Many Deafs consider their condition to be more of a lifestyle than an actual disability. Since cochlear implants and other advances in science have made deafness an option for many people, this now has a certain ring of truth. (If you want to know, this viewpoint grew out of a sense of solidarity deaf people developed with one another as a result of being a strong yet highly isolated minority in a larger society that was largely ambivalent to them. They often live in special communities and have cultural peculiarities such as the kind of parties, movies and schooling they engage in.)
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Re: BRB, playing devil's advocate
Date: 2009-08-05 11:10 pm (UTC)(If you want to know, this viewpoint grew out of a sense of solidarity deaf people developed with one another as a result of being a strong yet highly isolated minority in a larger society that was largely ambivalent to them. They often live in special communities and have cultural peculiarities such as the kind of parties, movies and schooling they engage in.)