I Am Deaf
These are encounters happening a little too often:
1. Yes I am deaf NO I do NOT "speak braille".
2. Stop giving me braille menus in restaurants.
3. Stop giving me children menus in restaurants because the pictures should be "easier than words".
4. If I say "huh" don't TALK. TO. ME. LIKE. THIS. It doesn't help.
5. Fake sign language or flipping me off - not really funny.
6. YES I can drive, I am literate, I can listen to music.
7. "I speak sign language" is not incorrect when it's a deaf person's first language it's our voice just like verbal language is a hearing person's voice.
8. "You don't look deaf or you don't sound deaf". Please give me the guide on how I should look and sound.
1. Yes I am deaf NO I do NOT "speak braille".
2. Stop giving me braille menus in restaurants.
3. Stop giving me children menus in restaurants because the pictures should be "easier than words".
4. If I say "huh" don't TALK. TO. ME. LIKE. THIS. It doesn't help.
5. Fake sign language or flipping me off - not really funny.
6. YES I can drive, I am literate, I can listen to music.
7. "I speak sign language" is not incorrect when it's a deaf person's first language it's our voice just like verbal language is a hearing person's voice.
8. "You don't look deaf or you don't sound deaf". Please give me the guide on how I should look and sound.
