Just because YOU don’t see the pervasive discrimination we experience, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist!
Just because WE can’t hear, doesn’t make us any less capable. You don’t get to decide what is in OUR best interest!
Just because many of us are disempowered into silence, doesn’t mean you can discriminate against us freely!
https://youtu.be/qFcFpWzIQNk First, this is an excellent and well done video, everybody needs to watch it! I'd like to touch on my first experience of this video as it completely slammed me. It was used as an educational tool in a support coordination course I was...
People keep calling my phone and I've finally worked it out! Deaf people can't possibly own phones, and this must be common knowledge! Of course!! This totally explains why there will be difficulty explaining to a caller why the deaf phone owner cannot come to the...
No really. I've removed names for privacy as this isn't about any of these individuals personally, but rather the social/cultural context of this discourse. Here are the highlights for those of you without the ability to see the image posted below: "I wonder how...
I've been pondering on this particular judgmental view lately - that it is always a choice where you live. Let's look at this in context of disability: Neighbours Supportive and understanding neighbours are important. Bonus if they share some similar views or...
Wayne Sharples reading the part from "The Gruffalo" where the Fox learns he is the Gruffalo's favourite food. You know how people think in the language they were raised in? People raised with spoken language often report "hearing" in their head when they have...
I was recently invited to a public Facebook group - Auslan Media Access. This group is about lobbying and increasing awareness of the need for interpreters in the media regarding news broadcasts and emergency broadcasts aimed at delivering information to Australians....
When the idea for this blog came about at the beginning of 2019, I did not realise how my commitment to The Year of the Squeaky Wheel would shape and influence where my energy went for 2019. Here's an excerpt: I am upset and angry. Nobody likes being confronted with...
Have you ever wondered what it is like being deaf in society? Read this article with an open mind instead of “Oh, it couldn’t POSSIBLY be like that!”
Systemic discrimination is any discrimination which occurs within a system as a result of the system's patterns of behaviours, policies, practices or individuals who are not kept in check appropriately by said system. Such systems which perpetuate disadvantage for...
It is time to stop being afraid. Time to forget the whole “Don’t rock the boat” philosophy of keeping your head down and not drawing attention.
… because if you weren’t deaf, it would actually be a compliment.
A question for everyone who can hear... Do you always carry a pen and paper on your person? This is the dilemma of a deaf person who is used to assimilation into hearing society. I find myself exercising hearing privilege for instance the privilege of not needing to...
“I don’t believe in kickin’,It aint apt to bring one peace;But the wheel what squeaks the loudestis the one what gets the grease.”- "Uncle Josh Weathersby’s ‘Punkin Centre’ Stories” by Cal Stewart, 1903- "Uncle Josh Weathersby’s ‘Punkin Centre’ Stories” by Cal...
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