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!
When accessing mental health support services impacts on mental health...! Dear Connect to Wellbeing, This is an open letter. The purpose of sharing this letter is to educate and make people aware of the impact their actions have on others. This is why I have avoided...
Kym Lindner's ableist comment in the Cairns Post. Here is some reverse ableism for Mr Kym Lindner of Smithfield. … and perhaps we can get rid of these ableist idiots like Kym Lindner, and while you're at it Cairns Post, get rid of your editor who allowed Mr Lindner's...
I watch subtitles and lips. In this video, when both the subtitles and lips fade out, I was straining without realising the subtitles were starting to go wonky. It is a GREAT video for demonstrating the STRAIN on lipreaders. BTW, the nightclub group chat scenario in...
... maybe you shouldn't have ascribed to society's deaf stereotypes. Dear Optometrist, I am a deaf mother. That was probably the first thing you noticed about me when you walked in there. I sat there while you promptly set about explaining to your trainee the ins and...
Even the best lip-readers are only able to understand approximately 30% to 40% of what is actually said on the lips.- Science Direct: Lipreading, Patients with Disabilities When I saw the statistics on lipreading, I was shocked. Approximately only 30-40% of...
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