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#DidYouKnow #Deaf #DeafAwareness #education #SignLanguage #advocacy #NMSCares
This is actually sadly relevant. I had a lecture this summer about sign languages and Deaf culture and when I was finished, one hearing girl from the audience stayed behind to ask me some more question.
She asked me: “And your parents use sign language, right?” Like it was the most obvious thing in the world and why is she even asking this, of course my parents must know sign language.
"No… They don’t, actually."
"And how do you communicate, then?"
"Talking?"
"But… isn’t that complicated for you?"
"It is, sometimes."
"They probably didn’t have time for it…" she said. And I haven’t the heart to tell her that my father was offered sign language courses several times, that I offered to teach them some signs and that they always refused.
But I did told her: “It is not that rare. Most of deaf people I know have hearing parents who don’t sign.”
It’s the sad truth. People are willing to pay for surgeries to “repair” their children, but they are not willing to learn something to communicate with them.
i’d like to add onto this with my own personal experience, too. i was born hearing, but as soon as i was diagnosed as HoH, my parents didn’t do anything to learn ASL. they were quick to put me in classes, but they wouldn’t when i suggested to them that they take the classes with me so that we could learn.
i’ve tried to teach my mom how to sign numerous times, but she always says that “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” to which i tell her that she can learn, she just doesn’t want to. which is true. neither of my parents want to learn how to sign, but they want me to be able to hear perfectly so they don’t have to repeat themselves.
little do they know that their frustration with me not being able to hear them would be solved if they would just learn how to sign. maybe signing something to me once instead of repeating themselves four times and then getting mad would be more beneficial.
I’m absolutely shocked at this, it’s never crossed my mind that many parents wouldn’t even try to meet their hard of hearing kids halfway.
That is so horrifying and rude omg
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asperatus cloud x
IT’S LIKE WATCHING THE WAVES ABOVE YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN
trippiest shit ive ever seen
That’s because you ARE watching the waves above you from the bottom.
The atmosphere obeys the laws of fluid dynamics just like the oceans do. Gases aren’t liquid, of course, but they are fluid. The earth, from its molten interior to the most rarified layer of our atmosphere, is largely made up of layer upon layer of fluids, all in different densities.
So tl;dr, what you’re seeing right here is the atmosphere flowing.
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when an animal doesn’t like me it really impacts my self esteem
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Fred Rogers Acceptance Speech - 1997
Our neighbor didn’t die, he was just needed someplace else.
He took a moment that was about recognizing him and turned it into a moment to recognize everyone who was there and everyone who made it possible for him to do what he does. If you want a perfect example of why he is so fondly remembered and such a great person, it’s tough to find a better one than this.
I cry hard at this speech.
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It’s like this. I want cookie and Lucious to get together but also I want Cookie to hit it and quit it. Also I want her to not even want him at all.
I want a lot of things for Cookie.
I just watched the most recent episode. I don’t want her to touch him. Ewww.
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nge:
beep beep
What is that!
mim its a lighting bug or whatever they light up
WHAAAAAAT THATS SO COOL HOW DOES HE DO THAT! ITS JUST A BUG BUT IT LIGHTS UP
lol it had never even occurred to my that there were parts of this planet where lightning bugs are not indigenous
I dunno, looks like the Eye of Sauron to me.
It does but back to the thing. OMG lightning bugs are not worldwide! I am blown away by this. Oh in those hot southern summer nights where the mosquitoes are treating you like a buffet sometimes the Lightning bugs are the only thing to keep a girl sane.
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