

What difference does it make?! Knowing ASL doesn't make you some kind of
wunderkind. And it doesn't change the fact that deafness is classified as a
disability under the ADA.

Jill