Don’t agree with everything in article, but this I do:
‘It’s important to be hopeful and to welcome medical advances. But what many #deaf people really want is much simpler: it’s funding for #BSL classes for parents; it’s a commitment from the government to allocate more resources to those with hearing loss, and it’s visibility in the media and correct representation in culture’
Deaf toddler can hear after world-first gene #therapy
A #British toddler who was born deaf has had her hearing restored by groundbreaking gene therapy. #Researchers say it marks a new era in the #treatment of #deafness.
#WhatchaReading ? Wow, the bleak moment in The Breakup Lists was even worse than I expected, though actually worked really well with the story arc. I found it overall a good read, though too repetitious and with a bit of a deus ex machina ending; I would've like to see the main character really pursue what he wanted.
Has what seems like very good #deaf representation, is very #queer , and very geeky about high school theater. And a sweet romance.
I don't like it when hairdressers do small talk and I don't have my cochlear implant gubbins on.... hey bro' I'm in a world of silence here, I don't know your accent or how you speak so lip-reading via the mirror and without wearing my glasses is gonna be a PITA.... please just cut my hair and don't speak, thanks.
Just seen another person with a cochlear implant at the indie cinema and it's about bloody time 😀 I've been working my ass off trying to increase awareness that the cinema do a load of subtitled showings.
Ranked list of #deaf characters in fiction updated! This month I read Sugaring Off by French, Apple Is My Sign by Riskind, & 3 short stories: “Death Is Deaf” by Campbell, “The Stars Above” by Duckett, & “The Sounds of Early Morning” by Gonzales.
‘As you go about your business – shopping, walking, playing a sport, riding a subway – someone may notice that glint of silver behind your ear, or that almost-imperceptible plastic wire entering the pinna…’
And this is when the magic happens. The fact someone can see your hearing aid makes you an advocate for addressing your hearing loss.
Because I’ve worn hearing aids since the age of six, hiding them has always felt pointless.
I love having short hair anyway…but I also hated when I did go through a phase of having it slightly longer (a bob) having to ‘out’ myself most days to strangers as being deaf. I just want people to see them and not make a big deal about it, which 80% of people do.
But I guess now in middle age, people around me will be losing their hearing too and if I can silently persuade them to get help, that’s ok
Viittomakielen tulkin saamisen vaikeudet Suomessa 2
Kun ei saa tulkkeja, niin opiskelu ja työnteko on lähes mahdotonta joillain aloilla. Ja ainoa taho, joka voi korjata asian, on Kela. Tällä hetkellä on tilanne, että Kela haluaa tieten tähden heikentää tätä kyseistä palvelua. Samalla se heikentää kuulovammaisten ihmisoikeutta, oikeutta olla osa yhteiskuntaa.
Avasin edellisessä postauksesta audismi termiä ja nyt laitan tänne sarjapostauksena omasta kokemuksestani audismista. Tarkoituksena on herättää ihmisiä ajattelemaan ja toimimaan tästä eteenpäin toisin ja inhimillisemmin kuuroja ja huonokuuloisia kohtaan. ❤️ 🥺 🙏
Viime päivinä on kohistu somessa Kelan uudesta linjauksesta ja kaiken tämän takana on järjestelmällinen audismi.
"Audismi on termi, jota käytetään kuvaamaan kuurojen ja huonokuuloisten syrjintää. Se voi myös tarkoittaa tiettyjä stereotypioita kuuroista ja huonokuuloisista. Audismissa voidaan esimerkiksi olettaa, että kuulevien kulttuuriset tavat ovat jollain tapaa kuurojen tai viittomakielisten kulttuurisia tapoja parempia. Toisaalta voidaan ajatella, että kuurot ovat jollain tapaa kuulevia kyvyttömämpiä." -Wikipedia